KC Munchkin had similar concepts to Pac-Man (maze, ghosts and dots) but it also introduced clever concepts as well: dots that move, shifting walls, etc. KC Munchkin is a fantastic game in it's own right.
That Atari's adaptation of the Pac-Man arcade game was inferior and that consumers were warming up to KC Munchkin and buying the Odyssey2 was the reason they pushed to legally force a competitor out of the market.
While the Atari 2600 was a superior piece of hardware to the Odyssey2, the main games programmer for the latter Ed Averett made many a great game for that forgotten machine. He was truly a genius and made beautifully crafted games in spite of the O2's limited hardware.
KC Munchkin had similar concepts to Pac-Man (maze, ghosts and dots) but it also introduced clever concepts as well: dots that move, shifting walls, etc. KC Munchkin is a fantastic game in it's own right.
That Atari's adaptation of the Pac-Man arcade game was inferior and that consumers were warming up to KC Munchkin and buying the Odyssey2 was the reason they pushed to legally force a competitor out of the market.
While the Atari 2600 was a superior piece of hardware to the Odyssey2, the main games programmer for the latter Ed Averett made many a great game for that forgotten machine. He was truly a genius and made beautifully crafted games in spite of the O2's limited hardware.