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Chip's Challenge (NES)

This game was never completed and/or given a public release.
As a result of this, keep in mind that the developers might have used or deleted some of the content featured here, had the game actually been released.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

The NES Chip's Challenge is a scrapped port of the Lynx original, featuring an exclusive level. A build, labeled as "V0.924B" on the title screen, was released by Lost Levels on November 13, 2015.

Download Chip's Challenge (Prototype)

File: Chips_Challenge_(V0.924B)_(Prototype).zip (129 KB) (info)

Developer Credits#

Chip's_Challenge_(NES)-cred0.png Chip's_Challenge_(NES)-cred1.png

Enter the password CRED.

(Source: CaH4e3)

HARD Levels#

The normal level sequence contains 132 levels (one exclusive to the NES port), plus 4 secret levels. The other 13 levels from the original game are present, but inaccessible.

Entering the password HARD will take the player to Forced Entry, from which they can access the other removed levels: Blobnet, Mishmesh, Scavenger Hunt, On the Rocks, Slo Mo, Cityblock, Colony, Icehouse, Block N Roll, Blobdance, Pain, and Yorkhouse.

(Source: Chip's Challenge Wiki)

Level Skip#

Before moving Chip in a level, press A to skip to the next one or B to go back to the previous one.

(Source: Lost Levels)