ChipDefense

Releases

• Aug 30, 2026 1.63
  New features: - added buttons to buy several SUB or SHR chips at once - on the welcome screen, added a small LED block indicating the series Bug fixes: - corrected the avialbility constraint for Margaret Hamilton - corrected the layout for the "Reset all heroes?" dialogue - fixed another small bug in the memory bank view Miscellaneous:

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  - New hero colour for Sid Meier. Also changed some of the hero availability conditions (see game wiki)
• Aug 3, 2026 1.62
  New features: - New heroine for the ENDLESS series: Karen Spärck Jones. This hero increases the number of attackers using the same path, and thus make it easier to deal with them. Bug fixes: - fixed a game crash on systems running Android version lowers than 15 (issue #354) Miscellaneous: - Translations updated.
• Jun 24, 2026 1.61
  New features: - A faint line simulates a "burnt in" image in the terminal display. Bug fixes: - Layout errors fixed. - In the memory bank view, the topmost line could extend beyond the rectangle. - Hero stage restrictions no longer apply to turbo series. Fixes issue #252. Miscellaneous: - Translations updated.
• Jun 13, 2026 1.60
  New features: - The Zoom in / Zoom out buttons can be disabled in the Settings dialogue. - The “About” dialogue has been replaced by a new “Extras” activity that can be swiped left and right and provides more space for additional elements. - A seven-segment display clock has been added to the Extras activity. - A “memory bank” visualization has been added to visualize the infomation gained in the game. This is just cosmetic, there is no game funtionality for this. NB: Info gained is registered only from version 1.59 onwards. - The Release Notes section has been removed. Instead, the browser app is called to show the release notes on the web. - The seven-segment display now has a decimal point. - Chinese translation added (thanks to lalala_233) Bug fixes:

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  - Scrolling has been made less smooth but more responsive. - Fixed a bug that made the CPU image disappear after losing a life Miscellaneous: - The obsolete legacy save file "prefs.xml.xml" is permanently deleted.
• May 10, 2026 1.59
  New features: - The view is now scaled using buttons rather than the two-finger pinch gesture. - The level selection scrolls automatically to the end of the list. Bug fixes: - Further adjustments for ‘Edge-to-Edge’ mode - Fixed Issue #249 (hopefully) - When importing save files, the message regarding different versions was unclear.
• Apr 18, 2026 1.58
  New features: - Game can be exported and restored in the “settings” dialogue - Game view can handle "edge-to-edge" (full screen) mode Bug fixes: - Fixed a problem with scrolling (issue #247) - Corrected display of MEM chips with several internal registers (issue #233) - Placing additional chips could result in an endless loop when creating a stage Miscellaneous:

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  - Minimal SDK level changed from 21 to 23 (corresponding to Android 6) - Inclusion of newer versions of some system libs.
• Apr 6, 2026 1.57
  New features: - None. Bug fixes: - Disabled code optimization in order to avoid the app crashing Miscellaneous: - Use of target SDK 36
• Oct 26, 2025 1.55
  New features: - Italian translation added Bug fixes: _none_ Miscellaneous: - build environment updated, API modernisations
• Oct 26, 2025 v1.55 Release page →
  New features: - Italian translation added Bug fixes: _none_ Miscellaneous: - build environment updated, API modernisations
• Apr 5, 2025 v1.54 Release page →
  New features: - Explanatory text added to level 98. Fixes issue #214. Bug fixes: - Selling chips created by von Neumann could yield absurdly high amounts of information. These chips now sell only for 8 bits max. Fixes issue #211. - Chips created by von Neumann are now limited to level 10. Fixes issue #207.