Mythos Games

Lords of Chaos

Turn-based strategy game based on Julian Gollop's earlier games, Chaos and Laser Squad. The setting is pure fantasy — the Old World is wrecked by magical discharges, and the wizards who attempted to keep it balanced ultimately gave up, and used their skill to create a new world. These Lords of Chaos (up to four, played either by human or computer) may now battle for control of this world. The idea of the game is to escape the level within a certain number of moves (preferably carrying lot of treasure and having killed the evil wizard Torquemada). Along the way you can use wizardry weapons and spells (there are 45 in total, created by combining ingredients) to conjure up mystical creatures like dragons and unicorns, but unfortunately so can Torquemada. Worlds include marshlands, castles and forests.

Released: 31 December 1990
Developer: Mythos Games
Publisher: Blade Software
Platforms: Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum · Atari ST/STE · Amiga · Amstrad CPC
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Strategy · Tactical
Also known as: Escape from Zol