<s>
Mouse	B-Application
Trap	I-Application
is	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Exidy	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
mouse	O
,	O
the	O
dots	O
with	O
cheese	O
,	O
the	O
ghosts	O
with	O
cats	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
energizers	O
with	O
bones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Color-coded	O
doors	O
in	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
can	O
be	O
toggled	O
by	O
pressing	O
a	O
button	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
color	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
hawk	O
periodically	O
flies	O
across	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
unrestricted	O
by	O
its	O
walls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coleco	O
ported	O
Mouse	B-Application
Trap	I-Application
to	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
as	O
a	O
1982	B-Application
launch	O
title	O
,	O
then	O
later	O
to	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
and	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
uses	O
a	O
four-position	O
joystick	O
to	O
maneuver	O
a	O
mouse	O
throughout	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
and	O
eat	O
pieces	O
of	O
cheese	O
scattered	O
along	O
the	O
paths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Six	O
cats	O
patrol	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
and	O
chase	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
present	O
at	O
the	O
outset	O
and	O
four	O
more	O
being	O
released	O
one	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
maze	B-Application
has	O
three	O
sets	O
of	O
color-coded	O
doors	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
open	O
or	O
close	O
by	O
pressing	O
the	O
corresponding	O
buttons	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
block	O
the	O
cats	O
 '	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
pick	O
up	O
bones	O
from	O
the	O
corners	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
then	O
use	O
them	O
later	O
by	O
pressing	O
a	O
fourth	O
button	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doing	O
so	O
turns	O
the	O
mouse	O
into	O
a	O
dog	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
,	O
during	O
which	O
it	O
can	O
eat	O
the	O
cats	O
for	O
bonus	O
points	O
and	O
temporarily	O
remove	O
them	O
from	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
cats	O
will	O
move	O
at	O
a	O
faster	O
speed	O
when	O
they	O
re-spawn	O
into	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
times	O
,	O
a	O
hawk	O
will	O
fly	O
through	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
trying	O
to	O
catch	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
foiled	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
"	O
IN	O
"	O
box	O
,	O
which	O
causes	O
it	O
to	O
fly	O
randomly	O
and	O
then	O
leave	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
any	O
given	O
time	O
,	O
a	O
bonus	O
object	O
is	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
and	O
can	O
be	O
eaten	O
for	O
points	O
,	O
causing	O
a	O
more	O
valuable	O
object	O
to	O
appear	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coleco	O
ported	O
Mouse	B-Application
Trap	I-Application
to	O
its	O
own	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
console	O
,	O
with	O
15	O
prizes	O
instead	O
of	O
32	O
,	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
leave	O
the	O
hawk	O
out	O
,	O
and	O
different	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coleco	O
's	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
port	O
adds	O
an	O
audio	O
warning	O
when	O
a	O
cat	O
is	O
about	O
to	O
enter	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coleco	O
also	O
ported	O
Mouse	B-Application
Trap	I-Application
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
simplifying	O
graphics	O
and	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
maze	B-Application
is	O
more	O
squat	O
with	O
brighter	O
walls	O
,	O
and	O
doors	O
form	O
a	O
single-colored	O
set	O
that	O
flickers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scoring	O
is	O
also	O
reduced	O
significantly	O
:	O
cheese	O
is	O
worth	O
1	O
point	O
instead	O
of	O
10	O
points	O
,	O
cats	O
are	O
worth	O
10	O
points	O
and	O
do	O
not	O
increase	O
in	O
value	O
,	O
and	O
clearing	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
awards	O
only	O
100	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
1982	B-Application
book	O
How	O
to	O
Beat	O
the	O
Video	O
Games	O
Michael	O
Blanchet	O
said	O
that	O
Mousetrap'''s	O
gameplay	O
"	O
closely	O
resembles	O
that	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
with	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
very	O
interesting	O
twists	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
in	O
1983	B-Application
,	O
Mouse	B-Application
Trap	I-Application
was	O
unsuccessful	O
because	O
arcade	B-Application
owners	O
viewed	O
it	O
"	O
as	O
basically	O
another	O
maze	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	B-Application
,	O
Buckner	O
&	O
Garcia	O
recorded	O
the	O
song	O
"	O
Mousetrap	O
"	O
using	O
sound	O
effects	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
released	O
it	O
on	O
the	O
album	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
Fever	O
.	O
</s>
