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== Version quirks == | == Version quirks == | ||
=== Atari Lynx === | === Atari Lynx === | ||
In the original [[Chip's Challenge for Atari Lynx]], when a level is completed, the victory message and four scoring values are superimposed over the level, on the bottom half of the screen. However, the total score is not saved, and | In the original [[Chip's Challenge for Atari Lynx]], when a level is completed, the victory message and four scoring values are superimposed over the level, on the bottom half of the screen. However, the total score is not saved, and resets to 0 upon returning to the title screen or in the case of a power failure. As of 2021, no one is known to have ever completed Chip's Challenge 1 in a single setting within the Lynx's best-case 5 hours of battery life, so it's highly unlikely that anyone ever saw their total score over a complete playthrough of the game. | ||
=== MS === | === MS === | ||
In [[Microsoft's version of Chip's Challenge]], the time bonus value is a 16-bit signed integer. This means that if there are | In [[Microsoft's version of Chip's Challenge]], the time bonus value is a 16-bit signed integer. This means that if there are more than 3,276 seconds remaining on the clock when the level is finished (impossible except in a few custom levels), the time bonus value will roll over to a negative number. | ||
When a level is completed, the score is displayed in a new window, as seen in the image above. The window's title is always "''Level Complete!''". The window itself then includes the victory message, time bonus, level bonus, level score, and total score. Below the total score is a place for a message that declares any score improvement. If there is no improvement, no message is shown. The shown message, stating "''You have established a time record for this level!''", will be shown whenever a level is completed for the first time. A time improvement will elicit the message "''You beat the previous time record by X seconds!''", and an improvement in the level bonus will elicit the message "''You increased your score on this level by X points!''" If ''both'' of these happen at the same time, the former message is shown. Finally, at the bottom of the window, is an ''Onward!'' button which takes the player to the next level. | When a level is completed, the score is displayed in a new window, as seen in the image above. The window's title is always "''Level Complete!''". The window itself then includes the victory message, time bonus, level bonus, level score, and total score. Below the total score is a place for a message that declares any score improvement. If there is no improvement, no message is shown. The shown message, stating "''You have established a time record for this level!''", will be shown whenever a level is completed for the first time. A time improvement will elicit the message "''You beat the previous time record by X seconds!''", and an improvement in the level bonus will elicit the message "''You increased your score on this level by X points!''" If ''both'' of these happen at the same time, the former message is shown. Finally, at the bottom of the window, is an ''Onward!'' button which takes the player to the next level. | ||
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=== Steam + CC2 === | === Steam + CC2 === | ||
In the [[Steam ruleset]] and in [[Chip's Challenge 2]], when a level is completed, the victory message and the score are overlaid over the bottom half of the grid, similar to the original Atari Lynx version. If the score is an improvement over the previous score, a new window first appears to congratulate the player, and display how many extra points were scored. This window can be | In the [[Steam ruleset]] and in [[Chip's Challenge 2]], when a level is completed, the victory message and the score are overlaid over the bottom half of the grid, similar to the original Atari Lynx version. If the score is an improvement over the previous score, a new window first appears to congratulate the player, and display how many extra points were scored. This window can be dismissed by clicking the ''Ok'' button at the bottom. | ||
=== ZX Spectrum === | === ZX Spectrum === | ||
Scoring in the ZX Spectrum port of Chip's Challenge is extremely glitchy. For most levels, the level bonus value does not use the usual formula, instead using a | Scoring in the ZX Spectrum port of Chip's Challenge is extremely glitchy. For most levels, the level bonus value does not use the usual formula, instead using a seemingly random number which will be very confusing to attentive players. | ||
== Additional scoring methods == | == Additional scoring methods == | ||
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* .1 = -.7 = 4.5/.5 moves. | * .1 = -.7 = 4.5/.5 moves. | ||
* .0 = -.8 = 5 moves, or where the next half-move in the absence of -.9 cases would contain a tick. Since the [[Lynx Ruleset]] ticks the clock for one more turn upon entry into the exit, a .0 route played in Lynx will drop to the next second. | * .0 = -.8 = 5 moves, or where the next half-move in the absence of -.9 cases would contain a tick. Since the [[Lynx Ruleset]] ticks the clock for one more turn upon entry into the exit, a .0 route played in Lynx will drop to the next second. | ||
* -.9 (no .X equivalent) = 5.5 moves after the last tick, but the time limit has not decremented. As technically the clock should have ticked at this point, Chip must have used either [[boosting]] or a special instance of a [[spring step]]. (Note that waiting [1/2] before making a ''voluntary'' move into the exit, such that a hypothetical next move would be a spring step, will not create a -.9 time and simply be .0/-.8.) The three specific causes, with examples, are: a force floor override ([[Flame Boy]]), a boost which places Chip ''directly'' into the exit ([[Shrinking]], [[Bounce]], [[Oorto Geld II]]), and Chip making a boost or a spring step onto a sliding space and continuing to slide until he reaches the exit, and the timer was at .0 one space from the exit ([[I Slide]] and [[Just Enough]] respectively) | * -.9 (no .X equivalent) = 5.5 moves after the last tick, but the time limit has not decremented. As technically the clock should have ticked at this point, Chip must have used either [[boosting]] or a special instance of a [[spring step]]. (Note that waiting [1/2] before making a ''voluntary'' move into the exit, such that a hypothetical next move would be a spring step, will not create a -.9 time and simply be .0/-.8.) The three specific causes, with examples, are: a force floor override ([[Flame Boy]]), a boost which places Chip ''directly'' into the exit ([[Shrinking]], [[Bounce]], [[Oorto Geld II]]), and Chip making a boost or a spring step onto a sliding space and continuing to slide until he reaches the exit, and the timer was at .0 one space from the exit ([[I Slide]] and [[Just Enough]] respectively). Because of the continuing clock software in MS, when Chip closes the exit window and moves to the next level, the timer will be down one second from its original setting. | ||
[[Category:Mechanics]] | [[Category:Mechanics]] | ||