Chutes and Ladders (PC) Walkthrough

Holy crap, I still make walkthroughs!? Yes, believe it or not, after a very long drought, I'm making more. I'll bet you didn't see this one coming either; this is a PC game adaptation of the famous children's board game Chutes and Ladders from 1999. Believe it or not, I actually had this game when I was little -- remember when General Mills did promotions by providing computer games in cereal boxes? This was one of them, and I'm sure a whole lot of other people got this game from there. I got rid of my original copy a long time ago, but came across a retail copy in a thrift store and decided, why not? It's not a fantastic game by any stretch, but I think it was worth the price of admission just for the "golden rule" cut scenes you get to see whenever you go up a ladder or down a chute. Since this game is really easy to walkthrough as it requires no skill, and it has a very surprising lack of footage on KZbin, I didn't see any reason not to make one.
The game plays just like the board game, which I'm pretty sure needs no introduction. There are three boards here to choose from, the classic board, the zoo and the circus. I played a full game on each. Before any of you ask, no, I did not actually play this with three other people; the entire game is based on the luck of a random number generator, so there was legitimately no reason not to use four players. Playing alone just gives a computer player which is no different from playing with two people on your own. Since there is no player input, I thought it'd make it more interesting.
I played on each of the boards once, then went back and played the golden rules all the way through (including the ones I had already seen in the game, for those who just want the rules and not the gameplay). Then I played each of the minigames once where it was applicable. My pattern for characters was to choose two of each gender and a mixture of the three selectable races.
Level by level comments:
Classic: It all comes down to the one giant ladder and the one giant chute in the middle of the board, doesn't it? I want to bet those have led to many of the first ragequits in our lives. One of the players here also had it kind of rough, but sadly the worst was yet to come.
Zoo: That chute at the right of the center is the bane of my existence on this board. In fact, this one ended up going on so long that I turned on quick play midway through (which, as far as I know, does nothing except skewer the random number generator into getting you to more favorable spots of the board and making going down chutes far less likely). Also, one of the players had it really bad here, even worse than the one from the last board. Finally, I want to get this out of the way now -- the minigames in this game SUCK. Most of them only last a couple of seconds and only a select few increase in difficulty with a replay.
Circus: This board went surprisingly well for all the players. I especially love how it turned out towards the end (which I won't spoil). I also love how much the morals are played for laughs here; it implies that it's perfectly okay to invade a performance or walk inside an animal's cage. Finally, could they really not be bothered to have different minigames for this board?
That's about all I have to say. Enjoy the walkthrough!
Chutes and Ladders is (C) Hasbro and Atari, no infringement intended. Please support the companies that made these by buying their products!

[@Demon666Ella]

I played this all the time when I was a kid, along with Candy Land. My favorite part of this game is where you feed the blue bird berries.

[@beeclark6196]

Omggg same for everything u just said

[@RubyG-qx4bu]

How did you literally just read my mind

[@RubyG-qx4bu]

Did you ever play a game called Zoombinis? I hope I just unlocked a memory lol

[@dvegh97]

Freddy fish

[@VexatiousFluff]

Did you get these CDs from the Kellogg’s cereal box too? 😂

[@pokemaster123ism]

I got this game in a cereal box back when I was a kid. It came on a disk advertising AOL Online, but I didn't even care. I just liked playin g the game

[@Alewolf01]

I got this in a cereal box and CandyLand both great games makes me feel so old.

[@kyoyameganebereznoff]

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS GAME FOR YEARS. It was so difficult to find because all I could remember was the toucan feeding mini-game! Now that I’m here, so many things I’m seeing are ringing a bell.

[@Ruxify]

"The spinner says FIAHAHAHAHVE." lol

[@MrEightThreeOne]

Wow, I thought I was the only one who thought that voice clip sounded...off.

