General Chaos is an arcade-style squad RTS where the player controls a team of five soldiers in a limited battleground, in a classic Red (General Havoc, headquarters in Viceria) vs Blue (General Chaos, in Moronica) all out war. The goal of the game is to push the frontline to the enemy headquarters, by winning individual battles and then beat them in their own capital.
The gameplay is simple to learn, with the A button being used to fire at the nearest enemy, B to move to a target location and C to cycle through soldiers. Using the commando team changes the controls, with the directional pad controlling a soldier directly, with B being used to call the other soldier nearby. While basic commands are simple, the player must deal with things such as distance from target and angle of attack to succeed.
Each soldier has their unique weapon and abilities, including the Gunner (machine gun, medium range), Launcher (rocket launcher, long range), Chucker (grenades that can be thrown over barricades), Scorcher (flame-thrower, close combat) and Blaster (dynamite sticks, close range). Players can choose the composition of their team from one out of four choices: Assault team, Brute Force, Commandos (a team of just two soldiers which have different controls) and Demolition.
The game also features a multiplayer mode, allowing up to four players to play cooperatively or against each other. Players can earn medics by completing battles well, which can be used to rescue downed soldiers.
General Chaos was released on the Sega Genesis in 1994-01-13 and is a strategy game that combines arcade-style action with squad-based tactics.