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Often sequels are not as good as the originals - in this case, this is not true. This is a different kind of game to the legendary original, Chuckie Egg. It still features platforms, ladders, lifts and various nasties that kill on contact, but it also features 128 screens too, unlike the original 8 of the first game, which was, for me, an out and out arcade game, where this is a good, simple, arcade adventure. In the original Chuckie Egg, progress was made by completing one screen at a time, whereas this game is like Jet Set Willy, in that you can move, map style, from screen to screen, and sometimes just explore for the fun of it. The idea is to make a chocolate egg and deliver it to the warehouse. It has simple, perhaps repetitive gameplay sometimes, but I find it very rewarding, relaxing and entertaining too. The puzzles are not difficult at all to fathom, but the size of the factory the game is set in makes them harder to solve due to the trekking through locations required. You do not need razor sharp reflexes to play and enjoy this game, but do need to persevere. It featured too, unusually for the time, a save game feature, a superb thing which I used before the days of snapshots. I still play it to this day - has anyone ever made all 8 eggs? Don't think I've gone past 2. After you make one egg, there are more nasties in place the next time through as well, so there is some re-play value. You will also need to visit every location in the game, none are there just for show, and there is some non-linearity in places, different routes to go and order of things to be done. Please do not let the simple graphics and sound, which is sparse, deter you - this is a bona fide classic, a game you can play and enjoy easily now, and just relax and take pleasure in its simplicity. Crash gave it a very good 81% which I would say is pretty fair. Does anyone know who won the competition they ran for it? Controls are re-definables keys or joystick - is that the biggest ever dog sprite in a Spectrum game at the start? ;-)

1985 A'n'F Software (UK)

Unlike Chuckie Egg, the sequel was not so well received by the fans, perhaps because they were expecting an arcade game as straightforward as the previous one.

I think the game suffered the same evolution that Manic Miner / Jet Set Willy had: the first plays level by level in a straightforward fashion, the second requires patience and planning within its larger size maze.

I personally think its a very good sequel, with greater variety of screens, interesting characters and situations and it plays just as well as the first. I find the scene with the Green Dragon especially delightful. But there are many others, such as the dog at the start, the egg maker or the screens with the gooses from the first Chuckie.

The sequel to the classic Chuckie Egg and one I had as a kid, not the original but this one, yeah my dad didn't like me too much....I've typed this before haven't I? Anyways I didn't really enjoy this game too much, I didn't loathe it but I just had far better games in my collection than this, and having played the original now I don't think there's any contest really. Nice idea putting Henhouse Harry in a more platform adventure type enviroment but it doesn't work for me, sorry 'arry.

While not as addictive as the original it still holds enough charm to be an enjoyable title.

Is "adorable" a fine word to describe a video-game ??

A decent platform game that never reaches the heights of it's predecessor.

I know a lot of people compare this unfavourably to the original, but they're so different. Chuckie Egg 2 is more like the spiritual successor to Jet Set Willy and in that it exels.
It has one of the best first 5 minutes of any game I've played and it may have been nice if that initial inventiveness had carried on throughout the game. However it is a very solid platformer and unlike JSW it can be completed(!) The controls in particular are ultra tight and responsive. It looks like a dream come true and the sound, its like sped up farting but in a good way, mental.
Challenging, fun, epic!!!

It's for Chuckie Egg 1 what Jet Set Willy is for Manic Miner, only more fun to play.
3,5/5