Chip's Challenge Level Pack 2

Not to be confused with Chip's Challenge 2.

Chip's Challenge Level Pack 2, often abbreviated as CCLP2, is the first community level pack for Chip's Challenge released on February 9, 2002. It contains 149 levels taken from many custom level sets available and was assembled by Anders Kaseorg and Dale Bryan. CCLP2 was followed by CCLP3 8 years later. A Lynx-compatible version of the set, titled CCLXP2, was released June 2, 2015.

History

After Chip's Challenge 1 was released, its creator, Chuck Sommerville, sought to make a true sequel, known as Chip's Challenge 2 (CC2). The game was completed however, due to copyright issues unveiled in 2002^{[citation needed]}, it was believed that it could never be released. The official sequel was finally released in May 2015.

Given the copyright issues surrounding CC2, CCLP2 was assembled by the community to effectively serve as a replacement for CC2 using CC1's engine and mechanics.

Characteristics

Among all the Chip's Challenge community level packs, CCLP2 is above all known for its use of invalid tiles, often related to very crude cooks. For example, Block Away! uses a lock pyramid in front of the exit with only one safe path through it, which is complicated even further because one of the keys is not used in the correct path.

Solving similar puzzles such as Blocked Trap will reveal that the default for most CCLP2 invalid tile puzzles, and indeed any such puzzle in order to adhere to the "rule of 90/10", is that the resources given to Chip will hint as to the solution and that the first vestiges of the solution will hint as to the remainder of it. Discovering one safe lock in Blocked Trap will logically lead to a continuous trek north through all the remaining safe locks; such devices are the reasoning why, even with such devious puzzles, CCLP2 remains an easier set than CCLP3.^{[citation needed]}

More common glitches such as the Controller and Boss Glitch are generally absent from CCLP2 except in the earliest custom level sets. However, at least two levels, Dangers of Fire and Beasts and Trapped, remain busted under this glitch, as they were developed before resources (including this wiki) on Chip's Challenge and its occasional coding flaws.

Reception

At the original CCZone, a poll out of 13 voters yielded a 3.85/5 star rating, placing CCLP2 as the least favorite community level set to date. Its main improvement over CC1 was more diverse, less overly homogenous levels, with J.B. Lewis praising its Sokoban levels for being "a bit more interesting than On the Rocks or Pain."

Frequent complaints included the use of invalid tiles, with Mike Lask thereby downgrading the levelset to a 4/5, and occasional advanced tricks such as After the Rainstorm and its ram that John branded as "just a bit mean for some players." Zero.prophet also observed that there are "many levels in CCLP2 that shouldn't have made the cut," which major CCLP3 staff and community leaders such as Tyler Sontag also agreed to. Rock Généreux, while in obvious assent with this reasoning, noted that the set contained only "10 really bad levels max" and should be respected for its "extremely good" compositions such as Cloner's Maze.

