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Chicken Invaders 2

Introduction

Welcome to Chicken Invaders 2!

Just when you thought it was safe to eat chicken again, the chickens have returned with an organized invasion to take over the entire solar system! Journey to each planet and fight your way through to save the world (again)!

In the first chapter of the Chicken Invaders saga, you defended earth against an invasion of intergalactic chickens seeking revenge for the oppression of their earthly brethren. However, as you were clearing out the last of the chicken invaders and were looking forward to a double chicken burger special at the space burger bar, the true scale of the problem became apparent: the first invasion was simply a precursor to the chicken's main assault! Their master plan now becomes clear: to invade each planet in the solar system and make sure that it is inhabited exclusively by chickens!

The time has now come to don your teflon-coated, egg-repulsing helmet and make the biggest omelette you've ever made as you continue your adventure in the second chapter of Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave. Only you can make a difference. Will you succeed? Will the future of chicken burgers be secure? Or will you end up as part of the menu in a galactic chicken restaurant?

Playing the Game

The game is divided into 11 planets, each of which is made up by 10 waves. To advance through each wave, fire your spaceship guns at chickens to destroy them while avoiding falling eggs, asteroids, and other dangerous items. You can increase your spaceship's firepower as well as your chances of staying alive by collecting various bonuses that appear as chickens are killed. The game ends when you successfully complete all 110 waves (wee!), or you lose all your lives (boo!), whichever comes first. Good luck!

Menu Options

Options can be accessed by clicking on the "options" button at the main menu.

Detail (Low/High)

The "high" setting displays all optional effects. Set this to "low" to speed up the game by removing some fire and smoke effects. The low setting is recommended for processors slower than 200MHz.

Lives (Individual/Shared)

This option applies only to the two-player game. In the "individual" setting, each player has their own separate lives, and if one player loses all lives, the other one continues playing on their own. In the "shared" setting, lives are shared between players, and if a player dies, a life is 'borrowed' from the other player. This setting ensures that both players play together for as long as possible.

Player (Rookie/Veteran)

This option controls the game's difficulty level. The "rookie" setting is easy and is suitable for inexperienced players playing Chicken Invaders for the first time. If you have played Chicken Invaders 1, or have extensive experience of Chicken Invaders 2, the "veteran" setting is the one for you. Things are much harder in this level, chickens take more hits to kill, they fire faster, and some helpful bonuses are disabled. However, if you play at this level you'll be able to score three times as many points as in the "rookie" level, giving you a better chance at the high score tables. It's your call.

Cheats (Off/On)

Enables the cheat keys. This feature is only available in the registered version of the game.

Controls

Re-configures the control keys. Each player has keys for moving left, right, up, down, firing the ship's guns and firing the missiles. Note that each key can only be assigned to a single control. Simply click on the control you want to re-define, and then:

To use the keyboard, press the desired keyboard key.
To use a joystick or gamepad, press a joystick button or move the stick in the appropriate direction.
To use the mouse, click on the "use my mouse" button. This will set all of the controls for the chosen player to use the mouse.

You may find it helpful to only bind the mouse to the left and right controls (you can achieve this by first selecting "use my mouse", and then re-bind the up & down controls to keyboard keys). You'll be at a disadvantage because you won't be able to easily move up or down, but your ship will be significantly simpler to control.

In addition to the keys you can configure, the following keys may be used:

ESC (escape): Press Esc to cancel options, to return to the previous menu, or to bypass the introductory and cutscene sequences.
PAUSE (break): Press Pause to, well, pause the game. This only has an effect while a game is in progress.

High Scores

You can compare yourself against people from all over the world by uploading your high scores to the Chicken Invaders Internet High Score Tables. Starting with v2.50, you can add your high scores from directly within the game. When viewing the "Hall of Fame", click on the "Configure" button. You will be presented with four options:

Authorization code (registered version only): Here you can enter your authorization code. This is the same authorization code you received when you registered and that you used to download the registered version. You will not be allowed to upload high scores for the registered version unless you have correctly entered your authorization code first.
Country: Here you can select your country. Click on the left and right arrow keys to cycle through the available country names (hint: You can also press a country's initial letter to jump directly to it). This will be shown in the high score tables and will affect the country leaderboard. Make sure you have set this correctly before uploading any high scores -- you will not be able to change it afterwards.
Upload scores: By selecting this option your high scores will be automatically uploaded to the internet high score tables on the InterAction studios website. Just follow the on-screen prompts (a working internet connection is required).
Reset scores: This will reset all your high scores to their default values. Be careful with this option, once you click on the button your high scores will be lost forever.

Bonus Guide