Mouse Trap (1981 video game)

Mouse Trap
Arcade flyer
DevelopersExidy
Coleco (CV, INTV)
James Wickstead Design Associates (2600)
PublishersExidy
Coleco (2600, INTV)
CBS Electronics (INTV)
DesignersHowell Ivy (hardware)
Larry W. Hutcherson (game)
ProgrammerLarry Hutcherson
PlatformsArcade, Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Intellivision
Release
December 1981
  • Arcade
    • NA: December 1981
    2600
    • NA: October 1982
    • EU: 1983
    ColecoVision
    Intellivision
    • EU: 1982
    • NA: January 1983
GenreMaze
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemUniversal Game Board V2

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.