K.C.'s Krazy Chase!
1982 video game
K.C.'s Krazy Chase!, also known in Europe as Videopac 44 - Crazy Chase, is a 1982 maze video game created by Ed Averett and published by Philips for the Magnavox Odyssey², also known as the Philips Videopac G7000. It is the sequel to K.C. Munchkin!, which was pulled from the market following a lawsuit from Atari. It is also one of the first sequels to a home console video game. Players control a blue alien named K.C. who must navigate a maze avoiding enemies called Drats while eating body segments off the tail of the dreaded Dratapillar.
It was released along with "The Voice of Odyssey", a voice synthesis module similar to the Intellivoice, which adds occasional voice lines from K.C. while levels are being played and allows K.C. to congratulate the player at the end of a round. The use of "The Voice" module is entirely optional. The game also includes a level editor similar to its predecessor.
Both contemporary and retrospective reviews consider it to be one of the best games released for the Odyssey². It is often praised for its graphics and animation which are thought to lend it a strong sense of personality. It is also seen as much less derivative than its predecessor, with few reviews comparing it directly to Pac-Man.
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