Kick (video game)

Kick is an action video game where the player controls a clown on a unicycle catching falling balloons and Pac-Man characters on the clown's hat. It was released in arcades by Midway in 1981. The game was later renamed Kick Man. Commodore published a Commodore 64 port in 1982 without the space in the title as Kickman.[2]

Kick / Kick Man
Arcade cabinet (side view)
Developer(s)Midway
Publisher(s)Midway
Commodore
Designer(s)John Pasierb
Platform(s)Arcade, Commodore 64
Release
  • NA: December 1981
1982 (C64)
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player
Arcade systemMidway MCR-I[1]

Gameplay

The player moves a character to catch falling objects (balloons and Pac-Man icons). The character can also kick an object into the air to attempt to catch it again. The player loses a life for each object the character misses. Kick also has a bonus stage.[3]

Reception

Electronic Games wrote in 1983 that the game had been unsuccessful despite "top-notch background graphics and special sounds for effects. Can you imagine a game featuring Pac-Man that didn't make it? Kick Man is it."[4] The Commodore 64 version was somewhat better received, gaining a Certificate of Merit in the category of "1984 Best Arcade-to-Home Video Game/Computer Game Translation" at the 5th annual Arkie Awards.[5]:29

Legacy

Utopia Software published a clone called Pinhead for the Atari 8-bit family in 1982.[6]

References
  1. Old Classic Retro Gaming (2014-12-07), Arcade Game: Kick (1981 Midway), retrieved 2016-11-02
  2. "Kickman". Lemon64.
  3. "Kick-Man". Museum of the Game®.
  4. Pearl, Rick (June 1983). "Closet Classics". Electronic Games. p. 82. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  5. Kunkel, Bill; Katz, Arnie (February 1984). "Arcade Alley: The 1984 Arcade Awards, Part II". Video. Reese Communications. 7 (11): 28–29. ISSN 0147-8907.
  6. "Atari 800 800 XL XE Pinhead". Atari Mania.
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