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'''Chip's Challenge 1''', or CC1 for short, is the original [[level set]] released on the Atari [[Lynx]] in 1989, Windows Entertainment Pack 4 (WEP4) in 1992, and later with the Best of Windows Entertainment Pack (BOWEP) in 1994. It consists of 149 (148 in the Lynx version) levels which [[Chip]] must complete.
#redirect [[Chip's Challenge#The levels]]
 
As these were the first Chip's Challenge levels, they begin by introducing the functions of the [[tile]]s in the [[lesson level]]s, then tie them together in [[Nuts and Bolts]], and add new elements only sparingly from then on out. There are very few levels of high difficulty in CC1 compared to [[CCLP2]] or [[CCLP3]], as knowledge of puzzle design and game mechanics were comparatively primitive.
 
The levels were designed in approximately three parts: 1/3 of them by [[Chuck Sommerville]], another third by a professional puzzle designer (Bill Darrah), and the rest by Chuck's team of programmers and playtesters: James Donald, M. Peter Engelbrite, Victoria Hanson, RG Goudy, Stephen Jungels, Scott Nelson, and Pete Wierzbicki. The initials of Pete W. are left on [[Block Factory]]; Bill is known to have designed [[Castle Moat]] and Chuck [[On the Rocks]].
 
Among aficionados of this type of puzzle game, the windows version (usually referred to as the [[Ruleset|MS]] version) of Chip's Challenge (usually referring only to CC1 in this case) is famous for its [[glitch]]es and [[busted level]]s. This was a result of changed mechanics from [[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]].
 