[@GlitterPeach]

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[@grishmapatel4664]

Mr. Eight-Three-One

[@cocacolaxable]

The spinner says FIVE!!😩

[@RiverofLife95]

I noticed that back then too! haha

[@GDDubya]

Gosh, I liked this game so much that my grandpa and I used to re-enact the "Don't" rules a decade ago.

[@kendallthiede373]

That's so funny! Which one was the funniest you did?

[@joshp3374]

You just killed me... with nostalgia

[@jacktayl]

In each game there are 8 good ideas and 10 bad ideas

[@jpbrennan4904]

SpongeBob Fanatic what are they?

[@Leila_Ganjaei]

Animaniacs motif.

[@NoahClevinger]

Y’all don’t understand how much I loved this game growing up. My mom and I would always play this.

[@yanisbowrin4321]

There's another version with snakes 😊

[@CartoonPhreak]

Exactly. Along with Girl Talk: The CD-ROM Game of Truth or Dare.

[@supremeoverlorde2109]

Wow, what a blast from the past.

[@UmbreonsRus]

This was my favorite game as a kid in elementary school! I loved the zoo level the most!

[@connorhodges8939]

I agree with you! 😁

[@x1LuCkySob]

God i had a great childhood

[@naeemali7206]

x1LuCkySob 1

[@coolranch_dorites]

(NOSTALGIA INTENSIFIES)

[@mickeymouse12678]

Hey! I remember getting this in a cereal box, too! It seems strange that they would ever do something like this, though. Surely the cost of including a cheap game with the cereal is more expensive than the cheap plastic prizes they sometimes like to include.

[@angelic.angel_]

I got this in a cereal box as well haha!! :) Good times

[@TheRapidfireblaster]

I got this in a cereal box too! Ah, the old kid games to teach kids lessons.

[@laffeydude3558]

I got the game in a cereal box too! The cereal box was Cinnamon Toast Crunch by the way.

[@jacktayl]

52:31 It was pretty cool when the kid, be it boy or girl, juggles those bananas to feed the gorilla before he or she is fed the last one.

[@VincentWeir]

Oh man...my nostalgia is boiling!!! I played this game as a kid and I can live that again because of this video! Thank you man!

[@naeemali7206]

V.incentWeir the UK and 6%#"%'€€_=@$/€_%

[@lobo2619]

I've been looking for this game everywhere to fulfill my nostalgia hunger. One down, hundreds more to go.

[@Tudor1542]

oh god i remember playing this when i was 4-5 ish years old!! My brother and I used to make fun of how he said "Player number 2.... IT'S YOUR TUUURN" And here I am, 23 years old... STILL saying it the way we used to. hahaha

[@SuperMarkerComicBro]

4:35 NOT THE BEES!

[@jpbrennan4904]

SuperMarkerComicBro don’t poke the beehive with a stick.

[@wendywicks7425]

ROFL

[@anikethpragada7193]

4:35 MR.NINO COMES OUT OF THE BEEHIVE!

[@cowberry16]

AHHHHHH ive been looking for this game FOREVER! all I could remember was the circus board!!

[@wisemaninus]

I remember Chutes and Ladders. It was my childhood. Maybe I can play it again.

[@LiquidPr1d3]

Got this and Backyard Baseball in a cereal box. Nostalgia overload right now.

[@ashleightompkins3200]

So I didn't dream this. I don't even remember how I got it but I used to play it all the time if I could

[@paiger6058]

I used to spend so long clicking different kids and making them wear all the colors lol.

[@navinsharma7745]

7:32 trampling the flowers is hurtful.

[@anikethpragada7193]

Mr.Nino subbing in 9-B is hurtful.

[@Anthonyvideogame]

I played this all the time as a kid with my cousin

[@purplegal597]

OMG This my childhood!!! Played this all the time growing up !! love being a 90s kid

[@zolaarose]

the nostalgia of this is just omg 🥲 i really miss being a kid!!!!!!

[@articakennedy2403]

Do untie the snake? But that's WAY too dangerous! Kids, attempt at your own risk!

