Chicken Run is a 3D platform-stealth video game based on the 2000 film. Developed by Blitz Games and published by Eidos Interactive and THQ, the game was released prior to the movie's home media release, for the PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Color.

The Story Behind Chicken Run

The game's plot centers about a band of chickens escaping from an egg farm from their evil owners and fighting for freedom. Players must help Ginger and her flock make a break for freedom, while avoiding the evil Mrs. Upon completing a level, the player is awarded medals by Fowler which act as the password to access the next level should the player turn off the console before reaching it.

While the characters, mainly Ginger and Rocky, are voiced by professional voice artists, Benjamin Whitrow and Lynn Ferguson reprise their respective roles as Fowler and Mac. Tweedy, who wants to turn them into chicken pies. Developed by Blitz Games and published by Eidos Interactive and THQ, the game was released prior to the movie's home media release, for the PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast, and Game Boy Color.

How Chicken Run Plays

The minigames involve assembling a part of the 'Old Crate' and getting its engine running. In Act 1, the chickens have to control a mannequin of Mrs Tweedy. Act 3 contains a minigame in which the player has to get the hens in Hut 2 to lay eggs to pay Nick and Fetcher though this can also be played in the first two acts but without the player getting to keep the eggs.

The game is divided into 3 acts; each act ends with a boss level. In the Act 3 boss the chickens fly the 'Old Crate' and have to stop Mrs. Should the player get caught, they are sent back to the entry point of the current area, and lose either their most recently obtained item or their currently equipped item which goes back to where it was found.

Why Players Still Load It Up

Players must help Ginger and her flock make a break for freedom, while avoiding the evil Mrs. New items are made available as the player progresses through the game. While the characters, mainly Ginger and Rocky, are voiced by professional voice artists, Benjamin Whitrow and Lynn Ferguson reprise their respective roles as Fowler and Mac.

In the Game Boy Color version, the player controls Ginger, who has to lure the chickens to the exit of each level using corn while avoiding the dogs and searchlights in the chicken coop and the magic eyes and laser beams in the pie machine within the time limits. In keeping with the film's story, the game takes place on an English chicken farm and follows a group of chickens as they try to break out of confinement. Upon completing a level, the player is awarded medals by Fowler which act as the password to access the next level should the player turn off the console before reaching it.

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