List of CCLP2 levels

#	Level Title	Password	Time Limit	Level Designer
1	A Fleeting Memory	JNMD	360	Drew Thomas
2	Naomi's Bug Collection	CAGR	300	Paul Hobden
3	Bea's Den	HYGJ	150	Paul Hobden
4	Force World	CUSU	250	Dave Borgman
5	Suction Ride	LTFX	400	Mike Lask
6	Fixing the Toggle Switch	COGB	180	Drew Thomas
7	Slightly Mad	MIKY	300	Tyrethali Ansrath
8	Use the Fish	KUSA	350	Tyrethali Ansrath
9	Maze of One Way	GLIK	200	Eric Schmidt
10	Who Needs a Flipper?	KOAG	399	Mike Lask
11	Deconstruction	DPDC	500	Tyrethali Ansrath
12	Mazed In	NPQF	600	Tyrethali Ansrath
13	The Serial Port	KNIN	360	Drake Wilson
14	The Parallel Port	QVVG	280	Drake Wilson
15	Debug File	YONE	250	Dave Borgman
16	Paw-Print Isle	YUNK	350	Tyrethali Ansrath
17	Double Trouble	OPCD	300	Dave Borgman
18	Elemental	HFGW	350	Tyrethali Ansrath
19	A Sample of Things to Come	ZDNH	400	Dave Borgman
20	Ranger Denmark	AIQF	300	Anne Olsen
21	Block Away!	MGCF	300	Dave Borgman
22	How Goes?	FHSV	90	Anne Olsen
23	Traps I	EJLC	350	Dave Borgman
24	Sudden Death	HKHA	350	Dave Borgman
25	Race for the Chips	XKWK	350	Kyle Wightman
26	Work Fast	GGMF	150	Anne Olsen
27	Frozen Floors	IHSJ	300	Dave Borgman
28	Madness I	ULJD	300	Dave Borgman
29	Fire and Water	GZFS	200	David Stanley
30	Chase Race	KYQX	350	Kyle Wightman
31	Well of Wishes	WWYK	450	Tyrethali Ansrath
32	Tele-Portion	IWSA	400	Rolf Redford
33	The Big Button Quest	HZUR	150	Christian Ståhl
34	Cypher II	EZKA	500	Dale Bryan Sarah Canale
35	Mirror	QRTB	500	Paul Hobden
36	Spy	WFPP	500	Tyrethali Ansrath
37	The Mystery of the Seven Chips	PNQM	400	Christian Ståhl
38	Mads' Rush I	GTTZ	30	Anne Olsen
39	Yike-O-Matic	KIPE	300	Eric Schmidt
40	Traps II	SMIP	300	Dave Borgman
41	Ladder Needs a Wash	NBXA	240	Drew Thomas
42	Hmmm!	EVFC	350	Eric Schmidt
43	Ray of Light	KLZS	50	Tyrethali Ansrath
44	Fun House Rink	RIOA	250	Eric Schmidt
45	Breaking the Rules	EPYR	150	Eric Schmidt
46	Hurry Up, Chip!	MHPQ	95	Christian Ståhl
47	Tele-Rooms	AKBI	350	Dave Borgman
48	And Then There Were... Four?	EMSN	159	Eric Schmidt
49	Just a Minute!!	DHXH	60	Eric Schmidt
50	Smorgasbord	ICYY	600	Christian Ståhl
51	The Lake in Winter	LOJM	450	Eric Schmidt
52	Oracle I	BDRT	500	Dale Bryan
53	Security Breach	XYZK	75	John Matthews
54	Killer Rooms	BFMW	350	Dave Borgman
55	Dangers of Fire and Beasts	DLBU	150	Rolf Redford
56	Planet of the Teeth	WLVR	250	Dave Borgman
57	Quad-Boot	YUAV	300	Dave Borgman
58	Reversi	NQQS	400	Kyle Wightman
59	Lot of Danger	WMNM	400	Rolf Redford
60	Internal Clock	JRJQ	700	Eric Schmidt
61	Icy Moat	RHYK	500	Tyrethali Ansrath
62	Chips on the Blocks	HMOH	400	Christian Ståhl
63	Jungle	FGNF	200	David Stanley
64	Loop Holes	POKM	400	Dale Bryan
65	Beware of the Teeth!	WPZI	100	Christian Ståhl
66	Hobgoblins and Chimera	ERJB	250	Tyrethali Ansrath
67	The One Sensible Chip	DVSN	400	Christian Ståhl
68	Madness II	HINH	350	Dave Borgman
69	So Many Chips!	XUVJ	300	Dale Bryan
70	Killer Spiral	RXQR	300	Tyrethali Ansrath
71	Mads' Rush II	DLSN	60	Anne Olsen
72	Checkerboard I	IXWO	999	Dale Bryan
73	Bumble Boy	UWHY	279	Eric Schmidt
74	Chip Search	DJTP	300	Dave Borgman
75	BuggyWall	LPXZ	150	Paul Hobden
76	Fire Bugs	UMXP	300	Dave Borgman
77	Madd Maze	FHQW	300	Paul Hobden
78	The Search for the Exit	MGGX	350	Dave Borgman
79	Cra-zy	UEIF	120	Drew Thomas
80	Frost Swirl	MEWB	400	Tyrethali Ansrath
81	Just Enough	OSFN	500	Dale Bryan
82	The Block Stops Here	LIXA	300	Dave Borgman
83	Warehouse I	EDLH	600	Tyrethali Ansrath
84	Crypts of Aganorak	LXYA	500	Tyrethali Ansrath
85	Follow the Glacier Brick Road	TNMK	350	Tyrethali Ansrath
86	Creative One-Ways	IMOL	350	Eric Schmidt
87	The Walker Machine	CBYD	50	Hank Lin
88	Don't Get Lost	SLXW	400	Eric Schmidt
89	The Ghetto Defender	WGON	450	Christian Ståhl
90	Marjolaine's Maze	TDGB	280	Christian Ståhl
91	Tutti-Frutti	WKUD	750	Christian Ståhl
92	Abandoned Mines	NNDI	500	Tyrethali Ansrath
93	Exit Chip	WJNL	500	Eric Schmidt
94	Checkerboard II	HQTG	999	Dale Bryan
95	Learn	UCNC	350	Tyrethali Ansrath
96	Glider and Fire	OZLU	500	Rolf Redford
97	Roller Coaster	DCOR	470	Eric Schmidt
98	Loop	GKUP	120	Anne Olsen
99	One-Block Sokoban	MYTU	372	Eric Schmidt
100	Torch	RNDG	400	Tyrethali Ansrath
101	Hard as Rock	DAYI	999	Christian Ståhl
102	Chip's Fight	UYXS	450	Christian Ståhl
103	Island Hopping	SWKX	500	Paul Hobden
104	Pyramid	EDCX	400	Tyrethali Ansrath
105	Yet Another Puzzle	SDMU	500	Eric Schmidt
106	Bounce	ROIR	350	Tyrethali Ansrath
107	Joyride I	JNYS	26	Christian Ståhl
108	Tricks	ZYIT	400	Dave Borgman
109	Blocked Trap	OSCZ	600	Dave Borgman
110	It's a Kind of Magic	TJWI	500	Tyrethali Ansrath
111	Monster Factory	LXZP	450	Eric Schmidt
112	After the Rainstorm	QOHJ	300	Eric Schmidt
113	Oorto Geld II	EFWS	720	Drew Thomas
114	Joyride II	NPCP	100	Christian Ståhl
115	Counter Clockwise	EQOF	400	Tyrethali Ansrath
116	Turn Turn Turn	BSUK	500	Dale Bryan
117	CircleMaze	XCNR	500	David Stanley
118	High Security	QGBZ	250	Paul Hobden
119	Teeth	NLMM	350	Eric Schmidt
120	Frost Rings	IKKU	350	Tyrethali Ansrath
121	Flame Boy	FBOZ	300	Eric Schmidt
122	Warehouse II	WSPI	999	Eric Schmidt
123	BlockSlide	LYZC	800	Anders Kaseorg
124	Paramecia	NOEW	340	Eric Schmidt
125	Blocks 'n Bombs	YOAP	300	Paul Hobden
126	Dodge!	HYDL	200	Eric Schmidt
127	Escape from Chipkatraz	VFTY	200	John Matthews
128	Fantasy Island	ZJKJ	400	Drew Thomas
129	Miscellaneous	CNVO	600	Tyrethali Ansrath
130	Frozen Birdbath	FTRA	400	Drew Thomas
131	Time Bomb	WAAO	300	Eric Schmidt
132	Captured	EIHS	300	Eric Schmidt
133	Block Maze	KBIA	999	Tyrethali Ansrath
134	Microcosm	HWTD	400	Tyrethali Ansrath
135	Zartacla	FJZR	500	Tyrethali Ansrath
136	Switch Hit	UURS	600	David Stanley
137	Iron Mysticus	VFYY	500	Tyrethali Ansrath
138	Patrolled	VJRI	600	Tyrethali Ansrath
139	Frostbite	FKES	400	Tyrethali Ansrath
140	Keep Trying	PIIR	600	Eric Schmidt
141	Oracle II	GVAM	999	Dale Bryan
142	Chomper Romp	WAYT	600	Dale Bryan
143	Trapped	MZFU	500	Tyrethali Ansrath
144	Wormwood	FXIX	600	Eric Schmidt
145	Gauntlet	MAER	500	Dale Bryan
146	Run-a-Muck	HBSF	500	John Matthews
147	Cloner's Maze	IAQO	999	Eric Schmidt
148	Neptune	XDXW	600	Luc Longpré
149	Key Color	FJMS	600	David Stanley

