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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''
 
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Player !! Score
|-
| 1 || [[David Stolp]] || 5,977,660
|-
| 2 || [[J.B. Lewis]] || 5,977,650
|-
| 3 || [[James Anderson]] || 5,977,570
|-
| 3 || [[Jeffrey Bardon]] || 5,977,570
|-
| 5 || [[Andrew Bennett]] || 5,977,510
|-
| 5 || Kacper Leszczyński || 5,977,510
|-
| 7 || Andrew Gapic || 5,977,480
|-
| 8 || [[Evan Dummit]] || 5,977,400
|-
| 9 || Pekka Lassila || 5,977,160
|-
| 10 || [[Larry Jackson]] || 5,977,120
|-
| 10 || [[Ruben Spaans]] || 5,977,120
|-
|}
 
== External links ==
*[http://www.jamesa7171.net The full high score list, what the records are, and who set and confirmed which records]. Maintained by [[James Anderson]].
*[[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.
 
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