Ports

Over the years, Chip's Challenge has been ported to a variety of systems.

Overview

Platform	Release year	Developer	Publisher	Levels
Amstrad CPC	1990	Images Software	U.S. Gold	148
Atari Lynx	1989	Epyx	Atari	148
Atari ST	1990	Images Software	U.S. Gold	???
Amiga	1990	Images Software	U.S. Gold	???
Commodore 64	1990	Images Software	U.S. Gold	148
DOS	1990	Audio Visual Magic	Epyx	148
NES	N/A	Images Software	N/A	136
Windows	1992	Microsoft	Microsoft Home	149
Windows	2015	Niffler Ltd.	Steam	149
ZX Spectrum	1990	Images Software	U.S. Gold	148
SNES & SEGA Genesis	2021	RetroRoomGames	RetroRoomGames	148

Commodore 64

The Commodore 64, commonly abbreviated as C64 is a personal computer, first released by Commodore international in 1982. The Commodore 64 port of Chip's Challenge was released in 1990. Like most other ports, it was developed by Images Software and released by U.S. Gold.

The C64 ruleset is largely similar to the original Lynx game, but with several differences. Notably, blobs move at full speed, and try to move each tick. If the chosen direction is blocked, they wait one tick, then try again. Also, walkers use a new random seed each try. The port also suffers from a bug that breaks scoring and level skipping.

The PAL version of the port has a few additional issues. Thieves steal keys in addition to boots, which renders All Full unsolvable. Additionally, level 122, Totally Fair, is missing and replaced with level 131, Totally Unfair. The level order otherwise matches the original Lynx game (citation needed).

NES

Main article: Chip's Challenge NES