List of designers

Name	Number of Levels
Tyrethali Ansrath	32
Dave Borgman	21
Dale Bryan	11
Paul Hobden	8
Anders Kaseorg	1
Mike Lask	2
Hank Lin	1
Luc Longpré	1
John Matthews	3
Anne Olsen	6
Anders Pemer	2
Rolf Redford	4
Eric Schmidt	28
Christian Ståhl	12
David Stanley	5
Drew Thomas	7
Kyle Wightman	3
Drake Wilson	2

Top 10 CCLP2 players

Current as of February 18, 2019

• Melinda's score - At least 6,051,310; +1 is possible on each of Loop, and Teeth, plus an unknown quantity on Keep Trying.
• Highest known bold score - 6,051,220

1. David Stolp - 6,051,140
2. J.B. Lewis - 6,050,900
3. James Anderson - 6,050,760
4. Andrew Bennett - 6,050,660
5. Evan Dummit - 6,049,870
6. Larry Jackson - 6,049,440
7. Paul Gilbert - 6,049,220
8. Warwick Anderson - 6,049,010
9. Tom Rowe - 6,048,940
10. Paul Jackson - 6,048,000

See also: Chip's Challenge Level Pack 2 (Lynx)

Trivia

• CCLP2 is the only community level pack that has no untimed levels.

External links

• Download CCLP2
• The full high score list, what the records are, and who set and confirmed which records. Maintained by James Anderson.