CHUCKIE EGG: J2ME
Release Factoids
Format: J2ME
Author:
2003 (Sharp GX-10 / GX-20) -
Lee Miles from
TheIMode
2004 (unknown handset(s)?) - port by
Shayne Ford of
Wicked Witch Software
2005-6 (various Nokia handsets) - re-release on new handsets by several porters including
Alexei Kuznetsov from
Nikitova (Nokia 7650) and
Antonio Vera of
Psytronic.
Year of Release: 2003 / 2005-6 (re-release)
Publishing Label:
Elite Systems
Default Keys: Up 2 Down 8 Left 4 Right 6 Jump 5
Joystick Supported: N/A
Cheats or POKEs: None known
Emulator:
MicroEmulator - Java implementation of Java, Micro Edition
Notes: There are a variety of supported platforms:
2003 - Sharp: GX10, GX20
2005-6 -
Nokia: 3100, 3200, 3300, 5100, 6100, 6200, 6220, 6230, 6610, 6650, 6800, 7210, 7250, 7250i, 7650
Originally intended March 2004, but possibly not released:
Nokia 3410, 3510i, 3650, 6600
Sony Ericsson: T610, Z600
Motorola: V300, V500, V525, V600
Sagem: MyV65, MyV75
Elite Systems' website had a broken link to a 1MB game trailer in 2004 - this is now available
here.
©
1983 - 2004 Nigel Alderton / Elite Systems Ltd.
Review: Elite Systems commissioned Lee Miles at TheIMode to create the first official Chuckie Egg
release in 14 years following licensing negotiations with former Elite employee, Nigel Alderton. A couple of years later and Elite
arranged for several developers to port the original Sharp code to a range of Nokia handsets.
The Nokia 7650 re-release version, based on the original Sharp GX-10/GX-20 J2ME ports, is faithful to Nigel's original SPECTRUM 48K
release. The other ports are all understood to be from the same core codebase.
Sharp GX-10
(Oct. 2003 theimode.com screenshots)
Nokia 7650
(Oct. 2003 theimode.com screenshots - unreleased prototype)
Nokia 7210
(Mar. 2004 elite-systems.co.uk screenshots - probably unreleased prototype)
Nokia 3410
(Mar. 2004 elite-systems.co.uk screenshots - probably unreleased prototype)
Nokia 7650
(Jul. 2005 elite-systems.co.uk screenshots - re-release)