[@MrEightThreeOne]

They pretty clearly play the morals for laughs in the zoo and circus. Pretty sure they knew good and well no kid would ever be in any of those sort of situations.

[@GlitterPeach]

not really

[@Xtremecherry95YT]

isn't that the reason the game was recalled in like 2001? or 2002?

[@Anthonybchannel]

@@Xtremecherry95YT was it recalled? I had no idea. I bought it new in like 2004

[@ZooTycoonLord]

I once had this game before and it was a lot of fun. Now I'm taking this opportunity to revisit my childhood by watching the video .

[@aidanbarnes4290]

I always loved watching the down the chute cutscenes so funny

[@fountain8912]

This was my favorite game as a child. I miss playing it sometimes. However, I forgot how annoying the voice can be. I guess things really do change as you get older... I still enjoyed the walkthrough, thank you

[@honeylune6487]

whoever designed the games like this that i played as a kid, you're amazing

[@Jackskellington9100]

Golden rules: 22:32 52:12 1:17:50

[@DjManger]

1:17:57 I've always loves the golden rules for these

[@christinethilmany8519]

I remember this game I still have it.

[@gavinwoah7338]

I remember this too, I once played this at an old friend's place, than I remembered the game sixteen years later about, than I tried finding it on KZbin but it wasn't on at the time,so I ordered it from amazon and I enjoyed it. Than finally months later I find it again on KZbin, thank you for bringing back my memories!

[@mayfair8696]

If turhuiyttyttt

[@DudeWiz]

OMG, the memories!

[@abigailmccrane3715]

One of my childhood games! :)

[@captainzachsparrow6193]

I remember playing this game when I was a kid. brings back memories.❤️😭

[@kishl.931]

my little boy loved this .. he watched the ENTIRE thing in one sitting lol

[@RiverofLife95]

I used to play this!! Loved it!

[@presidentlove7462]

@ 31:22 I head the sound effect for them spinning the snake in some other show. I have been trying for days to remember where the sound came from, and thankfully i was able to find it here before i went totally crazy.

[@navinsharma7745]

2:08 𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗲 "𝟲𝟮" (𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗲) is the picnic.

[@DragonPrincess3321]

Don't Tickle the Firebreather. I Loved that Scene when he ate the Fire.

[@navinsharma7745]

water is victorious as snow is defeated.

[@navinsharma7745]

water 1 as snow lost.

[@LiuKangBlazingFireDragon]

I totally remember playing this when I was a kid back in 2001-2004...the voice announcer sounds similar to Kid President.

[@halles7575]

OMG I REMEMBER PLAYING THIS WHEN I WAS A KID!!! I miss it.😭

[@jacktayl]

23:02 I like it when the girl in blue gives a boy avatar some of the ice cream. It's like something may blossom between a boy and girl if you think about it.

[@StarburstL]

I love how much strategy this game has! like you really gotta think to play this gmae> :P

[@John-bb9kd]

I remember playing this game, holy crap my childhood!

[@sarah-g-t]

i’m literally gonna cry oh my god i forgot about this and then randomly thought of it and decided to look it up thinking i’d never find it but this brought back soooo many memories holy shit

[@neurodivergent_queen]

Oh my glob I totally forgot about this game, I used to be addicted to it.

[@trainzville9237]

0:21 Chutes & Ladders Song.

[@MrMorton96]

I remember this game.

[@MrMorton96]

A lion sound like a monster. 1:22:06

[@thelonleyUchiha1]

i loved this game so much as a kid i never actually played the game I always played the mini games lol

[@jaedenfore6244]

This was my childhood computer game❤️😭😭❤️

[@opalcitrine]

The fact that full computer games used to be given away for free in cereal boxes is crazy to think about now

[@jacktayl]

52:34 This sound is "Cartoon Rapid Slaps: Very Long" from Sound Ideas. I wonder why the sound isn't on KZbin. I think it should be. Don't you?

