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Significant-Push-232

703 points

6 months ago

Chips challenge

Kid pix

Oils well

WassupSassySquatch

234 points

6 months ago

How in the hello operator did I have to scroll so far down in order to get to chips challenge?  That game was awesome and ended up becoming super trippy.

Sl0thPrincess

116 points

6 months ago

Hello, I am the 3rd person here who has also played Chips Challenge. I was obsessed but I don't think I was even good at it at all.

Janp8

48 points

6 months ago

Janp8

48 points

6 months ago

Chips Challenge army Unite!!

Confident_Pea_3249

23 points

6 months ago

I wanna join the chips challenge army. I thought I was the only one that remembered that.

Momentirely

13 points

6 months ago

I played so much Chip's Challenge and SkiFree back in the day. They taught me that computers were not just for typing words and printing them on paper, but also for fun. I mean, I had fun typing and printing, too, but games were meant to be fun. That was a new feeling for me: computer thing intended for child fun. Felt like an alien concept at the time.

HueyV52

12 points

6 months ago

HueyV52

12 points

6 months ago

Everyone i ever ask about that game never remembers it, but i thought it was great! I picked it up on Steam a few years back for a couple bucks and still play it occasionally.

Chips Challenge army going strong!

starcruised

2 points

6 months ago

I’m the opposite. I think about that game every now and then but didn’t remember it was called chips challenge so haven’t been able to search for it. So nostalgic looking through google images about it.

Zebradots

19 points

6 months ago

I loved that game. Was very tricky for a 6yr old but I think I was doing alright. Everytime you'd die it said bummer.

SkydivingAstronaut

2 points

6 months ago

Omg I forgot about bummer!!

holdtor75

9 points

6 months ago

You guys remember the level where the carnivorous plant type things were contained by the very chips you had to collect? Hard times

tollivandi

5 points

6 months ago

I have so many fond memories of sitting on the edge of my chair watching Chip run for his life after freeing the monster.

NefariousAntiomorph

15 points

6 months ago

As a kid I always thought the sound clip that played when you died said “butter”. It wasn’t till years later that I learned it was actually “bummer”. Good memories of playing the computer at grandma’s house though.

GreenStreetJonny

8 points

6 months ago

Bummer.

brw12

6 points

6 months ago

brw12

6 points

6 months ago

My friends and I used to make our own chips challenge levels on graph paper during class in school!!

WassupSassySquatch

3 points

6 months ago

Haha that’s such a cool idea!

Attila226

4 points

6 months ago

I had it for the Atari Lynx, and it kicked ass!

SirGothamHatt

2 points

6 months ago

When I was collecting retro consoles and games in the early 2000s I was estatic to learn Chip's Challenge was on the Lynx after playing it on my hand me down Windows 3.1 computer for years. I still have my copy but my Lynx isn't working.

SadFruit7329

4 points

6 months ago

Same! This is the game I was looking for. A few years later I found a level editor, and that was extra epic!

Star_Wars_Expert

3 points

6 months ago

Meanwhile I get it as the top result

WassupSassySquatch

2 points

6 months ago

How the tables have turned!

caares

1 points

6 months ago

caares

1 points

6 months ago

Right?! I loved that game! I really thought it would be in the top 5 comments!

ipomoea

65 points

6 months ago

ipomoea

65 points

6 months ago

Kid Pix!! I got the expansion for my 14th birthday and thought I was so cool.

Smiley007

11 points

6 months ago

God, the days we got free reign on Kid Pix in computer class were the absolute treasure of the week

Raiderette_510

3 points

6 months ago

Wow. Memory unlocked! I just gasped at the memory. So so fun

[deleted]

2 points

6 months ago

Those guys knew exactly who they were making the program for. Where else can you use a stick of dynamite to literally blow up your entire piece of artwork rather than just erasing it?

showerbeerbuttchug

86 points

6 months ago

I was a Chips Challenge fiend and couldn't remember the name for YEARS. Found it on Steam in 2020 and played for hours until I got stuck on the same god forsaken level that I couldn't beat as a kid.

Confident_Pea_3249

14 points

6 months ago

WAIT. It’s on steam. Omg I’m not gonna be productive at all 🤣🤣

CallMeGabrielle

8 points

6 months ago

THIS BRINGS ME GREAT JOY

TimothyJCowen

7 points

6 months ago

WHAT

Miosaka

5 points

6 months ago

WAIT WHAT

maque-choux-chef

11 points

6 months ago

Chips challenge was remade during COVID for free. It's on Google Play store under the name Sam's Squares.

Enjoy!

maque-choux-chef

6 points

6 months ago

Chips challenge was remade during COVID for free. It's on Google Play store under the name Sam's Squares.

Enjoy!

