Chicken Run (PlayStation, Windows, Dreamcast)

Chicken Run
Developer: Blitz Games Publisher: Eidos Interactive Platforms: PlayStation, Windows, Dreamcast Released in US: November 13, 2000 Released in EU: November 24, 2000 This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has a hidden level select. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article This game has a bugs page

A game based on the same-titled stop-motion animated movie.

Sub-Pages

Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Bugs

Unused Graphics

PLANS.SPT

A crude blueprint screen.

FRONTEND.PSI

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A wide variety of opening credits, seen in some early prototype builds.

A generic collision node.

PRTEST

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  PRTEST.SPT

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  PRTEST2.SPT

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  PRTEST3.SPT

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  PRTEST4.SPT

Leftover graphics from an unused splash screen sequence.

A4_CONSTRUCT.SPT

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Crude placeholder sprites of the hourglass timer.

GENERIC.SPT

A crudely drawn D-pad.

A green outline of a house.

A1_COOP1_N.SPT

A texture leftover from Glover.

A2_SEESAW.SPT

Among Fowler's textures is a low-brow innuendo.

A4_FOWLER.SPT

A PlayStation controller setup.

PlayStation

The following images are present only in the PlayStation version.

A title screen leftover from a October 10th, 2000 build.

A crudely drawn sad face.

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Unused menu graphics in "TIM"

Among Rocky's textures is a duplicate of his eye texture with a message likely referring to programmer Chris Wilson.

Unused Models

EDWINA.PSI

A model of the character Edwina, who in the film is killed and eaten by Mrs. Tweedy. She has no skinning or animations.

Blitz Games Leftovers

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  AM.PSI

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  FROGGER.PSI

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  FROGLET.PSI

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  MERMAID.PSI

Various models leftover from Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge, Action Man: Destruction X and The Little Mermaid II, respectively.

Debug Menu

By using the GameShark code 300AA1CE 0001 in the PlayStation version, a debug menu can be accessed from the main title screen. It contains several functions, such as several level warps, a model viewer and a sound test menu. The controls are as follows:

• Left / Right - Change menu
• Up / Down - Change selection
• X / Circle / Start - Enter
• Select - Enter (cutscene list in levels)
• Square / Triangle - Enter (free camera in levels)

Level Warps

Level warps for all three of the game's acts. Curiously, Act 3 is labeled as "Act 4".

Act 1	Act 2	Act 4
A1 Coop1 Night 5%	A2 Fowler 1 85%	A4 Fowler 1 85%
A1 DogChase Mesh 5%	A2 Workhut2 90%	A4 Barnext Night 70%
A1 Egg Hut 75%	A2 Workhut1 90%	A4 Construct Hut 5%
A1 Fowler 1 85%	A2 Workhut3 90%	A4 Coop1 Night 5%
A1 Garden Nite 75%	a2 Barnext Day 90%	A4 Coop2 Night 5%
A1 House Ext Nite 5%	A2 Catapult Mesh 5%	A4 Coop3 Night 5%
A1 Hut 17 75%	a2 Cogchase Mesh 2%	A4 Coop4 Night 5%
A1 Workhut1 95%	A2 Coop1 Day 5%	A4 EggHut 5%
	A2 Coop2 Day 5%	A4 Engine Hut 5%
	A2 Coop3 Day 5%	A4 Flymachine Mesh 5%
	A2 Egg Hut 90%	A4 Garden Nite 5%
	A2 Eggroom 5%	A4 House Ext Nite 5%
	A2 Engine Hut 90%	A4 Hut 17 75%
	A2 Fireworks Mesh 5%	A4 Lounge 5%
	A2 Garden Day 5%	A4 Kitchen 5%
	A2 House Ext Day 5%	A4 OldBarn Nite 50%
	A2 Hut 17 75%	A4 Pie Barn 5%
	A2 Old Barn Day 50%	A4 Scenic hut1 70%
	A2 Scenic Hut 1 90%	A4 Scenic hut2 70%
	A2 Scenic Hut 2 90%	A4 Scenic hut3 70%
	A2 Scenic Hut 3 90%	A4 Scenic Hut 4 90%
	A2 Scenic Hut 4 2%	A4 Scenic Hut 5 5%
	A2 Seesaw Mesh 5%	A4 Scenic Hut 6 5%
	a2 Toolshed extr 5%	A4 Toolext Night 5%
	A2 Toolshed Day 5%	A4 Toolshed After 5%
	A2 Wings Hut 90%	A4 Toolshed Nite 5%
		A4 Wings Hut Mesh5%
		A4 Workhut1 5%
		A4 Garden 5%
		A4 Workhut2 5%
		A4 Workhut3 (Flynn) 30%
		A4 Workhut4 5%
		A4 tunnel 5%
		A4 eggroom 5%

Tests

Seems to contain testing levels.

