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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 ==
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! # !! Level Title !! Password !! Time Limit
|-
| 1 || Lesson 1 || BDHP || 100
|-
| 2 || Lesson 2 || JXMJ || 100
|-
| 3 || Lesson 3 || ECBQ || 100
|-
| 4 || Lesson 4 || YMCJ || 150
|-
| 5 || Lesson 5 || TQKB || 100
|-
| 6 || Lesson 6 || WNLD (MS)<br />WNLP (Lynx) || 100
|-
| 7 || Lesson 7 || FXQO || 150
|-
| 8 || Lesson 8 || NHAG || 100
|-
| 9 || Nuts and Bolts || KCRE || 400
|-
| 10 || Brushfire || UVWS (MS)<br />VUWS (Lynx) || 80
|-
| 11 || Trinity || CNPE || 300
|-
| 12 || Hunt || WVHI || 400
|-
| 13 || Southpole || OCKS || ---
|-
| 14 || Teleblock || BTDY || 250
|-
| 15 || Elementary || COZQ || 250
|-
| 16 || Cellblocked || SKKK || ---
|-
| 17 || Nice Day || AJMG || 100
|-
| 18 || Castle Moat || HMJL || 600
|-
| 19 || Digger || MRHR || 171
|-
| 20 || Tossed Salad || KGFP || 400
|-
| 21 || Iceberg || UGRW || 150
|-
| 22 || Forced Entry || WZIN || 300
|-
| 23 || Blobnet || HUVE || 500
|-
| 24 || Oorto Geld || UNIZ || 550
|-
| 25 || Blink || PQGV || 600
|-
| 26 || Chchchips || YVYJ || 300
|-
| 27 || Go with the Flow || IGGZ || 200
|-
| 28 || Ping Pong || UJDO (MS)<br />UJDD (Lynx) || 300
|-
| 29 || Arcticflow || QGOL || 400
|-
| 30 || Mishmesh || BQZP || 600
|-
| 31 || Knot || RYMS || 29
|-
| 32 || Scavenger Hunt || PEFS || 600
|-
| 33 || On the Rocks || BQSN || ---
|-
| 34 || Cypher || NQFI || 350
|-
| 35 || Lemmings || VDTM || 600
|-
| 36 || Ladder || NXIS || 350
|-
| 37 || Seeing Stars || VQNK || 800
|-
| 38 || Sampler || BIFA || 500
|-
| 39 || Glut || ICXY || 20
|-
| 40 || Floorgasborg || YWFH || 200
|-
| 41 || I.C. You || GKWD || 250
|-
| 42 || Beware of Bug || LMFU || 300
|-
| 43 || Lock Block || UJDP || 200
|-
| 44 || Refraction || TXHL || 300
|-
| 45 || Monster Lab || OVPZ || 300
|-
| 46 || Three Doors || HDQJ || 250
|-
| 47 || Pier Seven || LXPP || 300
|-
| 48 || Mugger Square || JYSF || 300
|-
| 49 || Problems || PPXI || 200
|-
| 50 || Digdirt || QBDH || 350
|-
| 51 || I Slide || IGGJ || 750
|-
| 52 || The Last Laugh || PPHT || 400
|-
| 53 || Traffic Cop || CGNX || 500
|-
| 54 || Grail || ZMGC || 350
|-
| 55 || Potpourri || SJES || 100
|-
| 56 || Deepfreeze || FCJE || 250
|-
| 57 || Strange Maze || UBXU || 400
|-
| 58 || Loop Around || YBLT || 600
|-
| 59 || Hidden Danger || BLDM || 400
|-
| 60 || Scoundrel || ZYVI || 294
|-
| 61 || Rink || RMOW || ---
|-
| 62 || Slo Mo || TIGW || 300
|-
| 63 || Block Factory || GOHX || 500
|-
| 64 || Spooks || IJPQ || 600
|-
| 65 || Amsterdam || UPUN || 500
|-
| 66 || Victim || ZIKZ || 300
|-
| 67 || Chipmine || GGJA || 700
|-
| 68 || Eeny Miny Moe || RTDI || 650
|-
| 69 || Bounce City || NLLY || 300
|-
| 70 || Nightmare || GCCG || 199
|-
| 71 || Corridor || LAJM || 500
|-
| 72 || Reverse Alley || EKFT || ---
|-
| 73 || Morton || QCCR || 600
|-
| 74 || Playtime || MKNH || 400
|-
| 75 || Steam || MJDV || 500
|-
| 76 || Four Plex || NMRH || 550
|-
| 77 || Invincible Champion || FHIC || 500
