Chuckie Egg
Chuckie Egg is a 1983 platform game originally written by Nigel Alderton for the ZX Spectrum, and officially ported to many other home computers. It was a bestseller, is frequently included in lists of the best games on several platforms, and is widely considered a classic.
Since the original release, authors have released hacks (some even sold commercially), unofficial ports, and remakes.
A sequel, Chuckie Egg 2, was made without the involvement of the original creator.
Interviews
- An interview with Nigel Alderton — 80sNostalgia.com, 2002 (Wayback Machine)
- Chuckie Egg — World of Spectrum forums, 2002 — Alderton's posts are under username 'spot5050'
- Creating Chuckie Egg for the ZX Spectrum — excerpt from the documentary The Rubber-Keyed Wonder, 2022
- ‘People still remember it 40 years later’: the making of Chuckie Egg — The Guardian, April 2026
- Nigel Alderton interview – the man behind ZX Spectrum classic Chuckie Egg — Metro (UK), April 2026
- High Score! Expanded: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games (3rd Edition) by Rusel DeMaria, 2018
– includes a short blurb about Chuckie Egg and interview with Alderton - Acorn: A World in Pixels (Memory Full Edition) by idesine, 2021
– includes six pages on Chuckie Egg including quotes from Nigel Alderton and Doug Anderson
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Retrospectives
ZX Spectrum (1983)
The Spectrum original was written by 16-year-old Nigel Alderton, a Saturday employee of the Micro-Link computer shop in Gorton, Manchester, which was also the headquarters of A&F Software. Alderton started working on the game at home, but after showing an early version to his coworkers, A&F paid him for the right to first refusal of the finished game.
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BBC Micro (1983/84)
While Alderton developed the game, A&F's Doug Anderson worked in parallel on the BBC Micro port.
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Dragon 32 (1983/84)
The Dragon version was developed in-house by A&F's M. Webb (Mike or Martin, according to different sources).
Acorn Electron (1983/84)
The Electron version was adapted from the BBC Micro version by Doug Anderson.
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Commodore 64 (1984)
This version was credited to S. Townsend (Sean Townsend) and M. Webb.
MSX (1984)
The MSX version was credited only to A&F's "R&D team".
Tatung Einstein (1984)
The Einstein version, like the Dragon's, is credited to M. Webb.
Amstrad CPC (1985)
No developer is credited on the title screen of this version.
Atari 400/800 (1985)
Credited to S. Townsend.
Amiga/Atari ST/PC (1988–89)
These releases were published by a company called Pick & Choose.
Platform Non-Specific
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Ads
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Charts
- For detailed chart data from multiple sources, see https://computerhits.org/chuckieegg/
- Released for ZX Spectrum
- Released for BBC Microcomputer System
- Released for Dragon 32/64
- Released for Acorn Electron
- Released for Commodore C64/128/MAX
- Released for MSX
- Released for Tatung Einstein
- Released for Amstrad CPC
- Released for Atari 8-bit
- Released for Amiga
- Released for Atari ST/STE
- Released for DOS
- Released for J2ME
- Released for Android