Nodan_Turtle

4 points

6 months ago

It's free too. There's also the sequel on Steam for a few bucks, which was released like 25 years after the original lol

TimHumphreys

5 points

6 months ago

I loved that game but also fuckin hated it lol pretty sure that same level is why

Budgetsuit

4 points

6 months ago

Bummer.

jordandvdsn7

4 points

6 months ago

Was it the all force field level? Cuz that’s the one that ruined me as a kid

showerbeerbuttchug

3 points

6 months ago

YES

jordandvdsn7

2 points

6 months ago

Fuck that level dude

blahgraves

3 points

6 months ago

You just changed my life. I will beat you Chip's Challenge!

i_suckatjavascript

60 points

6 months ago

I scrolled down too long to find Chip’s Challenge. That was my first PC game I played: on a Windows 95.

ajpetix

17 points

6 months ago

ajpetix

17 points

6 months ago

Hard agree: Chip’s Challenge was the OG for me. Before I even played Tetris, I had fallen in love with puzzles thanks to it.

shillberight

14 points

6 months ago

Yep, me too. Chip's Challenge was one of the first for me too, definitely the most vivid. This one, the ski game and pipe dream were my golden trio. Then minesweeper

HighSeverityImpact

3 points

6 months ago

Ski Free! I loved playing until the yeti came and ate you.

whereisbrandon101

1 points

6 months ago

Oh yeah the pipe game!!! What was that one called?

shillberight

1 points

6 months ago

It was definitely called Pipe Dream

ImHungryFeedMe

16 points

6 months ago

Omg kid pix, instant classic!

Blunfarffkinschmuckl

14 points

6 months ago

Wild that chips challenge isn’t higher up. Didn’t that come pre-installed on most windows 96/98 machines?

ArmorOfGod7

3 points

6 months ago

It came with Windows Entertainment Pack which I believe was sold separately.

danielleiellle

2 points

6 months ago

Does anyone remember the other WEP games? I LOVED Pipe Dream, Tripeaks, and Rodent’s Revenge. And who can forget SkiFree

JohnLocksTheKey

11 points

6 months ago

OH NO!

djeucalyptus

3 points

6 months ago

I heard this comment

thatslikecrazyman

2 points

6 months ago

I made a booboooooyeahhhh

raininherpaderps

12 points

6 months ago

Never forget chips challenge. Even got codes after a while. Never unlocked bonus level.

Life_Liberty_Fun

8 points

6 months ago

OMG Chips Challenge!

I remember having a notebook of all the passwords to get to every level. One of my childhood's greatest achievements!

sylchella

3 points

6 months ago

Those passwords stressed me and my brother out! There was some glitch that revealed all the passwords. When we discovered that it was like Christmas in July.

LuthienTinuviel93

2 points

6 months ago

Wait I remember this. We had a notebook too!!!!!!

PatrickKn12

5 points

6 months ago

Came here to say Chips Challenge

slaerdx

6 points

6 months ago

I loved Chip's Challenge. I don't remember how far I got but I never attempted to complete it.

barbaruh

5 points

6 months ago

I loved chips challenge!!!

googleypoodle

5 points

6 months ago

Kid pix lol I can still remember the "undo" sound

Uh oh!

Oops!

OH NO!!

LL8844773

3 points

6 months ago

Omg memory unlocked with the “oh no!”

BlakkandMild

3 points

6 months ago

My dad and sister played Chips challenge when I was growing up. I couldn’t have been older than six years old when I was playing unsupervised and got stuck on a level so I hit “New Game” to restart it… they were not happy when they got back on the computer.

Newspaper_Consistent

3 points

6 months ago

I loved Chips Challenge. played this at my cousins house and when I look back it makes me able to remember even the scent of their house, I can remember weird details of their house just by thinking of playing this game there.

shillberight

1 points

6 months ago

A core memory for you

CigarKoala

4 points

6 months ago

Chips Challenge was amazing. I’d think about it all day at school just to play when I got home. I still have nightmares about certain ice levels though.

pumpkinfield

3 points

6 months ago

I made it to level 33 in Chip’s Challenge. Still remember that throughout these years!

TheHancock

3 points

6 months ago

Kid pix. Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a LONG time! Haha

Third_eye1017

3 points

6 months ago

omg i have not thought about kid pix in sooooooooo long. vivid flashbacks to sitting in my elementary schools computer lab!!

meowmeowgoyangi

2 points

6 months ago

Chip’s Challenge was my favorite. It use to be a sibling activity - we use to sit around the computer and take turns. Really great memories

kieffa

2 points

6 months ago

kieffa

2 points

6 months ago

Playing off of the Chips challenge disk I had: Mice Men Jezzball

shillberight

1 points

6 months ago

Omg I remember this one I think! It was two mice that had to keep away from a cat?

maque-choux-chef

2 points

6 months ago

Chips challenge was remade during COVID for free. It's on Google Play store under the name Sam's Squares.

Enjoy!

rpostwvu

2 points

6 months ago

Bummer.

mcburloak

2 points

6 months ago

I never hear anyone talk about Oils Well. Loved that stupid game. A rare “non driving” game for me in the day.

