Releasing January 25th 2024.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Classic puzzle game ‘Chip’s Challenge’ arrives on Nintendo Switch™ on January 25th.
Classic puzzle game ‘Chip’s Challenge’ arrives on Nintendo Switch™ on January 25th.
Developed by Imagine Software and published by Pixel Games UK, this 1989 classic returns with over 140 levels to put your mind (and your fingers) to the test — available for the first time on Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo eShop.
In ‘Chip’s Challenge’, players take on the role of Chip — a puzzle obsessive who desperately wants to join Melinda the Mental Marvel’s computer club. His initiation takes the form of a series of increasingly difficult puzzles. To succeed Chip slide blocks, dodge hazards and collect the computer chips to pass each level. Are you up to the Challenge?
'Chip’s Challenge' for Nintendo Switch allows players to play this classic puzzle game with many modern features, including:
● Display filters, including an 80s-style CRT filter
● Suspend points - save and restore up to 4 suspend points per game
Chip’s Challenge (1989)
Schoolboy Chip desperately wants to join the exclusive Bit Busters Computer Club, but to prove his worthiness he must complete a series of brain-twisting challenges set by the club's owner Melinda the Mental Marvel.
Solve over 140 challenging grid-based puzzles, finding and using tools and devices such as keys, switches, pushable blocks and more, all while avoiding enemy creatures, and collecting computer chips to exit the level, all against the clock!
Schoolboy Chip desperately wants to join the exclusive Bit Busters Computer Club, but to prove his worthiness he must complete a series of brain-twisting challenges set by the club's owner Melinda the Mental Marvel.
Solve over 140 challenging grid-based puzzles, finding and using tools and devices such as keys, switches, pushable blocks and more, all while avoiding enemy creatures, and collecting computer chips to exit the level, all against the clock!
‘Chip’s Challenge’ is the third retro release on Nintendo Switch for Pixel Games UK, having previously published ‘The Monty Mole Collection’ and ‘Hidden Gems: Volume One’ — a collection of classic games from the Commodore 64.
Based in Luton, UK, Pixel Games UK has made over 100 classic games available to players on modern gaming platforms. These games include Actua Soccer 2 (1997), Krakout (1987) and, the game that inspired an entire genre, Rogue (1985).
Chip’s Challenge will be released worldwide on Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo eShop on January 25th 2024.
For more information or to request a review code, please contact Anthony Barlow (anthony@andrewsuk.com)
For more information or to request a review code, please contact Anthony Barlow (anthony@andrewsuk.com)
About Pixel Games UK
Pixel Games UK is the games publishing arm of Andrews UK Limited which has been a leading indie media publisher and distributor for 23 years. https://pixelgames.uk/
About Imagine Software
Imagine Software Ltd is a new and expanding games developer working on a huge range of iconic retro games, remastered classics as well as new and original IP on all current-gen platforms. https://imaginesoftware.uk/