The characters of Chavo del 8 they are timeless. The work of Roberto Gómez Bolaños, affectionately called Chespirito, knows no borders: the antics of one’s own Chavo, Quico, the Chilindrina and the rest of the children in the neighborhood continue to steal smiles from young and old around the world almost four decades later.
Which, on the other hand, makes inviting us to be part of that unique group of friends and neighbors, even through video games, is something really special.
Like all great fictional characters, the Chavo del 8 It has had its own feature films, several comic series and all kinds of merchandising. It even returned to television after the new millennium through a new animated production, which led to something very interesting for his fans: the children and adults of the neighborhood began to star in their own video games. Better late than never!
It is not that Chespirito’s characters have not appeared on consoles and PCs. Without going any further, EA Sports allowed us to dress in the Chapulín colorado shirt in FIFA. But it must also be admitted that Chavo’s legacy in video games, to date, has not been especially extensive.
A walk discreet
Precisely for this reason, in iGamesNews we want to remember that boy with freckles and his friends from a different and not so well known perspective: their video games. Gathering in one place the almost ten official projects that he starred in on consoles, mobiles and even web browsers All of them duly ordered by date.
Any surprises? As Chespirito himself would say through his most endearing character, “The last thing you lose is your belly, Mr.Hope”. Then, all the videogames of El Chavo del 8 and his friends.
Chavo’s neighborhood
Chavo’s neighborhood closely follows the trail of Zynga games (Farmville, Cityville, etc.) for Facebook: once we have created our own neighborhood tenant, we can interact with the rest of the neighbors in their day-to-day life.
Developed by Playful Play in 2014 with the coordination of Televisa, Chavo’s neighborhood It included various minigames and collectibles that we could obtain through the social aspects of the game.
The kid
Developed by Blue River and under the simple but concise title of El Chavo, we find a classic Party Game -very in the vein of Mario Party- designed to take advantage of the characteristics of the Wii remote.
Ahead, some 30 classic and original activities to share fun and screen to four players through all the protagonists of the series, including Don Ramón or La Bruja del … Doña Clotilde !.
El Chavo Kart
- Date: 2014
- Platform: Xbox 360 and PS3
If with The kid Televisa wanted to compete with Nintendo by measuring its star character with Mario Party, the inspiration of El Chavo Kart is even more brazen: Efecto Studios and Slang put members of the Neighborhood to compete in crazy car races through colorful settings.
It is clear that El Chavo Kart It could not be measured with Mario Kart on Wii, but that it came out in contemporary Microsoft and Sony systems positioned it very well for fans of Chavo del 8. Above all, with the hilarious jokes of each character.
A Fair in the Neighborhood
- Platform: iOS Devices
Available for mobile devices, A Fair in the Neighborhood offers a collection of mini-games to take advantage of the touch screen based on an interesting excuse: a fair has just been installed in front of the Neighborhood and none of the tenants want to miss it.
Bonus Phase: Street Chavo
Although, all the games that you will see in this list are official, among all the variety of experiences created by fans there was one that could not be missing, even as a bonus phase: Street Chavo. Crazy, yes, but also a classic among Chespirito fans.
As is deduced from its name, we are talking about a fighting game created from Brazil and strongly inspired by Capcom’s arcade games where all the residents of the neighborhood will leave their knuckles in singular fights.
El Chavo Kart for mobile
- Date: 2015
- Platform: Android
Kokonut Studio and Slang adapted the Karting experience of the Chavo del 8. An alternative that, without reaching the level of table-tops, continued to seek to please the fans of the character. Unfortunately, the game was removed from the digital store in 2018.
Learning English with El Chavo
- Platform: web browsers
Since 2013, Televisa has opted to offer a line of educational games with Chavo and his friends as protagonists. Among them, Learning English with El Chavo, an entertaining English course with which to defend ourselves with the most colloquial terms and expand the essential vocabulary.
Learn to Program with El Chavo
- Platform: web browsers
The idea behind Learn to Program with El Chavo it explains itself: through different puzzles and hobbies, the smallest of the house will be able to begin to understand programming starting from the most elementary levels.
Learn math with El Chavo
- Platform: web browsers
Professor Girafales’ students were not very good at math. But, of course, at that time there was no Learn math with Chavo. The third and last of televisa’s educational titles puts the good old Chavo and his friends before simple math tests.
El Chavo Baby
- Date: 2013
- Platform: iOS and Android
Intended for the smallest of the house, El Chavo Baby is an application totally free with very simple puzzles, coloring scenes and even memory games.
El Chavo Kart (2020)
- Date: 2020
- Platform: iOS and Android
The premise of El Chavo Kart returns in 2020 maintaining its name but leaving behind the aesthetics of Animated Guy: now, the friends of the neighborhood and other invited characters (like the very Chapulín Colorado) are inevitably reminiscent of the popular Funko bobbleheads for a more enjoyable and competitive experience.
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