Astebros
Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game dossier
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A 1982 arcade platform game about collecting eggs while avoiding increasingly dangerous ducks.
The briefing
In Chuckie Egg, you play as Hen House Harry, collecting 12 eggs on each level while avoiding ducklings. The single-screen stages feature platforms, ladders, and lifts.
Corn can be collected to pause the countdown timer and preserve the level-completion bonus, although the ducklings can eat it. The game has eight distinct levels, which repeat with increasingly challenging enemies. On later rounds, the Mother Duck joins the action, flying through platforms and ladders alongside the ducklings.
Released in 1982, the game was developed by A&F Software and associated developers, and published by A&F Software and Pick & Choose for a range of home computer platforms.