Line #6 VideoGame/KCMunchkin

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2	[[caption-width-right:200:On your mark, Get set, Munch.]]
3	''K.C. Munchkin!'' is a 1981 video game by [=Magnavox/Phillips=] for the Platform/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.
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5	The game is also available as a homebrew title for the Platform/Atari7800.
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7	!!This game and its sequel provides examples of
8	* AlliterativeTitle: Not this game, but its successor, ''K.C.'s Crazy Chase!''.
9	* DerivativeDifferentiation: The first installment is an obvious clone of VideoGame/PacMan (although there are a fair amount of differences between it and its 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.
10	* EndlessGame: Once a maze is completed, it repeats itself until you lose your only life.
11	* FollowTheLeader: One of many ''Pac-Man'' clones.
12	* InvincibilityPowerUp: The flashing Munchies act just like the Power Pellets from ''Pac-Man'': eat one and you can chase after and eat the Munchers for a brief time.
13	* MazeGame: Of the ''Pac-Man'' variety.

Context VideoGame / KCMunchkin