History VideoGame / DrChaos

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* GuideDangIt:

* ProperlyParanoid: Dr. Chaos keeps his house stashed with munitions, but his experiements caused his house to be assaulted by alien creatures.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Really? Dr. ''Chaos''? Also counts as AwesomeMcCoolname, since he's not a villain and the main character is his brother, Michael Chaos.

* GuideDangIt: The first-person portions give very little indication of what to do besides opening various drawers and cabinets to find items. Until you enter one very specific (yet nondescript) window and go through the platformer section inside to acquire the tracking device hidden there, you can't start the main quest of assembling a laser weapon.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Really? Dr. ''Chaos''?
** Also counts as AwesomeMcCoolname, since he's not a villain and the main character is his brother, Michael Chaos.

* ChainReactionDestruction: Surprisingly, it's not lethal for the final boss.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It's kind of surprising this game got past Nintendo's heavy-handed early censorship, what with the blood-soaked title screen and [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/nes-games/221-1.jpg box art]].

This game is notable for being one of the first genuinely scare-inducing video games. Although the eight-bit sprites are not objectively very frightening, every door or window you open has a chance of disgorging a very tough mini-boss that puts a slow effect on you and will quickly murder you if you don't have a gun and some bullets: weapons hidden behind those very doors you are now opening in a constant state of [[ParanoiaFuel dread anticipation]].

** Some of the monster designs and set pieces in the game appear to have been based on the 80's horror flick ''Film/{{House}}'', [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dr-chaos/ as noted by Hardcore Gaming 101]]. It's tough to tell whether these were deliberate homages or artifacts of an attempt to make a licensed game based on the movie, but either way, the similarities are uncanny.

** Also counts as AwesomeMcCoolname, since the main character is his brother, Michael Chaos.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It's kind of surprising this game got past Nintendo's heavy-handed early censorship, what with the blood-soaked title screen and [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/nes-games/221-1.jpg box art.]]

** Some of the monster designs and set pieces in the game appear to have been based on the 80's horror flick ''Film/{{House}}'', [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/drchaos/drchaos.htm as noted by Hardcore Gaming 101.]] It's tough to tell whether these were deliberate homages or artifacts of an attempt to make a licensed game based on the movie, but either way, the similarities are uncanny.

Ahem, let me try that again. ''Dr. Chaos'' was an early platformer for the {{NES}}, developed by Marionette and released by FCI. It stars Michael Chaos, whose MadScientist brother has been performing experiments with portals to other dimensions. Not having heard from his brother for some time, Michael heads to his house armed with a knife.

Describe '''''Dr. Chaos''''' Here.

** Some of the monster designs and set pieces in the game appear to have been based on the 80's horror flick ''House'', [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/drchaos/drchaos.htm as noted by Hardcore Gaming 101.]] It's tough to tell whether these were deliberate homages or artifacts of an attempt to make a licensed game based on the movie, but either way, the similarities are uncanny.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It's kind of surprising this game got past Nintendo's heavy-handed early censorship, what with the blood-soaked title screen and [[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/nes-games/221-1.jpg box art]].

Describe ''Dr. Chaos'' Here.

** Also counts as AwesomeMcCoolname, since the main character --his brother, Michael-- shares the same surname.
* ShoutOut: The whole plot seems to be derived from H.P. Lovecraft stories.

* MadScientist: Well, obviously.

Describe ''DrChaos'' Here.

Ahem, let me try that again. ''DrChaos'' was an early platformer for the {{NES}}, released by FCI. It stars Michael Chaos, whose MadScientist brother has been performing experiments with portals to other dimensions. Not having heard from his brother for some time, Michael heads to his house armed with a knife.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Especially one of the mini-bosses that looks like a hybrid of {{Frankenstein}}'s monster and [[YumeNikki Uboa]].
** Anybody else freaked out by the opening title screen? You can't see it in the photograph provided on this page, but if you wait a few seconds at that title screen, you get to see someone ''[[{{HighOctaneNightmareFuel}} being chased around the house by something you can only vaguely make out.]]''

* ParanoiaFuel: That door could have a potion or some ammo, sure, but it could also hide '''pastel blue Frankenstein with exposed ribcage''' or his cohort, '''ghastly, wide-mouthed Roseanne Barr-lookalike!'''

This game is notable for being one of the first genuinely scare-inducing video games. Although the eight-bit sprites are not objectively very frightening, every door or window you open has a chance of disgorging a very tough mini-boss that [[strike: causes you to jump out of your seat and die of a heart attack]] puts a slow effect on you and will quickly murder you if you don't have a gun and some bullets: weapons hidden behind those very doors you are now opening in a constant state of [[ParanoiaFuel dread anticipation]].