Chicken Invaders is a long running series (since 1997) of shoot-em-up games created by InterAction studios, made in the Ultra VGA Engine. It's parodying Galaxian, Space Invaders, Star Wars, Star Trek, and Darius, where you shoot Chickens, stop their evil plans and save Earth (and humanity too).
The core mechanics of the games are very simple: you clear waves of Chickens and other enemies, avoid eggs and other projectiles, collect Powerups to make your weapon stronger, get the Food items to obtain Missiles, and collect Keys to unlock items in the Unlockables menu.
The series also include various holiday themed Editions.
Game List
Name/Logo | Release Date | Notes |
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(DOS VERSION) |
A very unfinished "conceptual" version of Chicken Invaders, and the actual first game in the series. The only game from InterAction studios made on UVE++. | |
(DX VERSION) |
01/20/2023 (Remastered, Beta) 01/31/2023 (Remastered) |
First public Chicken Invaders game and the canonical start of the series. Reimagined version of the DOS version made on UveDX. First to use 3d rendered graphics. Longest delay between updates. |
The Next Wave |
01/26/2012 (Remastered) 03/04/2016 (Steam) |
Sequel to the first Chicken Invaders. Had a different Beta. Longest wait for a new game. |
The Next Wave Christmas Edition |
12/20/2011 (Remastered) 03/04/2016 (Steam) |
Originally only available during the months leading up to Christmas. First Edition. |
Revenge of the Yolk |
06/08/2015 (Steam) |
Sequel of The Next Wave. First to use UveDX8, and the only game in the series to have an edition arrive before the regular version. First game to be ported to Linux, Mac, and Mobiles. |
Revenge of the Yolk Christmas Edition |
06/08/2015 (Steam) |
The only edition to come before the regular version. Had a beta in October 2006 in which 44 people tested. |
Revenge of the Yolk Easter Edition |
06/08/2015 (Steam) |
First Easter edition. The longest wait between editions of a single game. Second longest wait for a new game. First to use UveXX. |
Ultimate Omelette |
11/29/2010 (Demo) 06/06/2014 (Steam) |
Sequel of Revenge of the Yolk. Had a beta in November 2010 in which 132 people tested. Was the award winner of the top PC casual games of 2010 by Adrenaline Vault. |
Ultimate Omelette Christmas Edition |
06/06/2014 (Steam) |
First edition of Ultimate Omelette. |
Ultimate Omelette Easter Edition |
06/06/2014 (Steam) |
Shortest wait between editions. Currently the last Easter edition. |
Ultimate Omelette Thanksgiving Edition |
06/06/2014 (Steam) |
First and only Thanksgiving edition. First to run on UveUDX. |
Cluck of the Dark Side |
03/13/2015 (Steam) |
Sequel of Ultimate Omelette. Had a beta in October/November 2014 in which 175 people tested. |
Cluck of the Dark Side Halloween Edition |
First edition of a Chicken Invaders game to come out after a new game that isn't the Christmas edition. First and only halloween edition. | |
Cluck of the Dark Side Christmas Edition |
(Early Access) 12/01/2016 (Official) |
First Christmas edition not to be the first edition for a Chicken Invaders game. Currently the last Christmas edition, the most recent Chicken Invaders game, and the most recent game from InterAction studios. |
(Early Access) 12/15/2022 (Release date) |
MMO-like spin-off. Currently in developement. |
Trivia
- The UveDX version of Chicken Invaders isn't the first Chicken Invaders ever, as the DOS version came before it. It, however, never was released. Nothing much is left from those versions today, aside from the title screen and some of its code that still gets used in the engine to this day.
- This version is also the first one to use rendered graphics, as the DOS version used pixel art instead. The Hero didn't exist in it, instead, the player was controlling a handgun.
- The series at first expanded what the Hero had to travel through to save Earth, it was first the Earth itself only, then the entire Solar System, then the Milky Way, then the galaxies around it. Cluck of the Dark Side focused on the Milky Way again. Even though Universe is not an episode, it will expand again to cover a completely different galaxy.
- The Hero only says two lines of dialogue in Chicken Invaders. In The Next Wave, he doesn't say anything. In Revenge of the Yolk and beyond, he gets more detailed and comical dialogue every chapter, and he also gets to talk in certain waves.