I have a special screwdriver I use for lots of stuff, it's a cheap short 1" Philips head on one side and a 4" long flat head on the other. I have the flat head filed down and thin'd out to the point where it will remove about 90% of all philips or flat head screws on devices I take apart. It's also very useful for removing IC similar to the pen method, though a little more control.
Two things. One, don't lift one end fully out, just lift it slightly, do the other side them repeat until they're all up or you'll bend the legs.
Two. NEVER EVER try to remove an IC from a breadboard with your fingers =O It always works and it also almost always causes the IC to flip over and penetrate your fingers.. I've done this twice, I use a screwdrive and patients all the time now, ever time I look at one of those suckers I get a shiver down my spine remembering the first four legs of a 14 pin DIP going into my thumb.