Available only on the Sega Genesis, General Chaos pits two opposing armies against each other on a single screen battlefield with an isometric view. The overall presentation is physical comedy, which is a giveaway when looking at the box art, and the first thing that might cross your mind is Hogan’s Heroes. You don’t see this kind of comedy in video games nowadays out side of the Lego series of game spoofs, and even then, those are direct parodies of the respective material, which is fine if you like that sort of thing. To me, the Lego series’ brand of style parody is on par with light-hearted versions of Scary Movie or Meet the Spartans, whereas General Chaos (While being a direct parody of aforementioned show) feels more like Naked Gun.

Nothing ever felt too cluttered or restrained, and despite the field taking up one screen, you can really move around. The five soldiers are well-marked, so telling your crew apart isn’t an issue. when the action picks up, there is some notable slowdown, which can get annoying. Character animations are great, with downed soldiers dazed and loopy to getting blasted into a skeleton from a critical rocket blast (drives me nuts!!!). The wacky comedy adds some levity to ease the carnage.

 General Chaos’ art style is provided by Brian Colin of Game Refuge, who also worked on Rampage World Tour and Star Trek Voyager: The Arcade Game.

Speaking of the point and click, it’s all resorted to one button. It is simple and accessible enough, with only five soldiers to select from, it’s not that big a deal. Perhaps I am spoiled by today’s RTS games, but I would’ve preferred to be able to select said soldier with my cursor and move as opposed to pressing the C button four more times to get my man out of danger. Yes, it only takes about a second or less, but that second could mean life or death!!

General Chaos is a gem on this console and is a wildly entertaining game, single player or coop. I strongly recommend adding this one to your Genesis library.  Its comedy and high replay value makes this an easy play for retro gamers.