<s>
Munchkin	B-Application
!,	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
as	O
Munchkin	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Magnavox	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Ed	O
Averett	O
,	O
Munchkin	B-Application
is	O
very	O
heavily	O
based	O
on	O
Namco	O
's	O
1980	O
arcade	O
game	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
but	O
not	O
a	O
direct	O
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
similar	O
enough	O
for	O
Atari	O
to	O
sue	O
Philips	O
and	O
force	O
them	O
to	O
cease	O
production	O
of	O
Munchkin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
was	O
exclusively	O
licensed	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
first	O
play-at-home	O
version	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
but	O
Munchkin	B-Application
hit	O
store	O
shelves	O
in	O
1981	B-Application
,	O
a	O
year	O
before	O
Atari	B-Application
's	I-Application
game	I-Application
was	O
ready	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
initially	O
failed	O
to	O
convince	O
a	O
U.S.	O
district	O
court	O
to	O
halt	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
Munchkin	B-Application
,	O
but	O
ultimately	O
won	O
its	O
case	O
on	O
appeal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
,	O
the	O
appellate	O
court	O
found	O
that	O
Philips	O
had	O
copied	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
and	O
made	O
alterations	O
that	O
"	O
only	O
tend	O
to	O
emphasize	O
the	O
extent	O
to	O
which	O
it	O
deliberately	O
copied	O
the	O
Plaintiff	O
's	O
work.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ruling	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
establish	O
how	O
copyright	O
law	O
would	O
apply	O
to	O
the	O
look	B-Application
and	I-Application
feel	I-Application
of	O
computer	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
sued	O
Philips	O
for	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
,	O
arguing	O
that	O
Munchkin	B-Application
copied	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
with	O
its	O
substantial	O
similarities	O
as	O
evidence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
only	O
12	O
pills	O
(	O
called	O
munchies	O
)	O
in	O
each	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
which	O
begin	O
in	O
four	O
groups	O
of	O
three	O
but	O
move	O
through	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
independently	O
and	O
at	O
speeds	O
that	O
increase	O
as	O
each	O
one	O
is	O
eaten	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
munchie	O
moves	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
speed	O
as	O
the	O
Munchkin	B-Application
and	O
must	O
be	O
intercepted	O
rather	O
than	O
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
mazes	B-Application
become	O
invisible	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
starts	O
moving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
programmable	O
mode	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
create	O
mazes	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
box	O
is	O
always	O
at	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
any	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
design	O
allows	O
walls	O
to	O
be	O
placed	O
against	O
the	O
box	O
so	O
it	O
doubles	O
as	O
a	O
revolving	O
door	O
and	O
danger	O
zone	O
to	O
pass	O
through	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ghosts	O
are	O
called	O
munchers	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
is	O
called	O
Munchkin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
with	O
the	O
Atari	O
2600	O
version	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
Munchkin	B-Application
has	O
fewer	O
objects	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
board	O
but	O
renders	O
them	O
with	O
more	O
color	O
and	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
Munchkin	B-Application
is	O
killed	O
by	O
the	O
munchers	O
,	O
the	O
score	O
resets	O
itself	O
back	O
to	O
zero	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Munchkin	B-Application
was	O
forced	O
off	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
Philips	O
released	O
a	O
sequel	O
called	O
K.C.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Crazy	B-Application
Chase	I-Application
outside	O
the	O
U.S.	O
)	O
which	O
implicitly	O
depicts	O
the	O
conflict	O
between	O
Phillips	O
and	O
Atari	O
by	O
pitting	O
the	O
Munchkin	B-Application
character	O
against	O
an	O
insectoid	O
,	O
tree-eating	O
opponent	O
called	O
the	O
Dratapillar	O
,	O
which	O
very	O
strongly	O
resembles	O
the	O
antagonist	O
of	O
Atari	O
's	O
Centipede	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Crazy	O
Chase'''s	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Munchkin	B-Application
character	O
powers	O
up	O
and	O
advances	O
not	O
by	O
eating	O
pills	O
,	O
but	O
by	O
devouring	O
the	O
Dratapillar	O
's	O
segmented	O
body	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Redesigned	O
to	O
avoid	O
another	O
copyright	O
dispute	O
,	O
the	O
Munchkin	B-Application
character	O
rolls	O
through	O
Crazy	B-Application
Chase	I-Application
's	O
mazes	B-Application
without	O
the	O
continuous	O
chomping	O
motion	O
characteristic	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
.	O
</s>
