LP Chip's Challenge [1] (MS-DOS)
5Chip's Challenge is a puzzle game which appeared on several platforms, but has its origins on the Atari Lynx. What we have here is the MS-DOS port from somewhere between that and the more popular Windows version, being played on a real 286. I'll admit that indecision played a part in this and by the time I was even close to making my mind up what to play, I was nearly out of time and figured this'd make for a nice easy going holdover.
With that said, Chip's is another example of something we've seen play out a few times this year, whereby a game doesn't need extensive mechanics or even the greatest visuals to work well. This is a game which had a clear goal and stuck to it with very convincing execution.
We won't be seeing this one weekly but we might check back in on Chip every month or so.
Stages:
0:00 Pre-game whittering
5:12 Game Start
6:32 Level 1
7:46 Level 2
8:39 Level 3
10:03 Level 4
11:23 Level 5
12:16 Level 6
12:37 Level 7
13:41 Level 8
14:06 Level 9
19:26 Level 10
21:07 Level 11
28:07 Level 12
34:11 Level 13
35:16 Level 14
42:41 Level 15
49:34 Level 16
53:43 Level 17
54:41 Closing remarks
57:09 Computer operating noises
System used for play:
"Tawnia"
AMD 80286 at 6MHz
Intel 80287 at 5MHz (completely dormant here)
AT Clone motherboard "6401"
640KiB of DRAM
Everex ViewPoint EV-673 VGA with 256KiB of DRAM
Music Synthesizer II AdLib Clone
MS-DOS 5.0
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