| Chuckie Egg | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | A&F Software |
| Publisher(s) | A&F Software Pick & Choose |
| Designer(s) | Nigel Alderton[1] |
| Platform(s) | BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, Dragon, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, MSX, Einstein, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Amiga, Atari ST, IBM PC |
| Release | 1983 |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | 1-4 players alternating turns |
Chuckie Egg is a platform game released by A&F Software in 1983 initially for the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and Dragon 32/64. It was ported to the Commodore 64, Acorn Electron, MSX, Tatung Einstein, Amstrad CPC, and Atari 8-bit computers. It was later updated for the Amiga, Atari ST, and IBM PC compatibles.
The game was written by Nigel Alderton,[1] then 16 or 17 years old. After a month or two of development, Nigel took a pre-release version of his Spectrum code to the two-year-old software company A&F, co-founded by Doug Anderson and Mike Fitzgerald (the "A" and "F", respectively). Doug took on the simultaneous development of the BBC Micro version, whilst Mike Webb, an A&F employee, completed the Dragon port.
Levels are largely the same between versions, and all the 8-bit versions have been cited as classics.[2][1][3]