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'''Chip's Challenge Level Pack 2''', often abbreviated as '''CCLP2''', is the first community [[Level set|level pack]] for [[Chip's Challenge]] released on February 9, 2002. It contains 149 levels taken from many [[custom level set]]s 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.

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{{fact}}, it was believed that it could never be released. The official sequel was finally released in May 2015.

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]].{{fact}}

More common [[glitch]]es 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 [[bust]]ed under this glitch, as they were developed before resources (including this wiki) on Chip's Challenge and its occasional coding flaws.

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 level]]s 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. [[rockdet|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]].

| 39 || [[Yike-O-Matic]] || KIPE || 300 || [[Eric Schmidt]]

| 50 || [[Smorgasbord]] || ICYY || 600 || [[Christian Ståhl]]

| 91 || [[Tutti-Frutti]] || WKUD || 750 || [[Christian Ståhl]]

| 101 || [[Hard as Rock]] || DAYI || 999 || [[Christian Ståhl]]

| 124 || [[Paramecia]] || NOEW || 340 || [[Eric Schmidt]]

== List of designers ==

| Paul Hobden

| Hank Lin

| John Matthews

| Anne Olsen

| Anders Pemer

| Rolf Redford

| Christian Ståhl

| David Stanley

| Drew Thomas

| Kyle Wightman

| Drake Wilson

''Current as of February 18, 2019''

* [[Melinda]]'s score - At least ''6,051,310''; +1 is possible on each of [[Loop]], and [[Teeth (CCLP2 level)|Teeth]], plus an unknown quantity on [[Keep Trying]].

* Highest known bold score - ''6,051,220''

<li>[[David Stolp]] - ''6,051,140''</li>

<li>[[J.B. Lewis]] - ''6,050,900''</li>

<li>[[James Anderson]] - ''6,050,760''</li>

<li>[[Andrew Bennett]] - ''6,050,660''</li>

<li>[[Evan Dummit]] - ''6,049,870''</li>

<li>[[Larry Jackson]] - ''6,049,440''</li>

<li>Paul Gilbert - ''6,049,220''</li>

<li>[[Warwick Anderson]] - ''6,049,010''</li>

See also: [[CCLXP2|Chip's Challenge Level Pack 2 (Lynx)]]

*[https://www.dropbox.com/s/4otca2wgmspf2gp/CCLP2.zip?dl=0 Download CCLP2]

*[https://www.jamesa7171.net/ The full high score list, what the records are, and who set and confirmed which records]. Maintained by James Anderson.

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