Chicken Invaders

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Chicken Invaders
developer InterAction Studios
First title Chicken Invaders (1999)
Last title Chicken Invaders 5: Cluck of the Dark Side - Halloween Edition (2015)
Platform (s) Android , iOS , Linux , Mac OS , Windows
Genre (s) Action , shoot 'em up

Chicken Invaders is a computer game series for PC developed by InterAction Studios. Five versions have currently been released. The humorous game is about space chickens who want to take revenge on the earth's inhabitants in revenge for the cruelty to animals on earth. A hero tries to prevent her from doing so in a dialogue with an unknown narrator. With the help of various weapons, including rocket projectiles ("missiles"), the player controls the action. It is important to collect as many points as possible and to defend the earth. Parodies of, for example, Star Wars and Star Trek can also be found in the game.

Chicken Invaders

"Sometime in the near future, Earth is invaded by chickens from another galaxy, bent on revenge against the human race for oppressing earth chickens! Take the world's fate in your hands (or at least have an omelette) in this modern rendition of the 80's classic. Save the world today! "

This is the description of the first release (1999) in the series "Chicken Invaders". It is only available in English (as of January 2016) and can be downloaded completely free of charge from the developer's website. It also has a multiplayer mode . The game consists of the same but increasingly difficult levels . By meeting chickens and asteroids there are points. In each level, chickens try to hit the player's spaceship with eggs or meteors. With a weapon that can be enhanced eight times with power-ups (green gifts with a red ribbon that appear at the top of the screen), chickens and asteroids, but not the eggs, can be easily hit at first. If chickens are hit, only the leg is left. By collecting 50 of these clubs, additional weapons can be obtained, which in the English version are called "missiles". By shooting with the "Ctrl" key, all asteroids and chickens in this wave that are currently in the screen area will be hit.

No. Original wave German translation What happens?
1 GET READY GET READY 40 blue chickens are arranged in an 8x5 grid and throw eggs at the spaceship to be controlled with the arrow keys.
2 WAKE UP WAKE UP The first wave is repeated.
3 WARNING - ASTEROIDS INCOMING WARNING - METEORS ARE COMING Small and large meteors pounce on the player's spaceship from the top left. In every even level (2, 4, 6, 8 etc.) the color of the meteors changes to bright orange.
4th GET READY GET READY Purple chickens are buzzing around planet earth. They come closer to the spaceship than blue chickens. In every even level there are more chickens buzzing further down.
5 GET READY GET READY The fourth wave is repeated.
6th BRACE - HIGHSPEED ASTEROIDS INCOMING TENSION - METEORS COMING AT HIGH SPEED Small meteors come from above. They change their color to bright orange in every even level.
7th BE QUICK OR BE DEAD BE FAST OR BE DEAD Purple chickens appear again, slowly coming down. You can't let them hit you.
8th GET READY GET READY There are also purple chickens from heaven, but faster.
9 WARNING - ASTEROIDS INCOMING WARNING - METEORS ARE COMING And messed up from above. The color changes with every even level.
10 SHOW 'EM WHO'S BOSS SHOW WHO THE BOSS IS The largest of all chickens appears, defeating it takes you to the next level.

Chicken Invaders 2: The Next Wave

Like all subsequent versions, the second release in the series is available as a demo and full version. Like its predecessor, it has a single and a multiplayer mode (two on the same PC, up to four players via the Internet). There are different, but not, as in the first version, never ending levels. There are still missiles here, but three different standard weapons. For the first time a new version was released: The X-mas Edition. The game is the same, but the game has been redesigned (e.g. snow, Christmas clothes, etc.). This version is also available in German.

Chicken Invaders 3: Revenge of the Yolk ("Revenge of the Fowl")

The third edition has been completely revised, for the first time an unknown person communicates with the player. Like the second version, the version is structured in 120 waves, at the end there is a fight against the “hen house”. There are also several weapons again. There are also medals and rewards to unlock. Statistics also appear automatically. The third edition was reissued as an X-mas and Easter edition. The version is also available in German. You can only play with several players with some versions.

Chicken Invaders 4: Ultimate Omelette ("Ultimate Omelette")

The fourth revision is very similar to the third, but there are new tricks. With the help of keys collected during the game you can unlock new weapons, a multiplayer mode and other extras. As with the third part, this version was re-published as X-mas and Easter editions and is also available in German.

Chicken Invaders 5: Cluck of the Dark Side ("Cackling from the Dark Side")

InterAction Studios tried to convince its clients with an expanded statistics section after every ten waves and by adding various features. For the first time, a Halloween edition was published for this purpose, which is the current version as of 2016. InterAction Studios has kept silent about possible sequels.

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