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Chuckie Egg

Chuckie Egg is an action platformer featuring a turn-based multiplayer mode. As Hen-House Harry, the player must collect the twelve eggs positioned in each level, before a countdown timer reaches zero. In…

80 31 December 1983

Chuckie Egg is an arcade developed by A&F Software, released 31 December 1983 on Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Atari 8-bit.

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What Chuckie Egg is

Chuckie Egg is an arcade game developed by A&F Software and released in 1983. It is available on Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Dragon 32/64, MSX, Tatung Einstein and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Chuckie Egg holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1983 averaged 75, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Chuckie Egg launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper and Lords of Time. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper, Lords of Time.

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When did Chuckie Egg come out?
Chuckie Egg was released on 31 December 1983 for Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Dragon 32/64, MSX, Tatung Einstein and ZX Spectrum.
Does Chuckie Egg have multiplayer?
Yes. Chuckie Egg supports multiplayer.

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