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{{quote| '''''[[Most Annoying Sound|"Bummer!"]]'''''}}▼
''Chip's Challenge'' is a game originally for the [[Atari Lynx]] but later bundled with the Best of Windows Entertainment Package. It involves the titular hero, Chip McCallahan, who has met Melinda The Mental Marvel in the school science laboratory and must navigate through Melinda's "Clubhouse" (a series of <s>144</s> <s>148</s> 149 increasingly difficult puzzles) in order to prove himself and gain membership to the very exclusive Bit Buster Club.▼
▲'''''Chip's Challenge''''' is a game originally for the [[Atari Lynx]], but later bundled with the ''Best of Windows Entertainment Package''. It involves the titular hero
The gameplay involves Chip moving about a number of tile-based 2D levels involving things like cloning machines, ice and force floor puzzles, and various monsters, attempting to finish a level before the time limit runs out. A sequel has been produced, adding numerous gameplay elements, but due to legal issues has never been released.▼
▲The gameplay involves Chip moving about a number of tile-based 2D levels involving things like cloning machines, ice and force floor puzzles
Fans have created several [[Level Editor|Level Editors]] for the game, with which thousands of additional levels have been created. Some of the most well received of these of these were assembled into the [[Fan Sequel|Fan Sequels]] CCLP2 and CCLP3 (CCLP short for "Chip's Challenge Level Pack").▼
▲Fans have created several [[Level Editor|Level Editors]] for the game, with which thousands of additional levels have been created. Some of the most well received of these of these were assembled into the [[Fan Sequel|Fan Sequels]] CCLP2 and CCLP3 (CCLP short for "Chip's Challenge Level Pack").
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* [[Anti
* [[Art Shift]]: At the end of the game, post [[Happy Dance|victory dance]], {{spoiler|a red-haired, glasses-wearing Chip appears on the shoulders of a crowd. He's no longer the simplified sprite he was throughout the game. The Chip in the game's icon is the same as the one in the game, except with different colouring. This applies to the Windows version
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Level 146, ''Cake Walk''. The level is everything [[Nintendo Hard|except that]].
* [[Block Puzzle]]: You will never want to see another block for the rest of your life.
** [[Training From Hell]]: If you can beat this, all but the worst block puzzles will ''never'' slow you down again.▼
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Levels 146 through 149, accessible only when you crack a code in level 34.
* [[Book Ends]]: {{spoiler|In the first level, you learn to use keys of different colors to open doors. In the second, you learn to use blocks to remove water. These are the only two things you do in the final level
* [[Cartoon Bomb]]: Red ones rather than the usual black.
* [[Collision Damage]]
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** Level 18, ''Castle Moat''. Also, an oversight in level 20 means that you don't have to collect any chips, making the level much easier.
** Thanks to a possible bug, it's possible to force your way across force floors if you are sliding on ice. This makes several puzzles trivial.
* [[Determinator]]: Chip, according to the manual.
* [[Developer's Room]]:
* [[Disc One Final Dungeon]]: Level 144, ''Fireflies''.
* [[The Eponymous Show]]▼
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: Although only one monster (the teeth) actively chases Chip, all of them are extremely lethal, as are multiple types of floor.
* [[Excuse Plot]]: Read the first paragraph.
* [[Fan Sequel]]: CCLP2 and CCLP3.
* [[Frictionless Ice]]: Even more than the [[Block
* [[Hailfire Peaks]]: Every level where the four major elements (water, fire, ice and magnetism/suction) are equitably present. These levels include
* [[Interchangeable Antimatter Keys]]: Locks vanish when opened, and so does the key
* [[The Maze]]: If it's not a [[Block Puzzle]], it's probably this.▼
* [[Kaizo Trap]]:
** Level 138, ''Partial Post''. The exit is right at the start, except a telepot tile will prevent you from reaching it. You need to lock ''all'' routes so that the teleporter has no option but let you walk to the exit.
** In
* [[Marathon Level]]: On The Rocks, Cityblock, Pain, Writer's Block, Chipmine... and they're all nightmarish to play.
▲* [[The Maze]]: If it's not a [[Block Puzzle]], it's probably this.
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
** Level 34 is called ''Cypher'', and in general, most level names are meaningful.
** The ''Southpole'' level [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this in its hint.
* [[Mercy Mode]]: Blow a level enough times, and Melinda will reward your perseverance and let you skip it. You have to actually waste enough time on the level first, however.
* [[Mind Screw]]: Level 111, ''[[Blatant Lies|Time Lapse]]''. For one, the level has unlimited time; secondly, the level's mechanics doesn't seem to work coherently in the PC version. Are the bugs in the northwestern portion supposed to press a green switch that locks the entire inner area of the level (because they don't)? The reason for these weirdnesses is due to the gameplay differences from the Lynx version. In it, the green doors leading to the exit are toggled permanently after a while because the bugs do manage to reach the button that activates the switcheroo. One of the many porting errors gives you much more leeway.
* [[Mooks Ate My Equipment]]
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* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]: This game has quite a few ice levels, but the most infamous is Double Maze.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Chuck's Challenge, in which an alien named Woop recruits original game designer Chuck Somerville to build Chip's Challenge-style puzzles aboard his spaceship.
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]:
* [[Tank Goodness]]: The blue tanks, which can be operated through blue buttons. Their most prominent levels are
▲* [[The Eponymous Show]]
* [[Timed Mission]]: Only 29 levels aren't timed in the entire game.
* [[Time Keeps
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* [[Trial and Error Gameplay]]: Multiple levels, including ''Cellblocked'' and ''Icedeath''. Take the wrong path and either you're stuck or dead. ''Cellblocked'' even tells you at the beginning how to restart the level.
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: The only explanation for how Chip comes back after [[Nintendo Hard|all those deaths]] is one sentence to this effect [[All There in the Manual|in the help file]].
* [[Unwinnable]]:
** Some versions of
** Many levels become unwinnable if you make even the slightest misstep. Alright, just a little bit more, and
* [[Victory Pose]]: At the end of the game
▲* [[Victory Pose]]: At the end of the game {{spoiler|Chip becomes [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|gigantic]] and waves his arms up and down in a kind of victory dance.}}
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▲[[Category:Commodore 64]]
[[Category:Maze Game]]
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[[Category:Atari Lynx]]
[[Category:Atari ST]]
[[Category:Amiga]]
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[[Category:ZX Spectrum]]
[[Category:Amstrad CPC]]
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