Mayhem

About

Mayhem is a game originally released on the Amiga, created by Espen Skoglund. This is a PC port of Mayhem built around 2002 by the author and a friend, still reported to run on modern Windows (tested on Windows 7 and XP). It uses the Allegro graphics library and was written to give others a code base to improve or port further.

Getting started

Controls are keyboard-only: Player 1 uses w(z)/x/c/v/g, Player 2 uses the arrow keys plus the numpad 0/./Enter keys, and 1/2/3 switch background maps. A prebuilt Windows executable is linked from the README for players who don't want to build from source.

History

The author rediscovered the source on an old hard drive years after writing it and released it "as is" so the code wouldn't be lost, rather than as a polished remaster.

Additional notes

Goal

The project was released specifically as a code base for others to improve or port to other platforms, not as a finished product.