Mouse Trap
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 turns the mouse into a dog for a brief period of time. Color-coded doors in the maze can be toggled by pressing a button of the same color. A hawk periodically flies across the maze, unrestricted by walls.
More information can be found at the wiki.
Tools Used
- BizHawk 2.8
Effort In TASing
I've held onto this game for a while. The main reason was a problem with the "Hawk" coming out, right before I ate the last piece of cheese. Why is this a problem? There is a timer that indicates when this hawk shows up. Once it does, you have to endure the completion of the entrance sound. I tried multiple times to beat it and there was no way. I even asked DrD2k9 and he confirmed the same. So basically, every round was completed just after the arrival of the hawk. So this meant that I had to make sure that I got it before the sounds was finished playing, otherwise...I loose time.
Difficulty and Ending Choice
This game is played on the hardest level of 4.
As with the wr speedrun (seen below), I complete 6 rounds...which the runner calls 6 levels. This show-cases all the game has to offer, in terms of difficulty. If you listen closely, the tune changes every 2 completed rounds. After round 6, the tune stays the same. This is in relationship to the intensity of the cat's movement...or the games increasing difficulty.