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Quiz about Old but Fun Chips Challenge
Quiz about Old but Fun Chips Challenge

Old but Fun: "Chip's Challenge" Quiz


"Chip's Challenge", a game developed by Chuck Sommerville in 1989 for the Atari Lynx, is certainly my best way of curing boredom. How much do you know about this classic?

A multiple-choice quiz by AKART. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
AKART
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
315,946
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
207
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Question 1 of 10
1. Chip McCallahan, known as Chip, is taking the challenge to impress who? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Chip faces many obstacles in his quest, one of which are locked doors, which he can open with coloured keys. What special feature do green keys have? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Many monsters are against Chip, some of which chase him, some of which follow walls, some of which turn in directions. What rule do fireballs follow? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Things help Chip, too. What happens if Chip pushes a (yellow) block into water? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Flippers help Chip through water. What helps Chip through fire? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. How many levels are `tutorial` levels, i.e. beginning with the word "Lesson"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In Level 18 (Castle Moat), what is hiding behind one of the many blocks? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. On Level 53 (Traffic Cop), what is the minimum number of blocks that need to be moved to finish the level? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. On Level 121 (Perfect Match), there is a block with a patch of ice beneath. When solving the level, what is this block for? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What is the password to Level 146 (Cake Walk)? (Hint: you might have cyphered it somewhere...) Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Chip McCallahan, known as Chip, is taking the challenge to impress who?

Answer: Melinda, the Mental Marvel

The full story is, Chip met Melinda at school, and learned that she was the head of an exclusive computer-club named the Bit Busters. Chip wanted to join, and Melinda gave him membership, but only if he collected all the computer chips in Melinda's magical clubhouse. Apparently, Melinda is so smart that all her amazing inventions are lying around everywhere, some of them dangerous to Chip.
2. Chip faces many obstacles in his quest, one of which are locked doors, which he can open with coloured keys. What special feature do green keys have?

Answer: They can be used more than once

The four key colours are red, blue, yellow and green. Red, blue and yellow keys can only open one door of their respective colours, and then they are discarded. Green keys only open green doors, but can be used an infinite number of times until Chip restarts the level or changes level. Keys and doors are used in a huge variety of ways in the game.

For example, you have to choose which doors to unlock with the keys you have in Level 46 (Three Doors). Also, you have to collect all the keys in the area in a given time limit in Level 49 (Problems).
3. Many monsters are against Chip, some of which chase him, some of which follow walls, some of which turn in directions. What rule do fireballs follow?

Answer: Turn right at a collision

Water-gliders turn left when they hit a wall, pink balls bounce when they collide with something and walkers (the blue planets) turn randomly at a wall. These patterns are put together in uniquely difficult ways. Level 144 (Fireflies) involves running through a fire maze whilst dodging fireballs, and Level 35 (Lemmings) has you using a block to re-direct fireballs.

The different directions of water-gliders and fireballs are used cleverly to make an intensely difficult situation in Level 109 (Torturechamber). Pink balls may sound easy, but make deadly patterns in certain levels, particularly Level 69 (Bounce City).

The randomness of walkers can be incredibly challenging, as you may have found out if you have played Level 139 (Yorkhouse).
4. Things help Chip, too. What happens if Chip pushes a (yellow) block into water?

Answer: The block turns into dirt

Dirt is the red ground that Chip can walk on, but monsters cannot. When Chip walks on dirt, it turns into normal ground, letting monsters on it. Also, blocks cannot be pushed onto dirt. When Chip pushes a block into water, he can step on the dirt, clearing a path for another block, and therefore making a bridge.

This is the main theme in many levels, including Level 29 (Arctic Flow) and Level 37 (Seeing Stars). There are a few cases where it is important NOT to step on blocks after having being pushed into the water. An example of this is in Level 70 (Nightmare). Blocks can also be used in more complex mazes, particularly Sokoban-like puzzles, such as those in Level 81 (Writer's Block) and Level 87 (Cityblock). Sometimes there are almost impossible IQ-questions in the levels involving blocks, like in Level 138 (Partial Post).
5. Flippers help Chip through water. What helps Chip through fire?

Answer: Fire boots

There are four items Chip can use to cross different terrain: flippers, fire boots, ice skates and suction boots. Flippers help Chip across water. Fire boots let Chip on fire. Ice skates help Chip to walk on ice without sliding. Suction boots stop Chip being carried around by force floors.

There are also puzzles involving these boots, the most notable of which is Level 48 (Mugger Square), in which one has to save some of the boots until later in the level. There are also difficult mazes made purely from boots and terrain, such as Level 75 (Steam). Level 147 (Force Field) is a complicated maze in which the aim is simply to use the force floors to the suction boots.

As it happens, I still haven't completed it yet, no matter how hard I try.
6. How many levels are `tutorial` levels, i.e. beginning with the word "Lesson"?