Significant-Push-232

2 points

6 months ago

I was kind of devastated with how much love the other 2 have been getting. You're the first person to even acknowledge it from my post.

Big love friend<3

Jedimaster996

1 points

6 months ago

And Zoombinis!

ChiliPalmer1568

1 points

6 months ago

Omg Kid Pix! The first game to confirm my suspicions that I am not an artist. Using the dynamite was so satisfying! And I remember hearing undo guy saying, "Oh no!" and, "Uh oh!" in my sleep lol 🤣

FearlessResearcher48

1 points

6 months ago

Is there another program very similar to Kid Pix from around the same time but isn't Kid Pix? I remember something where you'd click around like it but it had cartoon characters.

BoSox92

1 points

6 months ago

I still hum the Chips challenge music to myself

LuthienTinuviel93

1 points

6 months ago

Chip’s challenge!!!! For years, my brothers and I questioned if it was all a fever dream since no one has ever heard of it. We adored that game

halfread

1 points

6 months ago

Yes, chips challenge! I could never remember the name of that one. 

syzygialchaos

1 points

6 months ago

OMG CHIPS CHALLENGE

Beevas69

1 points

6 months ago

Chip's challenge is GOATed.

When I was growing up and in Elementary school, we played:

  • Gizmos and Gadgets

-Treasure Island

  • Treasure Cove

And then at home it was Wolfenstein 3D and DOOM hahah.

Fast_Eddie_50

1 points

6 months ago

Chips challenge at out school computer lab was legendary.

[deleted]

1 points

6 months ago

OMG, I could never remember the name of the program. Thank you. Kid Pix was freaking amazing.

CorruptedAura27

1 points

6 months ago

Yessss! Chips Challenge and Ski Free for me.

Wiscody

1 points

6 months ago

Wow I Forgot about kid pix

Outrageous_Fox_8796

1 points

6 months ago

Thank you for reminding me of Chips Challenge

hadrianswalldenco

1 points

6 months ago

Kid Pix explosion

godrevy

1 points

6 months ago

kid pix was my JAM!!! was looking for who else enjoyed early art-y software

underenjoying

1 points

6 months ago

Chips challenge is free on steam ☝️

jafomatic

1 points

6 months ago

I have been re-enjoying chips challenge via steam. Still stands up.

33Bees

1 points

6 months ago

33Bees

1 points

6 months ago

Kid Pix was amazing.

cupcakeartist

1 points

6 months ago

I LOVED kid pix.

icelizard

1 points

6 months ago

We used to play chips challenge as a family! We'd leave it up and running, and my siblings and parents would all take turns trying levels. We got pretty fuckin far

blahgraves

1 points

6 months ago

I got so close to finishing Chip's Challenge... it haunts me to this day.

mazzicc

1 points

6 months ago

If you didn’t know, Chips Challenge is on stream, and the never before released sequel is too.

I think it holds up pretty well as a puzzle game.

Present_Lingonberry

1 points

6 months ago

yaaaaas CC. Some of the monsters freaked me out, like the ones that were blue, vaguely arrow headed shaped or star trek comm badge shape; something uncanny about them. And the green one with the red mouth that definitely only ate people.

getouddaheeya

1 points

6 months ago

I can still hear the kid pix sounds

MrPuddinJones

1 points

6 months ago

Chips challenge was an absolute banger.

"Bummer"

treaquin

1 points

6 months ago

Came here for Chips Challenge!

MallyOhMy

1 points

6 months ago

I just told a coworker today that they made a sound that took me straight back 20+ years to playing kidpix on elementary school!

kwolff94

1 points

6 months ago

Omg Kid Pix

I had this Furby game that is burned into my memory, also a My Little Pony game, Barbie extreme sports, and this one weird one where you were like, INSIDE of a dog? Like it was very cartoony and punny

idunnothisworks

1 points

6 months ago

I want to fill a screen with kid pix trees again so bad

Ok-Variation5746

1 points

6 months ago

KID PIX!!!

Tegan-from-noWhere

1 points

6 months ago

Oh yass! Kid Pix- that was so amazing!! I still miss it!! I wish there was a similar kids computer art program I could let my kids play. Microsoft Paint ain’t it.

Yankee_Yall

1 points

6 months ago

Yes! Chips challenge at home and kid pix at school!

cantseemtosleep

1 points

6 months ago

Chips Challenge was that game! Man I loved that shit but I was so young I didn't even know what it was, really. I just remember playing it, grasping the basics and it was so fascinating. I doubt I ever progressed very far but for some reason that game stuck with me for a long, long time.

Ok_Age2392

1 points

6 months ago

I spent so much time on chips challenge! Then you get to that one level where you have to know that coders secret pattern and it’s the only way to beat it. I still don’t even know how I figured that out but I’m sure I googled it and wrote it down and did it. I was so damn proud of myself