For use with the Atari Video Computer System and Sears Video Arcade.
* For color or black-and-white TV
* Select from four skill levels

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GAME DESCRIPTION

Here's your home version of the fun-filled Exidy arcade game!  MOUSE TRAP for Atari features a cheese-chomping mouse that you dash around a dangerous maze.  Open and shut maze doors to escape the pursuing cats.  Eat a bone, then turn your mouse into a cat-biting dog for a few moments.  Gather points by eating the cheeses that line the paths of the maze.  Devour them all and move on to even harder action!
 

GETTING READY TO PLAY

* Make sure the Video Computer System(tm) is connected to the TV and the power adapter switch is plugged in.

* Be sure the B-W/Color switch is set to the "Color" position.

To play a fun game variation, Invivsible Maze MOUSE TRAP(tm), set the B-W/Color switch to "B-W".  This variation features the same game play as MOUSE TRAP(tm), but the maze, cheeses and bones are invisible.

* Be sure you have plugged a joystick controller into the left jack at the rear of the Video Computer System(tm).

* Insert cartridge as shown, then turn On/Off switch ON.  (ALWAYS TURN THE ON/OFF SWITCH TO OFF WHEN INSERTING OR REMOVING A CARTRIDGE.)
 

USING YOUR CONTROLS

NOTE: Use only the left controller for MOUSE TRAP.

1. CONTROL STICK: Push the Control Stick up, down, left or right to make the mouse or dog move in that direction.

2. RED BUTTON: Press the Red Button With a quick, sharp tap to change your mouse into a dog.  Press the Red Button for a longer period to move the doors.
 

HERE'S HOW TO PLAY

STEP 1: Choose your skill level.

Set the Difficulty Switches to choose the amount of challenge you want!

Left Difficulty Switch   Right Difficulty Switch
Smart Cats:   A          Fast Cats:   A
Dumb Cats:    B          Slow Cats:   B

Then press the Game Reset Button.

STEP 2: The race is on!

After you select your Game Option, the first of your three mice appears in the maze.  Move the mouse through the maze and try to eat all the cheeses.

STEP 3: Cat and mouse.

Watch out for the pursuing cats! Open and close maze doors to block their paths.  Become an expert at pressing the Red Button for just the right amount of time to foil their chase.

STEP 4: Dog gone it! Are the cats ganging up on you? Get your revenge! Your mouse can become a cat-biting dog if it has eaten a bone. Check the Bones Remaining Indicator. (Notice that the mouse has already eaten one bone at game start.) If you have a bone, press the Red Button for just the right short period to turn your mouse into a cat-biting dog for a few happy moments. Remember, each time you change your mouse into a dog, you use up one bone. So eat more bones and save them up for emergencies. But be careful. You can save only up to four bones at a time.

The game ends when all your mice have been eliminated.
 

SCORING

Eating a cheese: 1 point
Biting a cat: 10 points
Clearing the maze: 100 points

You get three mice at game start. Each time your score reaches a multiple of 500, you earn a bonus mouse.
 

THE FUN OF DISCOVERY

This instruction booklet will provide the basic information you need to get started playing MOUSE TRAP, but it is only the beginning! You'll find that this cartridge is full of special features to make MOUSE TRAP exciting every time you play. Experiment with different techniques and enjoy the game!
 

COLECO
MOUSE TRAP is the trademark of Exidy, Inc.
(c) 1981 Exidy Incorporated
Atari and Video Computer System are trademarks of Atari, Inc.
Sears Video Arcade is a trademark of Sears Roebuck & Co.
Package, Program and Audiovisual (c) 1982 Coleco Industries, Inc. Amsterdam, New York 12010
Printed in U.S.A.