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{{Infobox Levelset | {{Infobox Levelset | ||
|name = Chip's Challenge 1 | |name = Chip's Challenge 1 | ||
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|first release = 1 September 1989 ([[Lynx ruleset|Atari Lynx]]) | |first release = 1 September 1989 ([[Lynx ruleset|Atari Lynx]]) | ||
|well-known release = 1994 ([[Microsoft's version of Chip's Challenge|BOWEP]]) | |well-known release = 1994 ([[Microsoft's version of Chip's Challenge|BOWEP]]) | ||
|latest release = 28 May 2015 ([[ | |latest release = 28 May 2015 ([[Steam ruleset|Steam]]) | ||
|location = N/A | |location = N/A | ||
|difficulty = 3 | |difficulty = 3 | ||
}} | }}{{otheruses4}} | ||
'''Chip's Challenge''', often abbreviated to ''Chip's'' or simply ''CC'', is a video game by [[Chuck Sommerville]] that was originally conceived for the [[Lynx ruleset|Atari Lynx]] in 1989. It was later ported to other platforms, the most well known being the [[Microsoft's version of Chip's Challenge|Windows port]]. The Windows version was first released in the Microsoft Entertainment Pack in 1992, and later in the Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack. It has remained a popular game ever since. | '''Chip's Challenge''', often abbreviated to ''Chip's'' or simply ''CC'', is a video game by [[Chuck Sommerville]] that was originally conceived for the [[Lynx ruleset|Atari Lynx]] in 1989. It was later ported to other platforms, the most well known being the [[Microsoft's version of Chip's Challenge|Windows port]]. The Windows version was first released in the Microsoft Entertainment Pack in 1992, and later in the Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack. It has remained a popular game ever since. | ||
It was later re-released on [http://store.steampowered.com/app/346850/ Steam] alongside the release of [[Chip's Challenge 2]]. A later update to this re-release and Chip's Challenge 2 added the option to switch the music, audio, and graphics between its new assets and the original Windows port. | It was later re-released on [http://store.steampowered.com/app/346850/ Steam] alongside the release of [[Chip's Challenge 2]]. A later update to this re-release and Chip's Challenge 2 added the option to switch the music, audio, and graphics between its new assets and the original Windows port. | ||
The game features [[Chip]], who wants to become a member of [[Melinda]]'s select [[Bit Busters Club|Bit Busters club]], and is tested with a puzzle which he must finish in order to enter. The original Chip's Challenge [[level set]] has 148 levels (and 149 in the Windows and Steam version), but many others were created with [[level editor]]s that were soon created after Chip's Challenge was released. Eventually, the community began releasing Chip's Challenge Level Packs constructed from selected levels from these custom level sets, each containing 149 levels. | The game features [[Chip]], who wants to become a member of [[Melinda]]'s select [[Bit Busters Club|Bit Busters club]], and is tested with a puzzle which he must finish in order to enter. The original Chip's Challenge [[level set]] has 148 levels (and 149 in the Windows and [[Steam ruleset|Steam]] version), but many others were created with [[level editor]]s that were soon created after Chip's Challenge was released. Eventually, the community began releasing Chip's Challenge Level Packs constructed from selected levels from these custom level sets, each containing 149 levels. | ||
==Story== | ==Story== | ||
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Among aficionados of this type of puzzle game, the Windows version (usually referred to as the [[MS ruleset|MS]] version) of Chip's Challenge is famous for its [[glitch]]es and [[busted level]]s. This was a result of changed mechanics from [[Lynx ruleset|Lynx]] to MS and little playtesting in the MS version. Although there were many levels made easier, such as [[Scoundrel]], some levels became far more difficult; the level that would become the [[Spirals corruption]] had to be changed because the [[walker]]s would spread far quicker under MS rules, and levels with extensive use of [[hot block]]s such as [[Block N Roll]] and [[Special]] became frustrating trial and error challenges to solve due to the inability to [[Block slapping|block slap]]. | Among aficionados of this type of puzzle game, the Windows version (usually referred to as the [[MS ruleset|MS]] version) of Chip's Challenge is famous for its [[glitch]]es and [[busted level]]s. This was a result of changed mechanics from [[Lynx ruleset|Lynx]] to MS and little playtesting in the MS version. Although there were many levels made easier, such as [[Scoundrel]], some levels became far more difficult; the level that would become the [[Spirals corruption]] had to be changed because the [[walker]]s would spread far quicker under MS rules, and levels with extensive use of [[hot block]]s such as [[Block N Roll]] and [[Special]] became frustrating trial and error challenges to solve due to the inability to [[Block slapping|block slap]]. | ||
As the re-release of the Steam version of Chip's Challenge 1 uses the game engine from Chip's Challenge 2, it uses the [[Lynx ruleset|Lynx]] ruleset with some minor changes. | As the re-release of the [[Steam ruleset|Steam version]] of Chip's Challenge 1 uses the game engine from Chip's Challenge 2, it uses the [[Lynx ruleset|Lynx]] ruleset with some minor changes. | ||
===List of CC1 levels=== | ===List of CC1 levels=== | ||