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Game Overview

Chaos in Space! is one of those MS-DOS games that somehow slipped under the radar back in the day—which is a shame, because it’s an absolute riot. You’re dumped straight into a tiny ship with way too many enemies on-screen, and the only way out is through. The controls are simple (move, shoot, pray), but the chaos escalates fast. One minute you’re picking off stragglers, the next you’re threading between a hailstorm of pink laser bolts while an asteroid the size of a planet drifts into your path.

The soundtrack is pure synthwave adrenaline, and the enemy designs look like someone took a neon highlighter to a Gradius concept sketch. Boss fights are the real highlight—they fill half the screen and attack in patterns that feel unfair until you memorize them (then they’re almost fair). No saves, no mercy. Just the kind of game where you’ll lean closer to the monitor without realizing it, gripping the keyboard like it’s the last life raft in space.

If you’ve got a soft spot for games that don’t care about your feelings, this one’s a time capsule worth cracking open.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".