History YMMV / ChipsChallenge

* PortingDisaster: The original Windows version lacks the smooth, fluid movement and animation of the original game and its numerous other ports; most noticeably, Chip and monsters "jump" from tile to tile instead of moving between them. In addition, it has several bugs that totally break the way that some levels were intended to be played (in some cases [[GoodBadBug for the better]], in other cases [[FakeDifficulty not so much]]). Yet, in an interesting case of TropesAreNotBad, this version is by far the most well-known due to its wide distribution and has still long been adored by thousands of players; in fact, most people introduced to the game on Windows didn't even know about the original game's mechanics until they were resurrected in ''[[GameMod Tile World]]'' and later the [[VideoGameRemake remake]]/sequel. The latter even has an option that [[AscendedGlitch emulates]] the "tile jumping" for those who are more comfortable with it.

** If you're in a level where an enemy is controlling the buttons, expect the constant BOP-BOP-BOP to drive you mad until you turn the sound off. It's even worse in the Steam release, where the sound for pressing a button is a louder, more high pitched beep.

** Level 88, ''Spirals'', is one of the more notoriously difficult levels. In case a maze filled with ever-increasing numbers of random walkers wasn't bad enough, some Microsoft versions of Chip's Challenge have a [[http://chipschallenge.wikia.com/wiki/Spirals_corruption corrupt level file]], making the level nearly unwinnable.
** Level 89, ''Block Buster''. The blocks that are replicated by the clone buttons are ''very'' difficult to dodge in the Windows version due to a glitch that causes them to move erratically instead of remaining at a constant speed. And since Chip is a OneHitPointWonder, he must ''never'' fail at dodging any of them.

* PortingDisaster: The original Windows version lacks the smooth, fluid movement and animation of the original game and its numerous other ports; most noticeably, Chip and monsters "jump" from tile to tile instead of moving between them. In addition, it has several bugs that totally break the way that some levels were intended to be played (in some cases [[GoodBadBug for the better]], in other cases [[FakeDifficulty not so much]]). Yet, in an interesting case of TropesAreNotBad, this version is by far the most well-known due to its wide distribution and has still long been adored by thousands of players; in fact, most people introduced to the game on Windows didn't even know about the original game's mechanics until they were resurrected in ''[[FanGame Tile World]]'', and, more recently, the [[VideoGameRemake remake]]/sequel. The latter even has an option that [[AscendedGlitch emulates]] the "tile jumping" for those who are more comfortable with it.

*** [=CCLP3's=] second half is often regarded as '''nothing''' but [[ThatOneLevel That One Level]] back to back to back to back [[OverlyLongGag to back to back]]. Special mention goes to ''You Can't Teach an Old Frog New Tricks'' ([=CCLP3=] 144) for being harder than the already ridiculously difficult levels surrounding it. Solving it requires setting up no less than 5 rooms ''flawlessly'' so that one tooth monster can navigate through them in sequence to release Chip from a trap, so said tooth monster can control a toggle switch and then be trapped on ice so Chip can walk to the exit. Interestingly, in playing back the solution in Tile World, the focus switches to that of the tooth monster when Chip enters the trap, resulting in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* PortingDisaster: The Windows version introduced several glitches, most notably certain buttons not working consistently. Ironically, this version is the most well-known (and was pretty much the ''only'' known version until the fan program ''Tile World'' brought the Lynx version back into the limelight).

** Level 131, ''Totally Unfair'', which requires you to memorize the layout of a previous level, titled ''Totally Fair''.

** Level 88, ''Spirals'', is one of the more notoriously difficult levels. In case a maze filled with random walkers wasn't bad enough, some Microsoft versions of Chip's Challenge have a [[http://chipschallenge.wikia.com/wiki/Spirals_corruption corrupt level file]], making the level nearly unwinnable.

** Chuck is certainly aware of the infamous nature of some of these levels and provided achievements in the Steam release just for beating them. These include Blobnet, On The Rocks, The Last Laugh, Rink, Cityblock, Jumping Swarm, Totally Unfair, Blobdance, Icedeath and Force Field.

** "Crazy" in the sequel, with lots and lots and lots and lots of sliding block puzzles in ''very'' tight quarters. The only saving graces you get are that there's no official time limit and if you just want to beat the level you only have to complete four of the puzzles to proceed (and you can pretty much pick and choose which ones you want to complete). If you're looking for a high score, though, you have to complete ''all'' 30 of them with no mistakes, while racing against a logic gate timer that locks you out of some multiplier flags after 10 minutes.

