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| Developer(s) | Exidy |
| Publisher(s) | Exidy |
| Designer(s) | Larry W. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual that creates Video games A developer may specialize in a certain video Exidy was one of the largest creators of Arcade video games during the early period of Video games from 1974 - 1983. Exidy was one of the largest creators of Arcade video games during the early period of Video games from 1974 - 1983. A "game designer" is a person who designs Video games or one who designs traditional games such as Board games Video Games Designer A video game designer Hutcherson |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision |
| Release date | 1981 |
| Genre(s) | Maze |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
| Input methods | Joystick, 4 buttons |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| CPU | M6502 (@ 705. In Computing, a platform describes some sort of Hardware architecture or Software framework (including Application frameworks, that allows An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment The Atari 2600 is a Video game console released in October 1977 The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries ' second generation home Video game console and was released in August. The Intellivision is a Video game console released by Mattel in 1979. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 See also [[Game classification]] Video games are categorized into Genres based on their Gameplay interaction See also [[Game classification]] Video games are categorized into Genres based on their Gameplay interaction A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling The MOS Technology 6502 is an 8-bit Microprocessor that was designed by Chuck Peddle for MOS Technology in 1975 562 kHz) |
| Sound | M6502 (@ 894. 886 kHz), Z80 (@ 1. The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit Microprocessor designed and sold by Zilog from July 1976 onwards 789772 MHz) Custom (@ 1. 789772 MHz), HC55516 (@ 1. 789772 MHz) |
| Display | Raster resolution 248×256 (Horizontal) Palette Colors 8 |
Mouse Trap is a 1981 arcade game released by Exidy, similar to Pac-Man. In Computer graphics, a raster graphics image or bitmap, is a Data structure representing a generally rectangular grid of Pixels Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment Exidy was one of the largest creators of Arcade video games during the early period of Video games from 1974 - 1983. is an Arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution It was ported to three home systems by Coleco; Coleco's ColecoVision, Mattel's Intellivision, and the Atari 2600. Coleco was a company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as " Co nnecticut Le ather Co mpany " The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries ' second generation home Video game console and was released in August. Mattel Inc ( is the world's largest Toy importing company based on revenue The Intellivision is a Video game console released by Mattel in 1979. The Atari 2600 is a Video game console released in October 1977
A Manic Miner clone of the same name was released for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1987. Manic Miner is a Platform game originally written for the ZX Spectrum by Matthew Smith and released by Bug-Byte in 1983 The Amiga is a family of Personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. The Atari ST is a home / Personal computer that was commercially available from 1985 to the early 1990s Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar)
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Comparison to Pac-Man
Many differences between Pac-Man and Mouse Trap are aesthetic: the dots become cheese, the player is a mouse, the ghosts are cats, and power pills are bones that turn the player into a dog. is an Arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution Cheese is a Food made from Milk, usually the milk of cows, Buffalo, Goats or sheep, by coagulation. A mouse (plural mice) is a small Animal that belongs to one WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order
Two distinct player forms creates a relatively complex food chain for a video game. Food chains, also called food networks and/or trophic networks, describe the feeding relationships between species within an Ecosystem. There are other functional differences as well:
- The player can open and close the yellow, red, and blue sets of doors at the press of a matching colored button.
- The player can store dog bones for later use at his or her discretion by pressing a fourth button — a large round "Doggie Button" with a picture of the dog's head on it.
- The four ghosts are replaced by six cats, worth 100 points for the first cat eaten, 300 for the second, 500 for the third, 700 for the fourth, and 900 for the fifth and subsequent cats. Point values reset when another bone is used. Each cat eaten spawns a slightly faster replacement.
- A seventh monster, a hawk, will eat both mouse and dog. The term hawk can be used in several ways In strict usage in Europe and Asia, to mean any of the Species in the Subfamily Only the mid-screen "IN" field stops the hawk, by causing it to move randomly instead of chasing the player, but this will beam the mouse into one of the four corners.
- Bonus point prizes do not appear at intervals, but are constantly available. Eating one triggers the next in the series to appear. Point values start at 1000 for the first prize and increase by 200 for each subsequent prize, with the last prize being worth 7200 points. When the last prize is eaten, the sequence restarts. There are thirty-two in all: a wedge of Swiss cheese, a paperclip, a safety pin, a key, an apple, a trophy, a candlestick, a pair of scissors, a pair of pliers, a pair of eyeglasses, a clock, a bottle, a gem, a bugle, a screw, a hammer, a diamond ring, a light bulb, a sewing needle, a fork, a thimble, a knife, a cocktail glass, a fishbone, a pear, a peanut, a die, a telephone handset, a die with "C A F" on the faces, a spool of thread, a teacup, and a pistol.
- There is a 10,000 point bonus for clearing the board of all cheese. A player who ends a stage as a dog will begin the next stage in that form.
Ports
Coleco ported Mouse Trap to its own ColecoVision console, with significantly fewer prizes, an option to leave the hawk out, and different sound effects (cats sound like train whistles and the dog sounds like a train engine's "chugga-chugga"). Coleco was a company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as " Co nnecticut Le ather Co mpany " The ColecoVision is Coleco Industries ' second generation home Video game console and was released in August. Coleco's Intellivision port adds an audio warning when a cat is about to enter the maze and suffers from blocky graphics, but gameplay is true to the arcade. The Intellivision is a Video game console released by Mattel in 1979.
Coleco also ported Mouse Trap to the Atari 2600, simplifying graphics and gameplay. The Atari 2600 is a Video game console released in October 1977 The maze is more squat with brighter walls, and doors form a single colored set that flickers. Gameplay basics are the same, but the hawk, the "IN" area, and the bonus prizes are missing, there are three cats instead of six, and all doors move at once. Scoring is also reduced significantly: cheese is worth 1 point instead of 10 points, cats are worth 10 points and do not increase in value, and clearing a maze awards only 100 points. [1]
In popular culture
In 1982, Buckner & Garcia recorded the song "Mouse Trap" using sound effects from the game, and released it on the album Pac-Man Fever. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Buckner & Garcia are a duo consisting of Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia Pac-Man Fever is a 1982 album recorded by Buckner & Garcia. It is also the name of the first song on that album When they rerecorded the album in 1999, they were unable to find a machine and used sounds from nature, instead. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)
See also
References
External links
- Mouse Trap at the Killer List of Videogames
- Mouse Trap guide at StrategyWiki
- Mouse Trap at MobyGames
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