Crazy Chicken: Star Karts

A space-themed racing game starring the titular crazed hen, with some promising ideas, such as upgradeable and customizable karts, elimination-based races and even a story mode. It's unfortunately ruined by a terrible framerate, lack of content and extremely slippery controls.

Unused Graphics#

An early title screen with a different logo and Moorhuhn render.

Unused Track#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Can this track be loaded somehow?

An unused track called Station Invasion exists in the files. It appears to be complete, though it's unknown if it can be loaded in-game.

Locked and unlocked icons.

The track's minimap.

Preview icons.

STATION INVASION

THIS IS IT: THE CLIMAX OF ALL THINGS KART-RELATED! THIS HEAVILY ARMED SPACE STATION WILL PIT RACER AGAINST RACER. THERE'S NO REWARD FOR SECOND PLACE, SO PREPARE YOURSELF!

The track's name and description.

The track's theme.

Development Text#

si_2.ol#

C:\Documents and Settings\aldrich\Desktop\ol files\si_2.alf

"aldrich" refers to Mark Aldrich Siojo, who's listed as Level Designer in the credits.

mm_2.ol#

C:\Program Files\LE\mm_2.alf

Readme.txt#

Present in the levels folder is a .txt file detailing what types of files should be in each track's folder. The aforementioned Station Invasion track appears here.

Theme folders must Contain the following files:

1.) *.nsbmd
2.) *.pcx
3.) *.alf
4.) *.ol

Codes:
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mm - Meteor Marauders
tf - Terra Farming
nn - Nebula Nights
bb - Baricade Belt
ww - Wormhole Windup
si - Station Invasion

A similar file can also be found in the models folder.

Folders must contain the following files:

1.) *.NSBMD
2.) *.NSBCA

And another one in the particles folder.

Particle folder must contain the following:

1.) *.particle
2.) *.pcx

Regional Differences#

To do: There's more.

Germany	US

Moorhuhn and the Star Karts part of the logo were moved around in the US version to accomidate for the longer name.

Germany	US

The copyright information on the Top Screen in the European version was replaced with MumboJumbo's logo, though the Phenomedia logo wasn't removed.

Germany	US

The text that appears when trying to buy an upgrade you already own was incorrectly formatted in the European version. This was fixed in the American release.

Debugging Features#

ITS OWN!!!#

Pressing L (x3), R(x2) on the title screen will cause the text "ITS OWN!!!" to appear in red. While enabled, all Story Mode save files will have all "A" tracks and their respective rival races unlocked, with 999999 star points given as well. In Freeplay Mode, it unlocks every track, every cosmetic part, and the Alien.

Cheat Menu#

Press L (×3), R (×2) on the track selection menu. Who "Octacow" is supposed to be is unknown.

References#