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== Legacy and ports ==
== Legacy and ports ==
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Chip's Challenge has a curious legacy; it remains nostalgic for a number of people, but very few of them ever played the original game.  It remains vastly better known by the first [[MSCC|Windows port]], which altered a number of rules, sometimes radically.
Chip's Challenge has a curious legacy; it remains nostalgic for a number of people, but very few of them ever played the original game.  It remains vastly better known by the first [[MSCC|Windows port]], which altered a number of rules, sometimes radically.


Although sales numbers aren't available, and Chip's Challenge wasn't enough to save Epyx from declaring bankruptcy the same year it was published, the game was popular enough to have been ported to a number of other platforms.
Although sales numbers aren't available, and Chip's Challenge wasn't enough to save Epyx from declaring bankruptcy the same year it was published, the game was popular enough to have been ported to a number of other platforms. Including MS-DOS, the ZX Spectrum, the Commodore 64, and others.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Platform !! Release year !! Developer !! Publisher !! Notes
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| Atari Lynx || 1989 || Epyx || Atari
|-
| Amstrad CPC || 1990 || Images Software || U.S. Gold
|-
| Atari ST || 1990 || Images Software || U.S. Gold || Unknown whether it contains all the original levels.
|-
| Amiga || 1990 || Images Software || U.S. Gold || Unknown whether it contains all the original levels.
|-
| Commodore 64 || 1990 || Images Software || U.S. Gold
|-
| DOS || 1990 || Audio Visual Magic || Epyx
|-
| ZX Spectrum || 1990 || Images Software || U.S. Gold
|-
| [[NES]] || N/A || Images Software || N/A
| Canceled before release, but a prototype leaked in 2015.  Includes an exclusive level by Chuck Sommerville, [[Exclusive]].  Levels are in a new order, and thirteen especially difficult levels are hidden behind an Easter egg and not available during normal play.
|-
| [[MSCC|Windows]] || 1992 || Microsoft || Microsoft Home
| Best-known version.  Includes an extra secret level, [[Thanks to...]], which credits several people who contributed to it.
|-
| Windows || 2015 || [[Niffler Ltd.]] || Steam
| Runs on the [[Chip's Challenge 2]] engine.  Includes the extra secret level from the 1992 Windows port, despite not being worked on by anyone thanked in that level.
|}


A sequel, [[Chip's Challenge 2]], was completed in the early 00's, but couldn't be released due to licensing issues.  It finally saw the light of day in 2015, when it was released on Steam alongside a new port of the original Chip's Challenge.
A sequel, [[Chip's Challenge 2]], was completed in the early 00's, but couldn't be released due to licensing issues.  It finally saw the light of day in 2015, when it was released on Steam alongside a new port of the original Chip's Challenge.
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