Chuckie Egg 3 is a homebrew sequel to the classic Chuckie Egg Spectrum games (Chuckie Egg and Chuckie Egg 2) by A’N’F Software. It was written by Richard Langford and first released in 2026. It can be played either with modern graphics, or with Spectrum graphics.

Unlike in Chuckie Egg 2, in this third outing Henhouse Harry returns to his roots, with a single-screen collecting game, only this time Harry must paint the eggs before he collects them. Unfortunately the game fails to tell you what the ‘paint’ key is before you start, which is an oversight IMHO. I had to quit out of my first game to go check what the key was, which peed me off…

Another thing about Chuckie Egg 3 that peed me off – before I’d even started playing the game – was the fact that pressing Escape instantly closes the game down, without warning. Another big miss by the author! He should get rid of that abomination ASAP…

Anyway, eventually, when I played the actual game… I enjoyed it. As I said earlier: you must first throw paint at the eggs before touching them. If you touch a raw, non-painted egg, it will kill you. When you have painted eggs in your possession you must then take them to the waiting delivery van. You can only carry four eggs at a time, and all levels have more than that, meaning multiple visits to the van.

The levels in Chuckie Egg 3 are usually much larger than a single screen, so they scroll as you move around. If you lose a life while holding painted eggs, you’ll lose them back to their un-painted state and have to collect them again. You can jump over eggs and chicks, but not the larger animals.

Having a second button to ‘throw’ paint does take some getting used to, and initially you’ll lose a few lives learning how to throw properly.

The Spectrum version of Chuckie Egg 3 is just as good – if not better – than the modern version. In fact, it’s not an emulated Spectrum, but a simulated one, with NO COLOUR CLASH. Which is pretty amazing to see. You can actually switch between the modern and Spectrum graphics modes with a single key-press. The level layouts are exactly the same, but in the Spectrum version you have the infamous blue emus chasing you, instead of chickens. I can see quite a few people preferring the simulated Spectrum version over the modern version.

Overall, Chuckie Egg 3 is a very nice modern retro homebrew remake/sequel. Now if the author could just see to that horrible ‘Escape Quit’ problem, it could maybe grow into something more than just “nice”. 🙂

More: Chuckie Egg 3 on itch.io