Our hero Moggy has been picking apples in the orchard when he remembers that he also has to collect all the eggs in the farmyard. Each time he picks up an egg, a large, dangerous chicken hatches from it and can kill Moggy simply by bumping into him. Moggy, however, can dispose of the chickens by dropping his apples on them.

Use Z to move left, X to move right, * to move up, ? to move down, and RETURN to drop an apple. You start with six apples and three lives and you get an extra apple every time you lose a life. If is still a good idea to kill a chicken, or even several if you manage to get them stacked one about the other, with every apple as there are six chickens to be eliminated. After that, you go to a new screen with six more apples and an extra life.

Remember that as you pick up an egg, a chicken hatches and can zap you immediately, so move out of the way quickly. The author of the game, Roddy Mack of Felixstowe, Suffolk, suggests approaching the eggs diagonally to improve your chances.

Chicken Run was written for the BBC B.