Date   : Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:08:21 +0100
From   : "Samwise" <samwise@...>
Subject: Re: Chuckie Egg (was: Re: Econet-Ethernet bridge)

Guys,

How soon we forget ...

I spent a large proportion of my recent nerd-life chronicling this corner of
beeb history, as I thought it was under-represented online.  The research
involved a thread or two on this very list, to get some more info on the
beeb release.

> I have a feeling there are two birds in later stages and it gets
> *really* messy. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't played
> Chuckie Egg since school lunchtimes something like 20 years ago :-)
> 
> cheers
> 
> Jules

Sorry, Jules - that's an urban legend.  Amazing the number of people who
seem to remember it, tho.

> Never got further than point three, so I'm not sure after that. I 
> always found it so depressing when I died after playing for about an 
> hour and had to go ALL the way back to the start again. Bah.

Kris, there are pokes available for you to start at any level (1-255),
detailed on the website.

> Having spent the past twenty years trying to perfect my 
> Chuckie Egg style, I
> can confirm that the fourth wave is the duck (?) out of the 
> cage and MORE
> chickens strutting around.  IIRC, there are two more than in 
> wave three...
> Never managed to get past level 32 and a score of around 230,000.
> 
> That would take a seriously hard-core Chuckie Egg-er!
> 
> Any of you twiddle-fingers ever seen a fifth/sixth/? wave?

Yep, John - the last level before it loops back to the beginning is a *real*
pain ...  :)

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Definitive answers to FAQs including yours, along with history, interviews,
gameplay tips, cheats and more than you ever cared know about CE is all
available here:

The Chuckie Egg Professional's Resource Kit
http://www.bagshot-row.org/chuckie-egg/

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HTH,

Sam.