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The '''Controller and Boss Glitch''', often shortened to ''C/B Glitch'' due to its length, is an [[MS Ruleset]]-exclusive glitch that affects the way [[teeth]], [[bug]]s, and the [[paramecium|paramecia]] behave when they attempt to exit a [[clone machine]] or [[trap]]. It is among the earliest documented glitches in [[Chip's Challenge 1|CC1]], being encountered earlier than even the [[Transparency Glitch]]. | The '''Controller and Boss Glitch''', often shortened to ''C/B Glitch'' due to its length, is an [[MS Ruleset]]-exclusive glitch that affects the way [[teeth]], [[bug]]s, and the [[paramecium|paramecia]] behave when they attempt to exit a [[clone machine]] or [[trap]]. It is among the earliest documented glitches in [[Chip's Challenge 1|CC1]], being encountered earlier than even the [[Transparency Glitch]]. | ||
== Cause == | == Cause == | ||
The root cause of the glitch is uninitialized variables in the game | The root cause of the glitch is uninitialized variables in the game. That is, some part of the program attempts to read some place in memory without ever writing to it first (or the programmer forgets to write to it first), causing the read data to be something unrelated that was coincidentally written in that place earlier by a different, unrelated part of the program. | ||
== Traps == | == Traps == | ||
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* [[Trust Me]]: The boss for the bug clone machines, but in particular the one just to the right of the exit, is a paramecium in the lower left corner, which doesn't move west for a sum total of [31] after the red button is pressed in the [[busted]] solution. | * [[Trust Me]]: The boss for the bug clone machines, but in particular the one just to the right of the exit, is a paramecium in the lower left corner, which doesn't move west for a sum total of [31] after the red button is pressed in the [[busted]] solution. | ||
=== '''[[CCLP2]]''' === | === '''[[Chip's Challenge Level Pack 2|CCLP2]]''' === | ||
Occurrences of the C/B Glitch in CCLP2 are far more rare, since its mechanics had been well-documented by the time of release (2002); only two levels include it. | Occurrences of the C/B Glitch in CCLP2 are far more rare, since its mechanics had been well-documented by the time of release (2002); only two levels include it. | ||