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Mouse Trap (Atari 2600, 1982)

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US $9.89

ApproximatelyAU $15.49

+ $14.15 postage

Estimated delivery Wed, 21 May - Fri, 30 May

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Mouse Trap (Atari 2600, 1982). Condition is "Good". Shipped with USPS First Class.

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Product Information

Based on the 1981 Exidy coin-op game and the ColecoVision hit, Mouse Trap for the Atari 2600 is a maze game featuring one of the oldest rivalries known to man. You are a mouse, and your enemies are cats. Your job is to maneuver around the maze, eating all of the cheese. When all of the cheese is gone, you move on to the next maze, which is the same in design. As you gobble up cheese, cats will chase after you and try to bite you. Luckily, if you have any bones in your stockpile, you can temporarily turn the tables on your enemies by morphing into a dog. In each maze you will find four bones that you can add to your arsenal. Situated on the walls of the maze are eight doors. With a push of the button you can open or close all of the doors simultaneously, allowing you to gain access to certain areas of the maze and close off other areas to trap the cats. Unlike the ColecoVision and the arcade versions of the game, there are no color-coded doors, no prizes to pick up, no hawks to disrupt your pathways and no IN box to escape into. One thing this game does have that is lacking in the aforementioned versions is an option that allows you to play the game with invisible mazes.

Product Identifiers

PublisherColeco

UPC0770004101224

eBay Product ID (ePID)170293463

Product Key Features

GenreAction & Adventure

PlatformAtari 2600

Game NameMouse Trap

Additional Product Features

Release Year1982

Number of Players1

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Control ElementsGamepad/Joystick

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4.7

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by blancamountainman
06 Jan, 2016
A worthy Pacman clone for the Atari 2600
This game is a maze-type game similar to Pacman. Instead of the Pac you are a mouse's face and you are running away from cats in lieu of ghosts for bad guys. After gobbling what looks like a pretzel but likely is meant to be a dog bone you can change to a dog face and then dispatch with the cats not unlike Pacman. What I like is that you can change the maze walls at will if you don't have dog powers. That feature is also a key component to another Pacman clone called Lock 'n Chase. What I didn't like is that your dog powers are fickle and would activate when you didn't think they would and of course not be available when you needed the most to get your dog on and escape certain vermin doom by a cat. So if you like Pacman but want a slightly different spin on that game give Mouse Trap a try as it was not a very rare game and is pretty affordable here on Ebay.
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by classicdmac
09 Aug, 2021
Mouse Trap
Traditional maze-chase game, with a couple of fun quirks. Animations on the sprites are really good considering the limitations of the time. Controls well and quite enjoyable. As is the case for many 2600 titles, there is limited variety, but worth getting, in my opinion.
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by usmich-n22reeiw
19 Jul, 2018
The collection
Ok I collect games and as a kid I played this with high frustration so had to buy it now
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by phbeattie2012
18 Apr, 2020
Still a great game
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by jacnel-58
27 Dec, 2022
Best Coleco game
Love this game!
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