== List of CC1 levels, in chronological order ==
 
<ol>
<li>[[Lesson 1]]</li>
<li>[[Lesson 2]]</li>
<li>[[Lesson 3]]</li>
<li>[[Lesson 4]]</li>
<li>[[Lesson 5]]</li>
<li>[[Lesson 6]]</li>
<li>[[Lesson 7]]</li>
<li>[[Lesson 8]]</li>
<li>[[Nuts and Bolts]]</li>
<li>[[Brushfire]]</li>
<li>[[Trinity]]</li>
<li>[[Hunt]]</li>
<li>[[Southpole]]</li>
<li>[[Teleblock]]</li>
<li>[[Elementary]]</li>
<li>[[Cellblocked]]</li>
<li>[[Nice Day]]</li>
<li>[[Castle Moat]]</li>
<li>[[Digger]]</li>
<li>[[Tossed Salad]]</li>
<li>[[Iceberg]]</li>
<li>[[Forced Entry]]</li>
<li>[[Blobnet]]</li>
<li>[[Oorto Geld]]</li>
<li>[[Blink]]</li>
<li>[[Chchchips]]</li>
<li>[[Go with the Flow]]</li>
<li>[[Ping Pong]]</li>
<li>[[Arcticflow]]</li>
<li>[[Mishmesh]]</li>
<li>[[Knot]]</li>
<li>[[Scavenger Hunt]]</li>
<li>[[On the Rocks]]</li>
<li>[[Cypher]]</li>
<li>[[Lemmings]]</li>
<li>[[Ladder]]</li>
<li>[[Seeing Stars]]</li>
<li>[[Sampler]]</li>
<li>[[Glut]]</li>
<li>[[Floorgasborg]]</li>
<li>[[I.C. You]]</li>
<li>[[Beware of Bug]]</li>
<li>[[Lock Block]]</li>
<li>[[Refraction]]</li>
<li>[[Monster Lab]]</li>
<li>[[Three Doors]]</li>
<li>[[Pier Seven]]</li>
<li>[[Mugger Square]]</li>
<li>[[Problems]]</li>
<li>[[Digdirt]]</li>
<li>[[I Slide]]</li>
<li>[[The Last Laugh]]</li>
<li>[[Traffic Cop]]</li>
<li>[[Grail]]</li>
<li>[[Potpourri]]</li>
<li>[[Deepfreeze]]</li>
<li>[[Strange Maze]]</li>
<li>[[Loop Around]]</li>
<li>[[Hidden Danger]]</li>
<li>[[Scoundrel]]</li>
<li>[[Rink]]</li>
<li>[[Slo Mo]]</li>
<li>[[Block Factory]]</li>
<li>[[Spooks]]</li>
<li>[[Amsterdam]]</li>
<li>[[Victim]]</li>
<li>[[Chipmine]]</li>
<li>[[Eeny Miny Moe]]</li>
<li>[[Bounce City]]</li>
<li>[[Nightmare]]</li>
<li>[[Corridor]]</li>
<li>[[Reverse Alley]]</li>
<li>[[Morton]]</li>
<li>[[Playtime]]</li>
<li>[[Steam]]</li>
<li>[[Four Plex]]</li>
<li>[[Invincible Champion]]</li>
<li>[[Force Square]]</li>
<li>[[Drawn and Quartered]]</li>
<li>[[Vanishing Act]]</li>
<li>[[Writers Block]]</li>
<li>[[Socialist Action]]</li>
<li>[[Up the Block]]</li>
<li>[[Wars]]</li>
<li>[[Telenet]]</li>
<li>[[Suicide]]</li>
<li>[[Cityblock]]</li>
<li>[[Spirals]]</li>
<li>[[Block Buster]]</li>
<li>[[Playhouse]]</li>
<li>[[Jumping Swarm]]</li>
<li>[[Vortex]]</li>
<li>[[Roadsign]]</li>
<li>[[Now You See It]]</li>
<li>[[Four Square]]</li>
<li>[[Paranoia]]</li>
<li>[[Metastable to Chaos]]</li>
<li>[[Shrinking]]</li>
<li>[[Catacombs]]</li>
<li>[[Colony]]</li>
<li>[[Apartment]]</li>
<li>[[Icehouse]]</li>
<li>[[Memory]]</li>
<li>[[Jailer]]</li>
<li>[[Short Circuit]]</li>
<li>[[Kablam]]</li>
<li>[[Balls O Fire]]</li>
<li>[[Block Out]]</li>
<li>[[Torturechamber]]</li>
<li>[[Chiller]]</li>
<li>[[Time Lapse]]</li>
<li>[[Fortune Favours The]]</li>
<li>[[Open Question]]</li>
<li>[[Deception]]</li>
<li>[[Oversea Delivery]]</li>
<li>[[Block Buster II]]</li>
<li>[[The Marsh]]</li>
<li>[[Miss Direction]]</li>
<li>[[Slide Step]]</li>
<li>[[Alphabet Soup]]</li>
<li>[[Perfect Match]]</li>
<li>[[Totally Fair]]</li>
<li>[[The Prisoner]]</li>
<li>[[Firetrap]]</li>
<li>[[Mixed Nuts]]</li>
<li>[[Block N Roll]]</li>
<li>[[Skelzie]]</li>
<li>[[All Full]]</li>
<li>[[Lobster Trap]]</li>
<li>[[Ice Cube]]</li>
<li>[[Totally Unfair]]</li>
<li>[[Mix Up]]</li>
<li>[[Blobdance]]</li>
<li>[[Pain]]</li>
<li>[[Trust Me]]</li>
<li>[[Doublemaze]]</li>
<li>[[Goldkey]]</li>
<li>[[Partial Post]]</li>
<li>[[Yorkhouse]]</li>
<li>[[Icedeath]]</li>
<li>[[Underground]]</li>
<li>[[Pentagram]]</li>
<li>[[Stripes?]]</li>
<li>[[Fireflies]]</li>
<li>[[Thanks to...]]</li>
<li>[[Cake Walk]]</li>
<li>[[Force Field]]</li>
<li>[[Mind Block]]</li>
<li>[[Special]]</li>
</ol>
 
== Top 10 CC1 players ==
* [[Melinda]] score - ''5,977,800''; +8 is possible on [[Blobnet]].
* Highest possible bold score - ''5,977,720''
 
<ul style="list-style-type:none">
<li>1. [[David Stolp]] - ''5,977,660''</li>
<li>2. [[J.B. Lewis]] - ''5,977,650''</li>
<li>3. [[James Anderson]] - ''5,977,570''</li>
<li>3. [[Jeffrey Bardon]] - ''5,977,570''</li>
<li>5. [[Andrew Bennett]] - ''5,977,510''</li>
<li>6. Kacper Leszczyński - ''5,977,500''</li>
<li>7. Andrew Gapic - ''5,977,480''</li>
<li>8. [[Evan Dummit]] - ''5,977,400''</li>
<li>9. Pekka Lassila - ''5,977,160''</li>
<li>10. [[Larry Jackson]] - ''5,977,120''</li>
<li>10. [[Ruben Spaans]] - ''5,977,120''<br /></li>
</ul>
 
== External links ==
*[[Jimmy Vermeer]]'s [http://www.geocities.ws/purpletentacle1977ca/ list of the high scores on all CC1 and CCLP2 levels], which has unfortunately not been updated since 2006.
*[http://www.jamesa7171.net The full high score list, what the records are, and who set and confirmed which records]. Maintained by [[James Anderson]].
*The best of Chip's Challenge levels; a subjective list attempting an objective take at it; https://sites.google.com/site/bocclevs/
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