Mouse Trap (1981 video game)

Mouse Trap
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Exidy
Coleco (CV, INTV)
James Wickstead Design Associates (2600)
Publisher(s)Exidy
Coleco (2600, INTV)
CBS Electronics (INTV)
Designer(s)Howell Ivy (hardware)
Larry W. Hutcherson (game)[2]
Programmer(s)Larry Hutcherson
Platform(s)Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision
Release
1981
  • Arcade
    2600 ColecoVision
    Intellivision
Genre(s)Maze
Mode(s)1-2 players alternating turns
Arcade systemUniversal Game Board V2[3]

Mouse Trap is a maze video game developed by Exidy and released in arcades in 1981. It is similar to Pac-Man, with the main character replaced by a mouse, the dots with cheese, the ghosts with cats, and the energizers with bones. After collecting a bone, pressing a button briefly turns the mouse into a dog. Color-coded doors in the maze can be toggled by pressing a button of the corresponding color. A hawk periodically flies across the maze, unrestricted by walls.

Coleco ported Mouse Trap to ColecoVision as a 1982 launch title, then later to the Intellivision and Atari 2600.

  1. ^ "Mousetrap". arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  2. ^ Hague, James (2019). "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers". dadgum.com. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  3. ^ "Exidy Game List". mikesarcade.com. Retrieved 2018-10-04.

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