General Chaos

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General Chaos

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Electronic Arts (US, Europe), Electronic Arts Victor (Japan)

Developer: Game Refuge

Peripherals supported: 4 Way Play

Genre: Action^[1], Simulation^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-01-14^[2]	¥8,9008,900	EM20025
US	1993-08^[3]	$49.9549.95^[3]	714301
EU	1993-09^[4]		E248SMXI
EU (EA Classics)	1996-09^[6]		EAX02401043
PT	199x
PT (EA Classics)	1994		MDJEA0340
UK	1993-09^[4]	£44.9944.99^[5]^[4]	E248SMXI
SE (Rental)	199x
BR	199x		044660
ZA (EA Classics)	199x

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General Chaos, called General Chaos Daikonsen (ジェネラル・カオス大混戦) in Japan, is a strategy game developed by Electronic Arts for the Sega Mega Drive in 1993.

It sees the player (General Chaos) command a handful of units around a small map, firing at the armies of the enemy (General Havoc). There are five different classes with their own strengths and weaknesses, and the overall aim is to capture the enemy's capital city.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	General Chaos	General Chaos
English (US)	General Chaos	General Chaos
Japanese	General Chaos Daikonsen (ジェネラル・カオス大混戦)

Magazine articles

Main article: General Chaos/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #50: "September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

Sega Visions (US) #15: "October/November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[7]

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #23: "Septembre 1993" (1993-0x-xx)

Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #17: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

Hobby Consolas (ES) #24: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[8]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)	65	^[9]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)	67	^[10]
Consoles + (FR)	79	№23, p134/135
Computer & Video Games (UK)	68	^[11]
Game Players (US)	77
GamePro (US)	80	^[12]
GamesMaster (UK)	81	^[13]
Hippon Super (JP)	65	№1994-02, p42
Joypad (FR)	86	^[14]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	90	№13, p22/23
Mega (UK)	65	№12, p51
Mega Action (UK)	88	№3, p12/13
Mega Force (FR)	93	^[15]
MegaTech (UK)	72	№20, p56/57
Mean Machines Sega (UK)	71	^[16]
Player One (FR)	75	^[17]
Power Unlimited (NL)	69
Sega Power (UK)	80	^[18]
Sega Pro (UK)	91	№23, p66/67
Sega Zone (UK)	87	№10, p24-26
Sega Force Mega (UK)	88	^[19]
Sonic the Comic (UK)	87	№21, p11

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Based on 22 reviews

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart PCB

Mega Drive, EU (EA Classics)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, PT (EA Classics)
Cover

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Mega Drive, CZ

Cart Manual

Mega Drive, BR
Cover

Mega Drive, ZA/KE/LS/MZ/NA/BW/SZ/ZW (EA Classics)
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	f1ecc4df
MD5	955622a63dc3b06c13823fb352f50912
SHA-1	aea1dfa67b0e583a3d367a67499948998cb92f56

1MB

1993-08

Cartridge (US/EU)

✔

CRC32	05cc7369
MD5	9ff0afe64a5765a1e2bc1f40bcd2e554
SHA-1	9f205fc916df523ec84e0defbd0f1400a495cf8a

1MB

1994-01

Cartridge (JP)

References

[:File:GeneralChaos_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:GeneralChaos MD JP Box.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:GamePro_US_050.pdf_p36-3] 3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:Mega_UK_12.pdf_p51-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Mega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 51

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_07.pdf_p90-5] Sega Force Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 90

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_047.pdf_p11-6] GamesMaster, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-08-29), page 11

[:File:SegaVisions_US_15.pdf_p15-7] Sega Visions, "October/November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_024.pdf_p2-8] Hobby Consolas, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 2

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-02.pdf_p20_.2818.29-9] Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1994" (JP; 1994-01-08), page 18 (20)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-10] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:CVG_UK_142.pdf_p80_.2880.2F81.29-11] Computer & Video Games, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-15), page 80/81 (80)

[:File:GamePro_US_050.pdf_p36_.2834.29-12] GamePro, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 34 (36)

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_009.pdf_p71-13] GamesMaster, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 71

[:File:Joypad_FR_023.pdf_p106_.28106.2F107.29-14] Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 106/107 (106)

[:File:MegaForce_FR_20.pdf_p110_.28110.2F111.29-15] Mega Force, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 110/111 (110)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega11UK.pdf_p74_.2874.2F75.29-16] Mean Machines Sega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-30), page 74/75 (74)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_034.pdf_p130_.28136.29-17] Player One, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-08-xx), page 136 (130)

[:File:SegaPower_UK_46.pdf_p68_.2868.2F69.29-18] Sega Power, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-05), page 68/69 (68)

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_03.pdf_p48_.2848-50.29-19] Sega Force Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 48-50 (48)

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