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Cover art of Dr. Chaos
Platform
NES
Genres
Action · Platformer · Adventure
Player Perspective
First person · Side view
Developers
Marionette
Publishers
Pony Canyon · FCI
Release date
June 19, 1987

Summary

Dr. Chaos is a 2D side‑scrolling adventure that mixes classic platforming with point‑and‑click exploration. You start out as Michael Chaos armed only with a knife, but the mansion is littered with Handgun and Machine‑Gun bullets, grenades, and life‑replenishing Yellow and Red Vitamins that you can collect on the fly. A simple four‑option menu—open, get, go, hit—lets you interact with the environment without breaking the flow of the action. The game is divided into eleven Warp Zones; each of the first ten ends with a showdown against a large monster guarding a fragment of the Laser and a piece of gear such as the Ultra Space Sensor, Life Bottles, Air Helmet, Jump Boots, Blue Vitamins or the Shield Suit. Assemble the Laser and you’ll face the final boss, Canbarian, in a climactic battle.

Storyline

The plot of Dr. Chaos on the NES follows Dr. Ginn Chaos, a reclusive mad scientist who has turned his sprawling mansion into a secret laboratory. His newest creation is an Interdimensional Warpgate that opens a doorway to another world.

When his younger brother Michael arrives for a visit, he discovers that Ginn has vanished. The mansion’s once‑grand architecture is now twisted and damaged, and strange hostile creatures have taken over the halls.

Michael must fight off the monsters, explore the maze‑like corridors, and piece together clues in a desperate bid to locate his missing brother and shut down the chaotic experiment.

Edited by Maya Carter

Game Screenshots

  • Screenshot 1 of Dr. Chaos
  • Screenshot 2 of Dr. Chaos

Multiplayer

Game modes
Single

Alternative Titles

  • Doctor Chaos Alternative