History VideoGame / KCMunchkin

''K.C. Munchkin!'' is a 1981 video game by [=Magnavox/Phillips=] for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey 2}}. The game consists of the main character K.C. running through a maze of 12 floating Munchies and eating them before the Munchers eat him. It was so similar to its inspiration ''VideoGame/PacMan'' that Atari (who held the home rights to ''Pac-Man'') successfully sued Magnavox and got the game off the market. It was followed a few years later by ''K.C.'s Crazy Chase!'', where K.C. now chased after a multi-segmented centipede-like creature called the Dratapillar to devour it before the single-headed insects devoured him.

The game is also available as a homebrew title for the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 7800}}.

* [[ExcitedShowTitle Excited Game Title!]]: One of the Odyssey's examples.

* DerivativeDifferentiation: The first installment is an obvious clone of VideoGame/PacMan (although there are a fair amount of differences between it and it's inspiration already, most notably the ability to create your own maze), enough that a year after it was released, Atari, who had just released their own port for the 2600, successfully sued to get it pulled from shelves. To continue the series, a sequel, ''K.C.'s Crazy Chase'', was released, which [[WritingAroundTrademarks redesigned the lead character]], and revamped the gameplay to where your goal is to chase and eat a giant [[VideoGame/{{Centipede}} centipede]] throughout the maze to get power ups and win (not only distinguishing it from Pac Man, but also serving as a [[TakeThat sly jab at Atari]]). It also supports the Odyssey 2 voice module.

* DerivativeDifferentiation: The first installment is an obvious clone of VideoGame/PacMan (although there are a fair amount of differences between it and it's inspiration already, most notably the ability to create your own maze), enough that a year after it was released, Atari, who had just released their own port for the 2600, successfully sued to get it pulled from shelves. To continue the series, a sequel, ''KCs Crazy Chase'', was released, which [[WritingAroundTrademarks redesigned the lead character]], and revamped the gameplay to where your goal is to chase and eat a giant [[VideoGame/{{Centipede}} centipede]] throughout the maze to get power ups and win (not only distinguishing it from Pac Man, but also serving as a [[TakeThat sly jab at Atari]]). It also supports the Odyssey 2 voice module.

* [[ExcitedShowTitle Excited Game Title!]]: One of the Odyssey
's examples.

'''K.C. Munchkin!''' is a 1981 video game by [=Magnavox/Phillips=] for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey 2}}. The game consists of the main character K.C. running through a maze of 12 floating Munchies and eating them before the Munchers eat him. It was so similar to its inspiration ''VideoGame/PacMan'' that Atari (who held the home rights to ''Pac-Man'') successfully sued Magnavox and got the game off the market. It was followed a few years later by ''K.C.'s Crazy Chase!'', where K.C. now chased after a multi-segmented centipede-like creature called the Dratapillar to devour it before the single-headed insects devoured him.

* OneHitPointWonder: K.C., who only has one life per game.

* AlliterativeTitle: ''K.C.'s Crazy Chase!''.

* [[ExcitedShowTitle Excited Game Title!]]: One of the {{Odyssey 2}}'s examples.

* XMeetsY: ''K.C.'s Crazy Chase!'' is basically ''Pac-Man'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}''.

* TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames

* XMeetsY: ''K.C.'s Crazy Chase!'' is basically ''Pac-Man'' meets ''VideoGame/Centipede''.

'''K.C. Munchkin''' is a 1981 video game by [=Magnavox/Phillips=] for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey 2}}. The game consists of the main character K.C. running through a maze of 12 floating Munchies and eating them before the Munchers eat him. It was so similar to its inspiration ''VideoGame/PacMan'' that Atari (who held the home rights to ''Pac-Man'') successfully sued Magnavox and got the game off the market. It was followed a few years later by ''K.C.'s Crazy Chase'', where K.C. now chased after a multi-segmented centipede-like creature called the Dratapillar to devour it before the single-headed insects devoured him.

* AlliterativeTitle: ''K.C.'s Crazy Chase''.

* XMeetsY: ''K.C.'s Crazy Chase'' is basically ''Pac-Man'' meets ''VideoGame/Centipede''.

'''K.C. Munchkin''' is a 1981 video game by [=Magnavox/Phillips=] for the UsefulNotes/{{Odyssey2}}. The game consists of the main character K.C. running through a maze of 12 floating Munchies and eating them before the Munchers eat him. It was so similar to its inspiration ''VideoGame/PacMan'' that Atari (who held the home rights to ''Pac-Man'') successfully sued Magnavox and got the game off the market. It was followed a few years later by ''K.C.'s Crazy Chase'', where K.C. now chased after a multi-segmented centipede-like creature called the Dratapillar to devour it before the single-headed insects devoured him.