<s>
Kick	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
where	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
clown	O
on	O
a	O
unicycle	O
catching	O
falling	O
balloons	O
and	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
characters	O
on	O
the	O
clown	O
's	O
hat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
renamed	O
Kick	B-Application
Man	I-Application
(	O
sometimes	O
written	O
as	O
Kick-Man	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
published	O
a	O
Commodore	O
64	O
port	O
in	O
1982	O
without	O
the	O
space	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
as	O
Kickman	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
balloon	O
falls	O
below	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
stack	O
,	O
pressing	O
the	O
"	O
kick	B-Application
"	O
button	O
when	O
near	O
the	O
clown	O
's	O
feet	O
launches	O
it	O
back	O
into	O
the	O
air	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
character	O
and	O
ghosts	O
from	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
sometimes	O
stand-in	O
for	O
balloons	O
,	O
having	O
different	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kick	B-Application
also	O
has	O
a	O
bonus	O
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
,	O
an	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
commissioned	O
by	O
Midway	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
planned	O
attempt	O
at	O
entering	O
the	O
home	O
video	O
game	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Can	O
you	O
imagine	O
a	O
game	O
featuring	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
that	O
did	O
n't	O
make	O
it	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Kick	B-Application
Man	I-Application
is	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
was	O
somewhat	O
better	O
received	O
,	O
gaining	O
a	O
Certificate	O
of	O
Merit	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
"	O
1984	O
Best	O
Arcade-to-Home	O
Video	O
Game/Computer	O
Game	O
Translation	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
5th	O
annual	O
Arkie	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
