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Chip's Challenge 1

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Chip's Challenge 1
Chip's Challenge 1 cover
Developers
DOS Epyx
Windows Niffler
Publishers
DOS Epyx
Windows 3.x Microsoft
Windows Niffler
Windows Nkidu Games
Release dates
DOS 1991
Windows 3.x 1992
Windows May 28, 2015
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, Freeware
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Top-down view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Puzzle
Art styles Pixel art
Series Chip's Challenge
Chip's Challenge 1 on HowLongToBeat
Chip's Challenge 1 on IGDB
Chip's Challenge 1 guide on StrategyWiki
Chip's Challenge 1 on MobyGames
Chip's Challenge 1 on Wikipedia
Chip's Challenge
Chip's Challenge 1 1992
Chuck's Challenge 3D 2014
Chip's Challenge 2 2015

Chip's Challenge 1 is a singleplayer top-down view and scrolling action and puzzle game in the Chip's Challenge series.

Originally developed and published for Atari Lynx handheld in 1989 and converted to wide variety of platforms.
Received three different conversions for PC. The Steam release is the most recent version and is based on the engine of sequel.
The 1992 Windows version and the 2015 Steam release don't use the music from the original Atari Lynx version, although the original soundtrack can be modded back to the Steam version.
On October 6, 2020 native Windows version became free.[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions for the native Windows version
Steam Community Discussions for the Amiga/C64/Lynx/Mega Drive/SNES/Spectrum ports version
Steam Community Discussions for the DOS port version

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
MS-DOS version with audiovisual presentation patterned after the Atari Lynx original.
DOS
Retail
DRM-free
Sold as part of "Microsoft Entertainment Pack 4" & "Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack"[2]
Windows 3.x
Steam
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Based on Chip's Challenge 2.
Windows
Steam
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Amiga/C64/Lynx/Mega Drive/SNES/Spectrum ports.
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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The Original DOS Classic.
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
Freeware Native Windows version is free since October 6, 2020.[1]
One-time game purchase MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, and console port versions require an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %WINDIR%\entpack.ini (Windows 3.x version)[Note 1]
<path-to-game>/data/options.txt[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/346850/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

DOS version uses level codes only. Windows 3.x version has both level codes and save file.
System Location
Windows %WINDIR%\entpack.ini (Windows 3.x version)[Note 1]
<path-to-game>/data/games/save.c2l[Note 1]
<path-to-game>/data/saves/[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/346850/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General preferences of Windows version
General preferences of Windows version
General options of Windows 3.x version
General options of Windows 3.x version
Startup settings of DOS version
Startup settings of DOS version

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Windows version size is 630x432 integer-scaled up to 4x. Windows 3.x version size is 520x402.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Windows and Windows 3.x versions are windowed mode only.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard controls of Windows version
Keyboard controls of Windows version

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Windows and DOS versions only, Windows 3.x version does not have remapping.
In the DOS version press R on the logo/credits screen.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse is not used for gameplay.
Mouse input in menus
Windows and Windows 3.x versions only.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
DOS version only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
In the DOS version press F10 during gameplay.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Windows version: Music, Effects sliders.
Windows 3.x version: Music, Effects toggles.
Surround sound
Subtitles
No speech.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Windows version does not mute, Windows 3.x version pauses and mutes.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw
Native Windows version.
DOS video modes Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA, Tandy
Executable16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz or faster processor
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 6.0 compatible
Based on the 2015 version.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/346850/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (346850) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Steam :: Chip's Challenge 1 :: Chip's Challenge 1 now Free - last accessed on 2023-05-16
    "It’s been over 30 years since Chuck Sommerville created Chip’s Challenge, so it's now free on Steam"
  2. Microsoft Entertainment Pack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - last accessed on Aug 12, 2017