K.C.'s Krazy Chase!

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. The voice synthesis however was heavily criticized and seen as adding little to the game.

• Title — K.C.'s Krazy Chase! • Developer — Ed Averett • Genre — Maze • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Odyssey²/Videopac

Like its predecessor, K.C.'s Krazy Chase is a maze game. The object of the game it to steer K.C. through a maze in search of the Dratapillar, a centipede like creature with ball shaped segments. K.C. can eat the segments on the tail end of the Dratapillar but will be killed by touching its head. K.C. must eat all six segments of the Dratapillar's body in order to move on to the next round. Also in the maze are trees, which slow K.C. down but can be eaten for points, and two enemy Drats which will chase K.C. around the maze. After munching on a Dratapillar segment, the two Drats in the maze turn white and can be eaten by K.C. for bonus points. • Illustration — A gameplay screenshot showing K.C., the Drats, the Dratapillar, and scattered trees When beginning a game, the player can choose a number of different maze layouts to start with and can create their own mazes using the Odyssey² keyboard. When using "The Voice" module, various synthesized voice lines will play while K.C. is roaming the maze including phrases such as "Go.", "Run.", and "Look out." The voice will say "Oh no!" if K.C. gets killed and if the player manages to complete a round, the voice will give a laugh and then say "Incredible."

K.C. Munchkin!, the predecessor to K.C.'s Krazy Chase! was a massive hit for Philips who created the game to capitalize off the success of the arcade game Pac-Man. In 1981, Atari Inc., the owners of the home console rights to Pac-Man, sued Philips for copyright infringement. In a landmark case in video game copyright law, K.C. Munchkin! was ruled too similar to Pac-Man and barred from future sale. Following the ruling, the game's developer, Ed Averett, who was a freelance developer creating Odyssey² games for Philips in exchange for royalties, began work on a sequel. Averett stated that he made the sequel to show that "K.C. was [his] character and [he] wanted it on record that it was not Pac-Man." Ed Averett along with his wife Linda, had previously made at least 20 games for the Odyssey² including UFO!, Alien Invaders - Plus!, and Quest for the Rings. The name of the main character K.C. is a reference to then president of Philips Consumer Electronics Kenneth C. Meinken.

K.C.'s Krazy Chase was scheduled for release in October 1982. It was one of the first releases to utilize "The Voice of Odyssey" expansion module launched in September 1982, which provided synthesized voice clips that played alongside gameplay. The game was released in mid 1983 in Europe where it was known as Crazy Chase. In Brazil, the game was released as Come-Come! and K.C. Munchkin! was later released as Come-Come II! In the late 2010s, Ed Averett released a series of children's books featuring K.C. and a sequel known as KC Returns! for Windows 8 and 10. In 2020, another sequel was released, KC Returns! II, which included K.C.'s Krazy Chase as an Easter egg. As of 2026, both games are no longer available though the Microsoft Store.