Chicken Invaders

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Chicken Invaders is an arcade-like game that parodies Space Invaders. The game was an instant success for its maker, InterAction Studios, and has spawned 2 sequels.

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[edit] Gameplay

[edit] Chicken Invaders 1

Chicken Invaders has a simple gameplay, with one or two player capability. The levels consist of ten waves. The waves never differ, keeping in the same order wave after wave, but they do change in difficulty. The waves are as follows:

  • Waves 1 & 2: These waves parody Space Invaders, where instead of shooting alien spacecrafts one shoots chickens.
  • Wave 3: This is the first of the Asteroid levels. Asteroids continuously come from top-left corner of the screen.
  • Waves 4 & 5: In these levels Chickens fly around a small model of earth.
  • Wave 6: In this level asteroids pelt down from the top of screen.
  • Wave 7: Be Quick or be Dead. Chickens fly to and from the sides of the screen descending towards the player.
  • Wave 8: Chickens fly down towards you going on a slight diagonal.
  • Wave 9: Asteroids fly from the top a bit slower, but go slightly diagonal.
  • Wave 10: In this wave you meet the boss: A large chicken wearing a green shirt with a 'No Sunny-Side up' logo on it.

In all the waves, eggs drop from the top, which have to be dodged, and gifts need to be collected to get points.

Your weapon (possibly the Ion Blaster) has 8 power levels, and missiles can also be collected.[1]


The official version of chicken invaders also has cheats. Due to AI, you can reach as high of levels as you want. To activate cheats press f9 + f10. To see the listing of cheats, you may press f5. The list of cheats will be displayed in the upper left-hand corner. It should display the following.

f6 Skip Wave f7 More Weapons f8 Extra Life

By using the cheats, you can get enough missles and lives, that they will eventually go off screen (especially if you're player 1.)

[edit] Chicken Invaders 2: The Next Wave

Chicken Invaders 2 has one or two player capability.[2]

It has 110 waves (including 10 secret ones), ten each in each of the 10 levels across 11 systems, in the following order:[2]

  1. Pluto
  2. Neptune
  3. Uranus
  4. Saturn
  5. Jupiter
  6. Asteroid belt
  7. Mars
  8. Earth
  9. Venus
  10. Mercury
  11. Sun

In all levels, except in the Asteroid belt, the ninth wave has a bonus (usually a new weapon, or extra firepower) if no missiles are used; in the asteroid belt, there is no bonus, only a continued onslaught of asteroids. The last wave has a boss in all systems except in the Asteroid belt.

The three weapons include:

  • Red - Ion Blaster
  • Green - Neutron Gun
  • Golden (Yellow) - Laser Cannon

Weapons have 10 levels, and a secret 11th level, which can only be reached by an additional 10 powerups after the 10th level powerup.[2]

In all the waves, eggs are laid by the chickens (Christmas ornaments in the Christmas edition), which have to be dodged, and drumsticks need to be collected to get missiles (holly leaves in the Christmas edition).

[edit] Chicken Invaders 3: Revenge of the Yolk

Chicken Invaders 3 is similar to the second edition (with up to 4 player cooperative play). It has 120 waves, in 10 levels across 12 systems in the galaxy,[3] namely (in order):

There are also 30 unique bonuses.[3]

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The weapons are:

  • Red - Ion Blaster
  • Green - Neutron Gun
  • Orange - Laser Cannon
  • Blue - Vulcan Chaingun
  • Purple - Plasma Rifle
  • Light blue - Lightning Frier
  • Black - Utensil Poker - secret weapon, only available in final confrontation with the Yolk-StarTMon your first mission. If you finish it then you can unlock it in the unlock section. (a play on Death Star from Star Wars)

Weapons have 11 power levels, and a secret 12th level, which can only be reached by an additional 9 powerups after the 11th level powerup(the 20th). Max power gives you big points.[3]

Seven secret unlockable features include:[3]

  • Superstar hero difficulty
  • Damage indicator
  • Points indicator
  • Progress indicator
  • Secret weapon: poking utensils
  • Super secret mine bombs
  • Clupea harengus (red) (Red herring)


Thirteen medals include:[3]

  • "I Eat Chickens for Breakfast" Campaign Trophy - Awarded for completing a mission on the superstar hero difficulty level
  • Veteran Chicken Hunter Campaign Trophy - Awarded for completing a mission on the veteran difficulty level
  • Rookie Hero Campaign Trophy - Awarded for completing a mission on the rookie difficulty level
  • Greatest Chicken Hunter Of All Time Award - Awarded for completing an entire mission without dying once
  • Superior Budget Thriftiness Commendation Medal - Awarded for completing an entire mission without using any missiles
  • Meritorious Marksmanship Award - Awarded for 90% shot accuracy in a single wave
  • Honourable "Either Brave or Stupid" Achievement Award - awarded for not using any power-ups in a single star system
  • Chicken Hunter Medal of Excellence - Awarded for 90% kill ratio in a single star system
  • Medal of Annihilation - Awarded for a multikill of 30 or more.
  • Distinguished Green Greed Award - Awarded for 90% coin collection in a single wave
  • Recognition Medal of Self-Restraint - Awarded for not using any missiles in a single star system
  • Order of the Teflon Certificate of Merit - Awarded for no deaths in a single star system
  • Medal of Great Appetite Achievement - Awarded for 90% food collection in a single wave

[edit] System requirements

[edit] Chicken Invaders 1

[edit] Chicken Invaders 2: The Next Wave

[edit] Chicken Invaders 3: Revenge of the Yolk


[edit] Reception

Chicken Invaders has always been popular for its humour and addictiveness. Cnet gave 4 out of 5 stars to Version 1.3.[4] Though the Gamespot review marked it down the middle, the sequel has had a rather favourable response.[5] Acid-Play, awarded it a 90% rating.[6] GameHippo awarded it 10/10.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Chicken Invaders (PHP). InterAction Studios. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
  2. ^ a b c d Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave (PHP). InterAction Studios. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Chicken Invaders: Revenge of the Yolk (Christmas Edition) (PHP). InterAction Studios. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
  4. ^ CNet review. Retrieved on 2007-06-02.
  5. ^ Navarro, Alex (2005-08-26). Because the first Chicken Invaders was so great, it needed a sequel, right? Right? Hello? (HTML). Game Review - Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave. GameSpot UK. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
  6. ^ Our Review for Chicken Invaders (HTML). Game Review. AcidPlay. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
  7. ^ GameHippo review. Retrieved on 2007-06-02.

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