How long has CC2 existed?

[Eric119]

So, just how long has the release of CC2 been delayed? I had always thought that CC2 was created in the late 90s. Yet some news sources seem to say otherwise. This one claims CC2 was finished in 1991:

http://www.siliconera.com/2015/05/03/the...-this-may/

This would mean that Chuck started working on CC2 almost immediately after the release of CC1.

Compare with the information that was posted on Chips Plus:

http://web.archive.org/web/2009102617345...ition.html

This says CC2 was still being developed, and doesn't mention any legal problems or demands for $100K (unless the bit about "show[ing] game companies that there was enough interest to bring out a second version of the game" is an allusion to such things).

Does anyone have any good information on the real timeline of events?

[chipster1059]

On 23 September 1998, Chuck said in a MSN chat: "I've been working on it for more than a year." So it seems that he started at some point in 1997.

The whole chat is available here: http://www.oocities.org/heartland/ridge/...s_chat.zip

[Joshua Bone]

The level design process formally wrapped up in 1999 when the official set of 200 levels was chosen.

[Nickcc]

Here was the official email announcement sent out in 02 by Chuck saying the game was canceled.

http://www.agt.net/public/nfield/ChipChallenge/message2.htm

[The Architect]

Here was the official email announcement sent out in 02 by Chuck saying the game was canceled.

http://www.agt.net/public/nfield/ChipChallenge/message2.htm

It's a dead link for me.

Edit: Guess it was just a temporary 404. Thanks anyway for the reply, chipster1059.

[chipster1059]

It's a dead link for me.

This one should work:

http://www.agt.net/public/nfield/ChipCha...ssage2.htm