Level	Description
Training 1	A small pathway, only containing a dog as an enemy. The level does not load with free camera.
Training 2	Freezes the game.
Training 3	A rather empty level, containing two dogs. The level does not load with free camera.
Training 4	Freezes the game.
Training 5	Freezes the game.
Training 6	Freezes the game.
Training 7	Freezes the game.
Kitchen FMA	Warps to a cutscene in Act 3, when Nick and Fetcher retrieve binoculars to Ginger.
Piebarn FMA	Freezes the game.
Tunnel FMA	Warps to a cutscene in Act 3, when Nick and Fetcher retrieve poles to Ginger.
Garden FMA	Freezes the game.
Workhut1 FMA	Freezes the game.
Workhut2 FMA	Freezes the game.
Workhut3 FMA	Freezes the game.
Workhut4 FMA	Freezes the game.
Lounge FMA	Freezes the game.
House Ext FMA 5%	Warps to a cutscene in Act 2, when Ginger calls Rocky to search for objects. Strangely, Rocky does not display his walk animation.
Toolshed extr FMA 5%	Freezes the game.
Big Mesh Test 0%	Freezes the game.
Box Test 0%	Trying to access this level normally causes the player to fall out of bounds due to the lack of collision.
Test: Christest 5%	Freezes the game.
Test: Crashtest 5%	Freezes the game.
Test: Davetest 5%	Freezes the game.
Test: Daytime Coops 6%	Warps to a rather unfinished version of one of the maps. There are no walls on the front and left corners.
Test: Fence 5%	Warps to a completely empty map, save for ground collision.
Floor Test 0%	Trying to access this level normally causes the player to fall out of bounds due to the lack of collision.
Test: Fly Mesh Copy 5%	Freezes the game.
Test: Flynntest 5%	Freezes the game.
Test: Fredtest 5%	Warps to a very diverse testing map, with various platforms and several dogs.
Test: Stevetest 5%	Seems to have the same function as Fredtest 5%.
Test: Fredtest 115%	Warps to a different testing map. It contains Mr. Tweedy and Mrs. Tweedy enemies.
Test: Hut 17 Fma 5%	Freezes the game.
Original Test Level1 0%	Seems to have the same function as Training 1.
Test: Nighttime Coops 6%	Warps to a rather unfinished version of one of the maps. There are no walls on the left and rear corners.
Test: Tomtest 5%	Freezes the game.
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz	Seems to have the same function as Fredtest 5%.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX	Seems to have the same function as Fredtest 5%.

Games

Seems to mostly contain UI and minigame functions.

Function	Description
Startup	Warps to the startup menu, though the initial graphic is colored red instead of blue.
Credits	Warps to the game's staff roll.
Inventory	Warps to the inventory map.
Video 25fps	Displays a video.
Video 20fps	Does nothing.
Video old	Does nothing.
Catapult	Warps to the "Spring Chicken" minigame.
Fireworks	Warps to the "Fowl Shot" minigame.
Seesaw	Warps to the "Weight Expectations" minigame.
FMA test	Does nothing.
Options	Warps to the main options screen.
Crate	Warps to the final boss.
Engine	Warps to the "Poultry in Motion" minigame.
Dog Chase	Warps to the Dog Chase sequence from Act 1.
Construct	Warps to the "Hen at Work" minigame.
Wing	Warps to the "Chicken Wings" minigame.
Egg Laying2	Warps to the "The Bunty Eggs-Press" minigame.
Debug Gallery	Goes through the bonus pictures in order.
Splash	Warps to the Act Result screen.
English	Changes the game's text strings to English.
French	Changes the game's text strings to French.
German	Changes the game's text strings to German.
Italian	Changes the game's text strings to Italian
Spanish	Changes the game's text strings to Spanish.

Models

A model viewer. Of the list, "Rope", "Gloves" and "Test" freeze the game.

XA

A sound test menu.