Mort the Chicken

Mort the Chicken is a platformer video game developed by AndNow and published by Crave Entertainment. It was first released in the United States on November 30, 2000 for the PlayStation and later released in Europe on January 19, 2001. It was later ported to various consoles and Windows-based personal computers. A different game with the same title was released for the Game Boy Color, as well as on Game Boy Advance, the latter being given the title Mort Advance.

Story
The chickens live peacefully in an alternate universe, where chickens are the dominant species. Mort the Chicken is the star of his own television show. In another universe, cube-like creatures called The Boolyon 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 cube universe. Mort, being the only one brave enough to stop the cubes, jumps down the well and starts his adventure to save the baby chicks.

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.

Mort Advance
Mort Advance is a re-release of the original game for Game Boy Advance. This version was developed by Vicarious Visions. It was released December 29, 2001 in North America; and March 31, 2002 in the PAL region.

Reception
Mort the Chicken received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.

Legacy
Mort the Chicken's creator has given the developer of the upcoming 2D platformer Pizza Tower permission to feature Mort as a power-up.