** "Crazy" in the sequel, with lots and lots and lots and lots of sliding block puzzles in ''very'' tight quarters. The only saving graces you get are that there's no official time limit and if you just want to beat the level you only have to complete four of the puzzles to proceed (and you can pretty much pick and choose which ones you want to complete.) If you're looking for a high score, though, you have to complete ''all'' of them (there's more than 20) with no mistakes, while racing against a logic gate timer that locks you out of some multiplier flags when it reaches 0.

** If you're in a level where an enemy is controlling the buttons, expect the constant BOP-BOP-BOP to drive you mad until you turn the sound off.
*** It's even worse in the Steam release, where the sound for pressing a button is a louder, more high pitched beep.

* Chuck is certainly aware of the infamous nature of some of these levels and provided achievements in the Steam release just for beating them. These include Blobnet, On The Rocks, The Last Laugh, Rink, Cityblock, Jumping Swarm, Totally Unfair, Blobdance, Icedeath and Force Field.

** Level 23, ''Blobnet''. For the first appearance of blobs in the entire game, having to deal with '''80''' of them while trying to collect 88 chips, where ''any misstep means you have to start from the beginning'', makes this a huge DifficultySpike: and arguably the most difficult level in the first half of the game.

** Level 134, ''Pain''. Takes over 13 minutes if you know what you're doing and make no mistakes. Beyond that, it's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

** This is '''without''' getting into the [[FanSequel Fan Sequels]]. [=CCLP3's=] second half is often regarded as '''nothing''' but [[ThatOneLevel That One Level]] back to back to back to back [[OverlyLongGag to back to back]]. Special mention goes to ''You Can't Teach an Old Frog New Tricks'' ([=CCLP3=] 144) for being harder than the already ridiculously difficult levels surrounding it. Solving it requires setting up no less than 5 rooms ''flawlessly'' so that one tooth monster can navigate through them in sequence to release Chip from a trap, so said tooth monster can control a toggle switch and then be trapped on ice so Chip can walk to the exit. Interestingly, in playing back the solution in Tile World, the focus switches to that of the tooth monster when Chip enters the trap, resulting in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

** Level 89, ''Block Buster''. The speed of the blocks that are replicated by the clone buttons makes them ''very'' difficult to dodge. And since Chip is a OneHitPointWonder, he must ''never'' fail at dodging any of them.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: The vast majority of players tend to prefer the MS version over the Lynx version, mainly because its various glitches and design flaws make it the better version to SpeedRun.

* PortingDisaster: The Windows version introduced several glitches, most notably certain buttons not working consistently.

* GoddamnBats: ''Teeth''.
** Also Walkers.
** Also Blobs.
* FauxSymbolism: Levels 54 (''Grail'') and 142 (''Pentagram'').

* MostAnnoyingSound: ''Bummer!''.

* ThatOneLevel:

** Level 147, ''Force Field''. Pretty much any level that takes longer than 5 minutes, for that matter. Sometimes a level with a time limit of under a minute is even worse.

* ThatOneBoss: Level 73, ''Morton''. You're '''not''' going to beat it if you can't trap the teeth within a spot from which it can't bother you anymore.
* ThatOneLevel: Level 147, ''Force Field''. Pretty much any level that takes longer than 5 minutes, for that matter. Sometimes a level with a time limit of under a minute is even worse.
** Level 131, ''Totally Unfair'', which requires you to memorize the layout of a previous level, titled ''Totally Fair''.
** Level 136, ''Doublemaze''. Oh god, Doublemaze. To clarify, Doublemaze is pretty much [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin two mazes]] shuffled together. There's a huge amount of chips to collect, you need every single one of them, and thanks to the level design (ice and thin walls) it's hard to tell which maze a given chip is in.
** Level 105, ''Short Circuit''. A nasty maze of chip sockets and recessed walls, which makes you memorize the layout of the maze.

** Level 136, ''Doublemaze''. To clarify, Doublemaze is pretty much [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin two mazes]] shuffled together. There's a huge amount of chips to collect, you need every single one of them, and thanks to the level design (ice and thin walls) it's hard to tell which maze a given chip is in.

* EarWorm: the theme music.

* ExcusePlot: Read the main page's first paragraph.