[@etrikia]

this hit me like a nostalgia truck

[@GarrettLegendstone]

Good old childhood times.

[@msalas14]

I used to play chutes and ladders all the time in my heyday I remember that game every time I even had the computer game but i never played the computer game I played the board game That’s all I know

[@navinsharma7745]

30:43 square "75" is Herbert

[@SpeedStar1642]

Ah, how nostalgic.

[@rohiniramakrishnan6555]

1:20:52 pulling the clown's nose makes the clown sneeze (clown's nose itching) so -21 squares

[@valeriatargaryen143]

I feel a sense of nostalgia

[@POOGAMER1]

this was a great game nostalgia

[@mackenzibettens4429]

i loved this game sooooo much oh my 😩

[@navinsharma7745]

38:05 Herbert the polar bear

[@salenafank8423]

Best game ever when I was kid.

[@rohiniramakrishnan6555]

1:16:42 taking the thorn out of the tiger's paw is helpful (taking care of the tiger when he is hurt) - that is nice of you so +28 squares (skip squares)

[@navinsharma7745]

33:22 the bottle with the Help note rolled up inside

[@cdnry0020]

My childhood❤

[@anikethpragada7193]

27:21 Mr.Nino poked the boy’s back with too many push pins.

[@anikethpragada7193]

27:09 The boy is trying to rescue Mr.Nino from the beehive.

[@Jaceblue04]

Nostalgia analysis: OVERFLOW ERROR!

[@redgeoblaze3752]

so much nostalgia!

[@jacktayl]

27:23 Don't yell too loud. Hey! HEEY!!!!

[@jpbrennan4904]

SpongeBob Fanatic *acorns falling* Narrator: Nice job. You disturbed the old man in his sleep.

[@navinsharma7745]

27:23 Don't yell 2 loud. Hey! HEEY!!!!

[@XJIcequeen]

I remember this game. It taught me to not eat with my mouth full

[@peterscozzare8867]

Cleveland Rocks.

[@PixelDollCovers]

OH the nostalgia!

[@rohiniramakrishnan6555]

1:22:32 sitting on the ringmaster's hat ruins the hat so -9 squares (deduction)

[@navinsharma7745]

1:22:04 If you pull the lion's tail, it will ground you.

[@navinsharma7745]

1:22:04 If I was you, I would not pull the lion's tail to stay on square "70".

[@GlitterPeach]

omg i remember this!

[@sammylotz6457]

22:34 Golden Rules in the Park

[@anikethpragada7193]

55:04 The boy pounces on Mr.Nino’s tummy.

[@LaceySings18]

Anyone else cycling through CD-ROMs they used to play? God, so nostalgic.

[@chuuuryl17]

OMFG MY CHILDHOOD IM CRYING

[@fridaysonelmstreet6511]

Jesus so many memories

[@Sandlot1992]

I remember this game!

[@mfwood50]

I love this show

[@sammylotz6457]

52:13 Golden Rules at the Zoo

[@kaitlynhanson1434]

They will sing Rock-a-bye-baby to you.

[@TheSubwayNyc]

Its all coming back nao...

[@JaniceCarter-ws7lu]

A Good Game to play today 😊

[@anikethpragada7193]

27:14 The boy is rescuing Mr.Nino.

[@deviniscool458]

i love this game

[@anikethpragada7193]

55:36 The boy is screaming at the state Alaska.

[@jacktayl]

In the classic game, if you are playing as a boy, saying thank you to a girl for ice cream is one way to speak to a girl but talking with your mouth full is no way to speak to a girl

[@jpbrennan4904]

SpongeBob Fanatic you have 2 points there.

[@ajfrulesisawesome]

School districts once had windows 98 xp vista and 7 computers and i used to play this game

[@anikethpragada7193]

25:01 The boy with a lollipop and grandma (are in Alaska).

[@BenLogterman]

I noticed the hand cursor from Tonka Construction's in this game!

[@JPFilmsFX]

i miss this game