Chuck Rock

Chuck Rock
European Mega Drive cover
Developer(s)Core Design
Spidersoft (Game Boy)
Publisher(s)Core Design
Virgin Games
Sony Imagesoft
Krisalis Software
Designer(s)Robert Churchill
Programmer(s)Chris Long
Artist(s)Lee Pullen
Composer(s)Matthew Simmonds
Platform(s)Amiga, Atari ST, Archimedes, Commodore 64, Game Gear, Mega Drive, Master System, SNES, Game Boy, Mega-CD, CD32
Release
1991 (First release)
  • Amiga, Atari ST
    • EU: 1991 (Core Design)

    Acorn Archimedes

    • EU: 1991 (Krisalis)

    Commodore 64

    • EU: 1992 (Core Design)
    • NA: 1992 (Core Design)

    Game Gear

    • EU: 1992 (Sega)
    • NA: 1992 (Sega)
    • JP: 1992 (Sega)

    Genesis

    • EU: 1992 (Virgin)
    • NA: 1992 (Virgin)
    • AU: 1992 (Sega)

    Master System

    • EU: 1992 (Virgin)

    SNES

    • EU: 1992 (Sony Imagesoft)
    • NA: 1992 (Sony Imagesoft)

    Mega-CD

    • NA: 1992 (Sony Imagesoft)
    • EU: July 1993 (Sony Imagesoft)

    Game Boy

    • EU: 1993 (Sony Imagesoft)
    • NA: 1993 (Sony Imagesoft)

    CD32

    • EU: 1994 (Core Design)
Genre(s)Platform game
Mode(s)Single-player
Amiga version floppy disks

Chuck Rock is a 1991 slapstick side-scrolling platform video game developed and published by Core Design for the Atari ST and Amiga computers. A Commodore 64 port followed in 1992 and an Amiga CD32 version in 1994. The game was subsequently published by Krisalis Software for the Acorn Archimedes. Virgin Interactive published the game for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Master System, and the Game Gear. Sony Imagesoft published the game for the Sega Mega-CD, Super NES, and Game Boy.

The character of Chuck Rock was an early mascot for Core Design before the introduction of Lara Croft in the 1996 game Tomb Raider, and the character of Chuck Rock himself and his family even featured in some UK comic books of the 1990s.

Chuck Rock spawned two video game sequels.