Chips or Gold Coins are the primary currency in the Ape Escape series. They are little chunks of gold found inside of the levels either from an enemy or scattered around a stage. Usually they can be found in hidden groups or even occasionally underwater. Sometimes near bigger chips, or a Specter Coin.
The appearance and use of chips changes with each game.
In the original Ape Escape, chips are vital to collect for a player in order to gain extra lives. Collecting 100 grants one extra life, and the counter resets to zero.
In Ape Escape 2 and Ape Escape 3 they are instead used as currency to either receive random items from the Gotcha Box in Ape Escape 2, or purchase certain items at the Shopping District in Ape Escape 3.
Ape Escape/On the Loose[]
In Ape Escape, and Ape Escape: On the Loose they are simple hollowed out triangles shown to be upside down on a single point. Big ones are worth five small chips.
In Time Attack, these chips stop the timer for a while, in which small chips stop the timer for one second, while big ones stop the timer for five seconds.
A standard chip
Ape Escape 2[]
In Ape Escape 2 as seen below, they are simple coin shapes, but upon collecting so many they turn into silver stars, which quintuples/increases by 5x the coins given for each picked up. Upon picking up enough of them they turn into golden double stars that are 10x the amount of a regular gold coin. However, these only stay for a few seconds and then revert to their previous stage if not collected quickly.
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| A standard gold coin | A silver star worth five coins | A gold star worth ten coins |
Ape Escape 3[]
In Ape Escape 3 the circles gain a Hexagon/pointed shape. They act the exact same way as in Ape Escape 2.
Trivia[]
- In Ape Escape 2 and 3 the chips can upgrade to silver and gold stars.
- They are also referred to as Gold Coins in Ape Escape 2.
- In Ape Escape 2, the player can't hold more than 999 Gold Coins.
Gallery[]
| Characters | Casi · Jake · Natalie · Professor · Specter · Spike |
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| Gadgets | Dash Hoop · Magic Punch · Monkey Radar · R.C. Car · Sky Flyer · Slingback Shooter · Stun Club · Time Net · Water Net |
| Prehistoric Era/ The Lost Land | Fossil Field · Primordial Ooze · Molten Lava |
| Cenozoic Era/ Mysterious Age | Thick Jungle · Dark Ruins · Cryptic Relics |
| Dimension/Dimension X | Stadium Attack |
| Primitive Age/Oceana | Crabby beach · Coral Cave · Dexter's Island |
| Ice age/New Freezeland | Snowy Mammoth · Frosty Retreat · Hot Springs |
| Dimension/Dimension X | Gladiator Attack |
| Recent Past/Medieval Mayhem | Sushi Temple · Wabi Sabi Wall · Crumbling Castle |
| Present-Day/Futurama | City Park · Specter's Factory · TV Tower |
| Present-Day 2/Specter Land | Monkey Madness |
| Dimension/Dimension X | Peak Point Matrix |
| Characters | Haru · Hero · Specter · Tohko · Tsukushi |
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| Gadgets | Ape Vacuum · Banannerizer · Monkey Net · Slingback Shooter · Smasher |
| Levels | Wobbly Home · Mysterious Ruins · Monkey Carousel · Monkey Road · The Hot Springs · Dinosaur Glacier · Haunted House · Asian Town · Spa Gardens · Food City · Skull Volcano · Monkeyland · Steam Castle · Battery Tower · Monkey Station |