Chuckie Egg for Windows

New release!

Executable: ChuckieEgg-1.1-setup.exe

Here (at last) is Chuckie version 1.1, in all its glory. The changes from the previous release are:

It has a proper installer and uninstaller
The version numbering is now consistent
Saved games get given a '.egg' extension automatically
There's no longer an hourglass when the mouse is over the game window
The Bit Twiddlers alternative levels are included in the standard package
The option to generate a score code is removed as I'm no longer updating the high-score table

Welcome

Chuckie Egg is a classic game from the era of 8-bit home computers. It was one of the first platform games, and had fast animation, great gameplay and a few shocks for the players who reach the higher levels.

The game started out on the ZX Spectrum and was ported to many different systems. The version of Chuckie Egg available on this page is written for a PC running Windows and is based on the BBC Micro version of the game.

Downloads

Previous version executable: chuckie-1.04.exe

Additional files:

ChuckieEgg-1.1-source.zip Version 1.1 source code
altlevels.txt an alternative levels set taken from the Bit Twiddlers hacked BBC version
hardlev.txt alternative levels sent by Robin Zalek
eggitor.zip level editor written by David Brooks
alt_graphics high resolution graphics to replace the default set
chuckie_source.zip source code - This is the file that was lost when the previous version of this web site went down. Many thanks to tuppe666 from the happypenguin.org forums and to Samwise for their help in returning the file.

Gameplay

Even if you haven't played before, its pretty easy to pick up - guide Farmer Harry around, collect a dozen (*) eggs per level, and avoid from the swans. On later levels Chuckie can fly out of her cage and attack the hero, so avoid her as well.

Press 'K' the first time you play to choose a set of keys to use. One unlisted key is 'P', to pause at any time.

You can change the screen size using the option in the 'View' menu, or press Alt-Enter to toggle full screen mode for a true nostalga trip.

(*)Thats a Chuckie Egg dozen, which varies in quantity.

Screenshots

High scores

I've stopped accepting new scores for the table. Here is a copy of the highest scores that were send in.

	Name	Score	Level	Date

1	Vince Phillips	6,301,530	621	16/6/99
2	Tara Phillips	2,174,980	218	11/4/00
3	Shona Hay	1,739,960	176	18/5/99
4	Jamie Zalek	1,473,120	148	15/4/99
5	Siomn Wild	1,439,050	146	13/3/00
6	James Tweats	1,415,640	144	6/1/99
7	Alistair Smith	1,377,800	155	3/12/99
8	David Rose	1,322,310	135	16/3/01
9	Pete Wells	1,319,750	136	26/12/98
10	Russell Smith	1,229,200	125	26/12/99
11	Martin Conn	936,030	97	24/10/00
12	James Hanson	697,140	81	24/11/99
13	Adam George	621,090	65	21/2/00
14	Stephen Ansley	602,500	64	18/10/98
15	Luke Hebbes	540,220	57	14/11/99
16	Pauline Godfrey	524,390	56	22/2/99
17	Stuart Norman	493,440	53	2/1/00
18	Andrew Miller	453,950	49	27/7/98
19	Jim Lodder	451,020	49	6/7/99
20	Owen Hinchcliffe	391,480	43	17/2/99
21	Andy Lawrence	362,600	40	29/11/00
22	Ciel Jongerius	358,000	40	1/8/99
23	Andy Mills	363,400	40	2/3/99
24	Michael Coe	361,330	40	21/8/98
25	Lewis Miles	349,850	39	10/10/00

Links

Amazingly, there is a thriving community of websites devoted to Chuckie Egg - not bad for a 20 year old game!

The Chuckie Egg Professional's Resource Kit - A very comprehensive site with a wealth of information on the game, covering background knowledge, playing tips and lists of all the ports of the game.
The Chuckie Egg Site - Lots of articles, and a bulletin board for each one
Tantric Eggs - An enthusiastic site with some interesting information on the early history of Chuckie
The BBC Lives - This is the main site for BBC game emulation

In addition the are several pages where you can play the Spectrum version of Chuckie inside a web browser, using various Java Spectrum emulators. See the Links section of the Professional Resource Kit for a list.

License and copyright

The BBC version is (c) A&F Software

This version is released as freeware. You may copy and redistribute it as long as no profit is made.

Contact

You can contact me (Mike Elson) at mike@elson.com