Unseen Text#
The main executable for each Amiga version "ACHAOS" has the build date at the start:
Original OCS release:
28/2/1993 at 13:53:20
AGA release:
29/10/1993 at 18:5:2
CD32 release:
8/3/1994 at 15:39:0
Unused Music#
The game has a huge amount of unused music. Famously the game used a pioneering dynamic music system that switches between different variations of a theme on the fly depending on what is happening in the game, and it turns out there is a large amount of unused bars of each song still present in the game files, with only around 60-70% of each song on disk actually used in the game.
Menu Music#
Track |
Description/Notes |
Play File |
|---|---|---|
3 |
Alternative end of level introduction fanfare with descending rather than ascending notes |
|
7 |
Alternate/early shop theme |
|
8 |
Version of the end of level tune with the melody of the intro/title screen music played by a crude chip instrument in parts. At the 45 second mark changes into a new part not used in the final song. This particular version of the tune is repeated throughout the file |
|
10 |
Abrupt jingle |
|
11 |
Another very different version of the end of level tune, also used at the end of track 8 |
|
12 |
Celebratory jingle. Perhaps originally intended for the completion of a level? |
The last few tracks of this file also include the end sequence music, but the instruments used for the speech are missing in the intended instrument pack so this part is corrupted. They are present and complete in the end game songs files below.
End Game Music#
The first 15 tracks are identical to the Menu music file
Track |
Description/Notes |
Play File |
|---|---|---|
18 |
Fast paced boss fight style track |
World One Music#
Track |
Description/Notes |
Play File |
|---|---|---|
13 |
Unused synth led pattern for first level |
|
18 |
Same as 13, but with a breakbeat playing at end of pattern |
|
20 |
Unused pattern consisting of only bass line and breakbeat playing with bird samples |
|
22 |
Very similar to 20, but with different drums playing |
|
23 |
Unused synth line with chirping insects background sound and a bar of the choir melody part |
|
24 |
Deep bassline with breakbeat and chirping insects |
|
25 |
Main bassline but with breakbeats and splashing water sound |
|
27 |
Sparse mostly drums only pattern |
|
28 |
Unused deep bass and drums pattern |
|
29 |
More drum and bass |
|
30 |
Even more drum and bass |
|
31 |
Version of one of the main melody patterns, only with the bass dropped out and different drums up |
(Source: ExoticA page on The Chaos Engine)