<s>
K-Razy	B-Application
Shoot-Out	I-Application
is	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
Berzerk	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
K-Byte	O
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
Kay	O
Enterprises	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Torre	O
Meeder	O
and	O
Keith	O
Dreyer	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
cartridge	O
from	O
a	O
third-party	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
version	O
followed	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
of	O
Dreyer	O
and	O
Meeder	O
also	O
wrote	O
the	O
1983	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
game	O
Boulders	B-Application
and	I-Application
Bombs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
K-Razy	B-Application
Shoot-Out	I-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
titles	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
K-	O
"	O
prefix	O
,	O
including	O
K-Razy	O
Kritters	O
and	O
K-Star	O
Patrol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
CBS	O
Software	O
purchased	O
K-Byte	O
,	O
the	O
games	O
were	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
CBS	O
brand	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
port	O
of	O
K-Razy	B-Application
Shoot-Out	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
Berzerk	B-Application
,	O
the	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
destroy	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
robots	B-Algorithm
occupying	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
randomly	O
generated	O
mazes	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Berzerk	B-Application
,	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
too	O
long	O
to	O
clear	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
an	O
indestructible	O
bouncing	O
ball	O
(	O
"	O
Evil	B-Application
Otto	I-Application
"	O
)	O
drives	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
an	O
exit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
K-Razy	B-Application
Shoot-Out	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
visible	O
timer	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
exits	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
without	O
clearing	O
it	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
replay	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
mazes	B-Application
without	O
getting	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
K-Razy	B-Application
Shoot-Out	I-Application
sold	O
35,000	O
copies	O
by	O
June	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
J	O
.	O
Anderson	O
of	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
&	I-General_Concept
Arcade	I-General_Concept
Games	I-General_Concept
,	O
wrote	O
that	O
as	O
a	O
Berzerk	B-Application
clone	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
only	O
element	O
that	O
's	O
missing	O
is	O
the	O
speech	O
...	O
lots	O
of	O
fun	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
of	O
staying	O
power	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Berzerk	B-Application
similarity	O
was	O
mentioned	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
"	O
a	O
unique	O
flavor	O
all	O
its	O
own.	O
"	O
</s>