|-
| 78 || Force Square || GRMO || 500
|-
| 79 || Drawn and Quartered || JINU || 300
|-
| 80 || Vanishing Act || EVUG || 800
|-
| 81 || Writers Block || SCWF || ---
|-
| 82 || Socialist Action || LLIO || 999
|-
| 83 || Up the Block || OVPJ || 400
|-
| 84 || Wars || UVEO || 600
|-
| 85 || Telenet || LEBX || 300
|-
| 86 || Suicide || FLHH || 400
|-
| 87 || Cityblock || YJYS || ---
|-
| 88 || Spirals || WZYV || 400
|-
| 89 || Block Buster || VCZO || 450
|-
| 90 || Playhouse || OLLM || 400
|-
| 91 || Jumping Swarm || JPQG || 400
|-
| 92 || Vortex || DTMI || 500
|-
| 93 || Roadsign || REKF || 800
|-
| 94 || Now You See It || EWCS || ---
|-
| 95 || Four Square || BIFQ || 350
|-
| 96 || Paranoia || BIFQ (MS)<br />WVHY (Lynx) || 399
|-
| 97 || Metastable to Chaos || IOCS || 300
|-
| 98 || Shrinking || TKWD || 350
|-
| 99 || Catacombs || XUVU || 399
|-
| 100 || Colony || QJXR || ---
|-
| 101 || Apartment || RPIR || 300
|-
| 102 || Icehouse || VDDU || 200
|-
| 103 || Memory || PTAC || 600
|-
| 104 || Jailer || KWNL || 300
|-
| 105 || Short Circuit || YNEG || 350
|-
| 106 || Kablam || NXYB || ---
|-
| 107 || Balls O Fire || ECRE || 300
|-
| 108 || Block Out || LIOC || 350
|-
| 109 || Torturechamber || KZQR || 150
|-
| 110 || Chiller || XBAO || 399
|-
| 111 || Time Lapse || KRQJ || ---
|-
| 112 || Fortune Favours The || NJLA || ---
|-
| 113 || Open Question || PTAS || 500
|-
| 114 || Deception || JWNL || 200
|-
| 115 || Oversea Delivery || EGRW || ---
|-
| 116 || Block Buster II || HXMF || 750
|-
| 117 || The Marsh || FPZT || ---
|-
| 118 || Miss Direction || OSCW || 300
|-
| 119 || Slide Step || PHTY || 250
|-
| 120 || Alphabet Soup || FLXP || ---
|-
| 121 || Perfect Match || BPYS || ---
|-
| 122 || Totally Fair || SJUM || 300
|-
| 123 || The Prisoner || YKZE || 299
|-
| 124 || Firetrap || TASX || 800
|-
| 125 || Mixed Nuts || MYRT || ---
|-
| 126 || Block N Roll || QRLD || 600
|-
| 127 || Skelzie || JMWZ || 500
|-
| 128 || All Full || FTLA || 400
|-
| 129 || Lobster Trap || HEAN || 300
|-
| 130 || Ice Cube || XHIZ || ---
|-
| 131 || Totally Unfair || FIRD || 60
|-
| 132 || Mix Up || ZYFA || 999
|-
| 133 || Blobdance || TIGG || ---
|-
| 134 || Pain || XPPH || ---
|-
| 135 || Trust Me || LYWO || 300
|-
| 136 || Doublemaze || LUZL || ---
|-
| 137 || Goldkey || HPPX || 450
|-
| 138 || Partial Post || LUJT || 300
|-
| 139 || Yorkhouse || VLHH || ---
|-
| 140 || Icedeath || SJUK || 300
|-
| 141 || Underground || MCJE || ---
|-
| 142 || Pentagram || UCRY || ---
|-
| 143 || Stripes? || OKOR || ---
|-
| 144 || Fireflies || GVXQ || ---
|-
| 145 || Thanks to... || TONY || ---
|-
| 146 || Cake Walk || JHEN || 999
|-
| 147 || Force Field || COZA || ---
|-
| 148 || Mind Block || RGSK || ---
|-
| 149 || Special || DIGW || 999
|-
|}
 
== Top 10 CC1 players ==
''Current as of February 17, 2019''
 
* [[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>5. Kacper Leszczyński - ''5,977,510''</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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