Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg is an adventure developed by Sonic Team, released 23 September 2003 on Nintendo GameCube and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg is
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg is an adventure game developed by Sonic Team and released in 2003. It was published by Sega. It is available on Nintendo GameCube and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Morning Land is a peaceful realm inhabited by chickens. One day, a terrible fate befell the land. Black Crows empowered by a mysterious magic appeared as ferocious monsters bent on keeping the world in eternal night. The Chicken Elders whose voices bring dawn each day were captured and sealed within golden eggs. Without their morning cries, the world will remain engulfed in darkness and human hearts will be consumed by evil. Now, only young Billy Hatcher and his friends from the human world can defeat the Crows, release the elders and return morning to the world.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg launched on 23 September 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Jak II, Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy and The Simpsons: Hit & Run. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Jak II, Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy, The Simpsons: Hit & Run.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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