Commodore User


Chicken Challenge

Publisher: Micro Antics
Machine: Commodore Vic 20

 
Published in Commodore User #10

Chicken Challenge

A poor man's Frogger, but using chickens: you have to see your five chickens home to their roost.

The format is basically the same as Frogger's with moving cars, ducks and chicken pies (!!) to avoid.

As with all such games, you have a time limit. You get six chickens, so you still have a chance to get the five home; but the task is made more difficult by the diving ducks - and the fox which suddenly appears in your nest. And as you go on to harder screens, new animals appear, such as the chasing foxes which appear as you pass the cars.

The keyboard and joystick option this time is very good: you move quicker using the keyboard than the joystick, but some people would be happier with the stick.

The graphics and sound are ok, with none-too-well defined chickens resembling squatting space invaders. The sound is fair, but there is a constant irritating tune which can't be turned off. On the whole, not a bad little game, but nothing to get excited about.