A&F Software's Chuckie Egg is a home computer video game released in 1983, initially for the ZX Spectrum, the BBC Micro and the Dragon. Its subsequent popularity saw it released over the following years on a wide variety of computers, including the Commodore 64, Acorn Electron, MSX, Tatung Einstein, Amstrad CPC and Atari 8-bit family. It was later updated and released for the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, and IBM PC compatibles.

The original idea is generally attributed to the then 16 or 17 year old Nigel Alderton. After a month or two of development, Nigel took a pre-release version of his Spectrum code to the two year old software company A&F, co-founded by Doug Anderson (the A in A&F). Doug took on the simultaneous development of the BBC Micro version, whilst Mike Webb, an A&F employee, completed the Dragon port. Chuckie Egg went on to sell over a million copies and remained a steady earner for A&F, who eventually went under in the latter half of the 1980s.

The versions fall broadly into two groups - those with realistic physics (e.g. the BBC Micro and Amstrad CPC versions) and those without (e.g. the ZX Spectrum version). Although there is a substantial difference in play between the two, levels remain largely the same and all the 8-bit versions have been accepted as classics.

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@GeshGav Chuckie Egg was AMAZING.
stardubbing (Ralph Burns) Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:31:10 -0000
@GeshGav Chuckie Egg was AMAZING.
@edgarwright How ill? The very first warmth of a burgeoning cold makes me very happy! Reminds me of days off school playing chuckie egg
buml0r (Dave Bulmer) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:31:45 -0000
@edgarwright How ill? The very first warmth of a burgeoning cold makes me very happy! Reminds me of days off school playing chuckie egg
Photo: CHUCKIE EGG [ 1984 ] culpa do Markl com a sua Caderneta de Cromos [itunes/outros] e do Rui Tukayana... http://tumblr.com/xqc4fiq0h
miguelmaia (Miguel Maia) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:47:55 -0000
Photo: CHUCKIE EGG [ 1984 ] culpa do Markl com a sua Caderneta de Cromos [itunes/outros] e do Rui Tukayana... http://tumblr.com/xqc4fiq0h
@bazzacollins What do you mean, no games? The trusty old BBC Micro had Elite and Chuckie Egg! Killer games of their day. Maybe.
alstonebridge (Alan Stonebridge) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:07:33 -0000
@bazzacollins What do you mean, no games? The trusty old BBC Micro had Elite and Chuckie Egg! Killer games of their day. Maybe.
@mrchrisaddison No games? What about Chuckie Egg?
robcowen (Rob Cowen) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:20:45 -0000
@mrchrisaddison No games? What about Chuckie Egg?
@mrchrisaddison Chuckie Egg!
gspeirs (Gordon Speirs) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:10:14 -0000
@mrchrisaddison Chuckie Egg!

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