Mort the Chicken

Story

The chickens live peacefully in their own universe. In another universe, cubes are spying on the chickens. The leader of the cubes, general Cubicles, notices that the chickens have stacks of hay, and Cubicles mistakes them for kidnapped citizens of their universe. While Mort is filming his own TV show, the cubes reach their universe via a well and kidnap all the baby chicks, scattering them across the chicken universe. Mort, being the only one brave enough to stop the cubes, jumps down the well and starts his adventure.

Gameplay

Mort the Chicken is a relatively straightforward platformer. The player controls Mort as he explores his universe, rescuing baby chicks and killing cubes. Mort can destroy the cubes using the comb on his head, which can be used as a whip. Some cubes cannot be killed, and every time Mort takes a hit, the cubes steal a chick from Mort and imprison it. Mort's health bar is shown by two stalks of corn, and when Mort loses health, part of the corn disappears. Each level has up to 10 chicks to rescue. Mort can also gain power-ups. These power-ups include making him jump higher, become giant, attract chicks, extend his neck-whip attack, or have chicks attack enemies. Eggs and chicken food are scattered across the levels, and Mort can peck at these with his beak. Eggs give Mort power-ups and chicken food restores health.

Reception

Mort the Chicken received rather negative reviews. IGN gave the game a 2.5 out of 10 "Painful" rating, stating "Do you hate your child and wish to punish him or her? Well, have we got the perfect gift for you!" Official US PlayStation Magazine gave Mort the Chicken a rating of 1.5 stars out of 5.