Andrew E.'s Chip's Challenge Page

• My Levelsets
• cclpinfo
• Solutions
• Programs
• Graphics
• Patches
• Game Insides
• Links

My Custom Level Sets

My first levelset was AndrewE1.dat. When I started working on it, my goal was to create a new 149-level levelset, complete with secret levels and "lessons", but I realize now that I was being way too ambitious. My current goal is to create two ~20-level sets; one for the Lynx ruleset, and one for the MSCC ruleset.

Download the Lynx levelset (723 B; 1 level, updated 2005-01-06)
For archival purposes, AndrewE1.dat is still available for download. ( 22KB)

cclpinfo

cclpinfo is a small utility written by myself and Madhav Shanbhag which displays the number and name of all levels in a selected levelset, with options to display the time limit, password, chips required, and hint. cclpinfo was based on a program called datstat.

Current version: 1.3
View the readme
View the changelog
Download cclpinfo.zip (7.55KB; source included)

Solutions

Alice Voith's Chip's Plus

Hints and Solution maps for nearly every level in the original levelset

AVIs @ Mike L's site

AVI video solutions for every level in the original set and CCLP2. Successor of the AVI archive at Anders Kaseorg's Chip's Challenge Corridor

pieguy's public tws

Tile World Solution files for the original set and CCLP2 and EvanD1

Chip's Challenge @ StrategyWiki

Walkthroughs for the original set and CCLP2.

Programs

Programs people have created that relate to Chip's Challenge

Emulators

Tile World, created by Brian Raiter

An open-source program that emulates both the Microsoft and Atari Lynx versions of Chip's Challenge. Uses cool new graphics created by Anders Kaseorg, and comes with CCLP2, a new levelset made by combining everyone's favorite levels. Supports multiple levelsets.

Level Editors

These programs allow you to create custom levels

ChipEdit created by John Elion

This was the first ever Chip's Challenge level editor.

Chip's Workshop, created by Christopher Elsby

CCEdit, created by Micheal Hansen

A very advanced level editor. Features playtesting in MSCC or Tile World.

There's an alpha version.

c4, a perl script written by Brian Raiter

This non-graphical command-line utility can convert Chip's Challenge files between various formats; including a special text-based format.

Level Managers

These programs help you manage and play custom levelsets

Chip's Controls, created by Mike L.

CCLM (CC Level Manager), created by Michael Hansen

Part of CCTools, a level editing suite created by Michael Hansen; also available for download seperately.

Customizers

These programs modify chips.exe in some way.

CCHack, created by Michael Hansen

This program allows you to customize nearly everything about chips.exe. Including the program title, the "decade messages", the ending level, the death messages, etc. But most importantly it lets you change the graphics.

Part of CCTools.

MyChips, created by Dale Bryan

Creates a modified version of chips.exe which uses different .ini and .dat files.

T-Chip, created by Ruben Spaans

Grants 999 seconds on all untimed levels in chips.dat.

chipend, created by Brian Raiter

Changes the end level numbers stored in the exe, to avoid the "Corrupt or inaccessible CHIPS.DAT" message. Can also suppress the decade messages.

Other tools

cclpinfo, created by me, Andrew E. (see description above)

ChipCap, created by Anders Kaseorg

A tool for capturing AVIs of Chip's Challenge.

Mapmaker, created by Ruben Spaans

Creates an image of a selected level from a levelset.

Makemap, created by Johannes Postel

Uses Mapmaker to create multiple level maps with one command.

DacGen, created by Mike L.

Creates .dac files for tile world. It was later merged into Chip's Controls.

ccdiff, created by Madhav Shanbhag

Shows the differences between two versions of a levelset.

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Graphics

Several very talented people have created their own custom graphics for Chip's Challenge.

"The Tile World graphics", created by Anders Kaseorg

Anders Kaseorg created this tileset for use in Tile World. The images were created with the help of POV-Ray, a ray-tracing program. As a result, they are much more 3D-looking than the original graphics.

Michael Hansen later used the graphics in a graphical patch for MSCC, dubbed "New Age CC", to demonstrate CCHack.

Natural CC, created by Madhav Shanbhag

Natural CC takes place in a sprawling field, where Chip runs around collecting [potato] chips, and avoiding quick-sand and lava.

Madhav pioneered the practice of distributing image patches to modifiy the existing graphics, rather than distributing the entire file. He even created a special tool, patchbmp, to help with the task. Time will tell whether other people will follow his example.

The Kayu Interface, created by Master Kayu

The Kayu Interface gives the Chip's Challenge graphics a much needed upgrade, with shinier tiles and a softer, calmer feel overall.

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Silly World, created by Brian Raiter

Whilst developing Tile World, Brian created some goofy graphics, which have since been replaced by Anders's 3-D tiles. They are still available for download on his site, albeit slightly hidden. [mirror]

I resized them and converted them into the "masked" format required by MSCC. He didn't call it Silly World, but i am now.

Retro Remix CC, created by Christopher Trumbour

Christopher Trumbour screencapped every animation frame of every tile in the DOS port of Chip's Challenge, resized them, recolored them, and put them into Tile World's tile format to make this awesome tileset.

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Patches

There are a few patches that people have produced for the Windows port of Chip's Challenge.

ccpatch, created by ccexplore

Fixes a bug where, when Chip steps on a square with two transparent objects (in other words, keys, monsters or boots), the game crashes.

fullsec, created by ccexplore

Fixes another bug in the game, where the timer fails to fully reset. Also adds the ability to switch the game between even- and odd-step mode.

pgchip, created by pieguy

Transforms one of the previously unused tiles into the Ice Block.

Game Insides

• CHIPS.DAT file format
• Differences between the MS and Lynx versions
• In the help file for CCHack, there is a list of interesting offsets in CHIPS.EXE
• dr. pieguy explains slide delay
• Explanation of the strange Clone Machine and Trap behavior in the MS version of the game.

Links

Important Sites

The Chip's Challenge Yahoo group

a repository for levels

pieguy's leveset scoreboards

The official Chip's Challenge newsgroup

This is where we all get together to talk. You'll need a newsreader. Like Thunderbird. Or you can use Anders's web interface.

Mike L's Chip's Challenge Site

An index of almost every Chip's-Challenge-related thing on the internet, including a massive index to almost every levelset in existence.

The Chip's Challenge FAQ

Fansites

• Anders Kaseorg - The Chip's Challenge Corridor
• Andrew Gapic - Chip's Home
• Anne Olsen - Chip's Challenge Homepage Denmark
• Brian P. - Chip's Challenge CyberCafé
• Dan Miller's Chip's Challenge Notes
• David "pieguy" Stolp - pieguy's homepage
• Evan Dummit - Chips Stuff
• Graue - Graue's levels for Tile World and Chip's Challenge
• Jimmy Vermeer - Chip's Challenge High Scores by Level
• Mike L's Chip's Challenge Site
• Norman De Forest - The Flashing Cursor Plays Games
• Richard Field's Chip's Challenge page.
• Ruben Spaans - Ruben's Chip's Challenge page
• Theodor Lauppert - Chip's Challenge (1989)
• Tyler S. - Chip's Challenge Downloads

This page was last updated on 2008-05-06. Created and maintained by Andrew E.