''Crazy Chase'' is cartridge number 44 in the official

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line of games for the Philips Videopac. The North American version for the

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was called ''K.C.'s Krazy Chase!'', an inside reference to then president of

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Kenneth C. Menkin. It is a sequel to '' K.C. Munchkin!''.

Gameplay

Like the previous game '' K.C. Munchkin!'', ''K.C.'s Krazy Chase'' is a maze game. The object of the game it to steer K.C. through a labyrinth in search of the dratapillar. While avoiding the head of the Dratapillar the two drats that roam the maze which are deadly to the player, K.C. must seek out the body of the dratapillar and munch on all six of segments of the Dratapillar's body. After munching a segment, the two Drats in the maze turn white and can be vulnerable to attack by K.C. for bonus points. K.C. is slowed down in the maze by obstacle trees that appear randomly throughout the maze.

Developer

The games developer Ed Averett who created ''K.C. Munchkin!'' also developed ''K.C. Krazy Chase''. Averett stated that did the sequel to show that "K.C. was my character and I wanted it on record that it was not ''

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''."

Release and reception

''K.C.'s Krazy Chase'' was scheduled for release in October 1982. Newspaper promotions have stated the game was available by September 1982. The game was released as ''K.C. Crazy Chase'' in the United Kingdom. Averett has since released his own games such as ''KC Returns'' for Windows 8 and 10. ''K.C.'s Krazy Chase'' was rereleased in 2020, included as an Easter egg in ''KC Returns! II''. ''K.C.'s Krazy Chase!'' was well received, gaining a Certificate of Merit in the category of "1984 Most Humorous Video Game/Computer Game" at the 5th annual

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. Art Levis of ''

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'' was more complex, faster, and more interesting than the first game in the series awarding the game a three and a half out of four.

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