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While Alderton developed the game, A&F's Doug Anderson worked in parallel on the BBC Micro port.
While Alderton developed the game, A&F's Doug Anderson worked in parallel on the BBC Micro port.
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The Dragon version was developed in-house by A&F's Mike Webb.
The Dragon version was developed in-house by A&F's Mike Webb.


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Latest revision as of 12:26, 17 June 2026

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.

Interviews

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.

Home Computing Weekly
🇬🇧 15–21 November 1983
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Sinclair User
🇬🇧 January 1984
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BBC Micro (1983)

While Alderton developed the game, A&F's Doug Anderson worked in parallel on the BBC Micro port.

Home Computing Weekly
🇬🇧 3–9 April 1984
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Dragon 32 (1983)

The Dragon version was developed in-house by A&F's Mike Webb.

Home Computing Weekly
🇬🇧 28 February–5 March 1984
  Download File

Ads

Computer and Video Games
🇬🇧 December 1983

Ads in December were for the Spectrum version only

  Download File
Computer and Video Games
🇬🇧 February 1984

By February, ads include the BBC Micro, Electron and Dragon 32

  Download File
Computer and Video Games
🇬🇧 May 1984

By May, some ads include the Commodore 64 version

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