Answer: Eight

These are the first eight levels in the game. Level 1 teaches you about the use of keys and doors, Level 2 talks about monsters and blocks, Level 3 instructs about boots and terrain, Level 4 is about green and blue buttons, Level 5 involves red and brown buttons, Level 6 teaches you about fake/invisible walls, Level 7 is about teleports, recessed walls and thieves, and Level 8 pits you against a teeth monster, with gravel and dirt. Hints are also given on later levels, although rarely.

They also give off very vague hints.

For example, in Level 113 (Open Question), the hint says that "the 8th block is open". This refers not to the blocks surrounding the exit square, but the fake walls above the fireballs. Also, in Level 131 (Totally Unfair), the hint tells you to "remember sjum". SJUM is the password to Level 122 (Totally Fair), which means the level is done the same way as Level 122.

However, because it is "Chip's Challenge", there is a minor difference that sets the difficulty...
7. In Level 18 (Castle Moat), what is hiding behind one of the many blocks?

Answer: Flippers

Level 18 (Castle Moat) looks at first to be the kind of level where you make a bridge to the exit. But in fact, the top-rightmost block hides flippers, which you can use to swim across the moat to the exit. Chips are found under many, many blocks in the game, and a bomb is hidden under one in Level 120 (Alphabet Soup).

The only time the exit square is ever hidden under a block is in Level 149 (Special), the last level.
8. On Level 53 (Traffic Cop), what is the minimum number of blocks that need to be moved to finish the level?

Answer: Zero

The fact is, none do! The trick with this level is to slide the `wrong way` over force floors by sliding across ice (this technique is also vital for Level 132 (Mix Up)). Go to where the green button is, slide over the force floor onto the ice and then onto the green button.

Then hold the `Down` button, and Chip will slide over the force floor! When Chip is sliding over ice he goes fast enough to be able to slide over one force floor square (but not two).
9. On Level 121 (Perfect Match), there is a block with a patch of ice beneath. When solving the level, what is this block for?

Answer: Killing fireballs

The mystery of Level 121 is one that I would never have solved without help from the Internet. These are the situations: There are three sections in the level. One is the chamber in the middle of the level, which is inaccessible to Chip. One is the little strip of passageway around the chamber which Chip can move around. Finally, there is the strip of land leading to the exit, currently filled with fireballs. The fireballs are firing into the water, destroying them, but a nearby pink ball is relentlessly pouncing on a red clone button, making more fireballs. In front of the clone machine is a toggle wall. Figured it out yet? The idea is to close the toggle wall so no fireballs can be created. And the big problem is here: The fireballs in the chamber hit the green buttons in a way that Chip will not be able to make it to the exit before more fireballs are made. If you go to the bottom-right of Chip's passageway, where the hint block is, you can see two green buttons. The inner one gets pressed by two fireballs and the outer is attacked by one. Note that the green buttons are level with each other. Now you should loop to the top of the level. There is a red button that clones fireballs and the block. Here is where the puzzle unfurls:

The green buttons are level with each other. The fireballs on the inner area are not affected by Chip. However, the clone machine puts a fireball on the same path as the outer fireball. And here is the vital fact: The loop for the inner and outer section last the same amount of time. Now, press the red button when an `inner` fireball is on the single ice patch. If timed correctly, the machine should create an `outer` fireball that is level with the `inner` fireball. When the `inner` fireball romps the green button, the toggle wall changes. However, because there is a level `outer` fireball that presses the green button at the same time, the toggle wall WILL NOT CHANGE! Return to the top and repeat for the other `inner` fireball (it should be right behind/in front of the first fireball. Finally, you might make a mistake. This is where the block comes in. If you push the block down, it will slide across the ice, rebound off the wall and kill Chip. Ouch. However, if Chip pushes the block and immediately steps up, the block will come back, not affecting Chip. Useless, huh? But when an `outer` fireball that doesn't have an `inner` partner arrives close, push the block down and step up. If this is done at the right time, the fireball will hit the block and turn right, straight into the water. Use this to get rid of all waste `outer` fireballs, and if the bottom section is still raining fire, hit the green button on the left side of the level. Wait until all fireballs are gone, then follow the path and finish! Phew! (It's easier said than done. Yes, I'm serious).
10. What is the password to Level 146 (Cake Walk)? (Hint: you might have cyphered it somewhere...)

Answer: JHEN

If you got this one right without the Internet then you deserve some serious respect. Level 34 (Cypher) has stray bits of dirt on it. If you look at the layout of the normal ground before any dirt is cleared and map it out, you will find they give the passwords to Level 82 (Socialist Action), Level 137 (Goldkey) and Level 146 (Cake Walk). BDHP is the password to Level 1 (Lesson 1), TONY is the password to "Chip's Challenge" unique little credits page and GCCG is the password to Level 70 (Nightmare) (my favourite level! :D)
Source: Author AKART

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