JacobZu7zu7 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) [Intellivision HSC Season 12] ( Game 8 ) Mouse Trap Mouse Trap by Coleco 1982 This unusual maze game puts you in control of a mouse who must be guided through a labyrinth of doors and corridors. ROM Download Link http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/21558/intellivision/Mouse-Trap-1982-Coleco.html High Score Club Record Game Setting SKILL LEVEL 3 Contest EndsSUNDAY APRIL 26TH 11:59PM EST (HIGH SCORES) 1. 394,300 cparsley 2. 310,800 jblenkle 3. 298,300 JacobZu7zu7 4. 256,600 cmadruga 5. 208,800 JasonlikesINTV 6. 149,900 BiffMan 7. 117,100 Ace24 8. 95,500 gezkc 9. 55,100 fakecortex 10. 47,400 ed1475 11. 14,400 dpisicane 12. 12,600 wolfy62 Rankings 1. BiffMan [+60] 2. gezkc [+57] 3. IntyFanMatt [+37] 4. mr_me [+35] 5. wolfy62 [+33] 5. JasonlikesINTV [+33] 7. JacobZu7zu7 [+32] 8. cmadruga [+31]9. dpisicane [+23] 10. Player One [+22] 11. Ace24 [+15] 12. cparsely [+13] 12. m-crew [+13] 12. fakecortex [+13] 15. Intelligentleman [+12] 16. Intellfan [+10] 17. hoosierdadee78 [+7] 18. jblenkle [+6] 18. roadrunner [+4] 20. S.BAZ [+3] 20. ed1475 [+3] 23. t0spmad [+2] 23. Mister-VCS [+2] Games Won 3 - BiffMan (Atlantis - Demon Attack - Mission X - Auto Racing) 2 - mr_me (Lock 'N Chase - Tron Deadly Discs) 2 - gezkc (Burgertime - Auto Racing) 1 - cmadruga (Tron Deadly Discs speed 1) Edited April 27, 2020 by JacobZu7zu7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Have this one on Colecovision, looking forward to checking out the Intellivision version. Here's the manual if anyone's interested, maybe we'll find some good info within. https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Mattel_Intellivision//Manual/formated/Mouse_Trap_-_1982_-_Coleco.pdf Probably more at least than the overlay, haha https://www.gamesdatabase.org/media/mattel-intellivision/artwork-overlay/mouse-trap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Great googly-moogly, what a terrible game! Never played before, but wow. Just wow. The controls... the sounds... the music... Only wish I started with fewer lives so it would be over more quickly. Think I'll go back to something less frustrating like trying to drive track 3 with the blue car. 10,000, skill 3 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Coleco didnt do a good job on the ultimate majority of ports to the INTV, buggers! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 75,100, skill 3 Okay, reading the manual is always good. Didn't realize I could do the dog thing whenever I want. Still. Ugh. Terrible, terrible, terrible controls. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Have fun guys, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intelligentleman Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Coleco makes me angry. Why is Intellivision's Donkey Kong so "meh?" Sorry to get off topic! Good luck to the participants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 hour ago, IntyFanMatt said: Have fun guys, lol. I wish I had just given this one a pass. Once seen, some things... cannot be unseen. *shudder* 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 INTV DK was so shite can Coleco made both the INTV and VCS DK terrible to drive more sales to the ColecoVision. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, cparsley said: INTV DK was so shite can Coleco made both the INTV and VCS DK terrible to drive more sales to the ColecoVision. Never understood that logic. Money is money, why not make as much as possible by making as many quality games as possible? Imagic definitely had it right: tailor games to each system's strengths. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobZu7zu7 Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 This is actually one of the great Intellivision Coleco games, I much prefer it over others and Mouse Trap on 2600. TIPS, use the Intel controllers top 3 buttons to open and close the cage doors, ( RED gates keypad 1 , WHITE gates keypad 2, BLUE gates keypad 3 ) Dog POWER... is Keypad 5 279,100 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 6 hours ago, JacobZu7zu7 said: This is actually one of the great Intellivision Coleco games, I much prefer it over others and Mouse Trap on 2600. TIPS, use the Intel controllers top 3 buttons to open and close the cage doors, ( RED gates keypad 1 , WHITE gates keypad 2, BLUE gates keypad 3 ) Dog POWER... is Keypad 5 279,100 Wow, that's an impressive score! Not sure I have the patience to learn this one properly, but if you say there's fun to be had, I'll give it another go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 20 hours ago, BiffMan said: Great googly-moogly, what a terrible game! Never played before, but wow. Just wow. The controls... the sounds... the music... Only wish I started with fewer lives so it would be over more quickly. Think I'll go back to something less frustrating like trying to drive track 3 with the blue car. 10,000, skill 3 Yeah,I put it in and tried it,then i read the booklet too hoping that might improve it. This game does suck! I guess if we didnt know what a crummy game looked like,we wouldn't know the difference between this piece of trash and a great game.? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace24 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 19 hours ago, cparsley said: INTV DK was so shite can Coleco made both the INTV and VCS DK terrible to drive more sales to the ColecoVision. 18 hours ago, BiffMan said: Never understood that logic. Money is money, why not make as much as possible by making as many quality games as possible? ... That's because it's not true. The donkey kong programmer likely did the best they could for their first intellivision cartridge. You have to imagine, where would coleco find someone that could program an Intellivision? Coleco sold twice as many Atari 2600 and Intellivision donkey kong cartridges as those for colecovision. They made coleco many millions of dollars. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntyFanMatt Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 10 minutes ago, mr_me said: That's because it's not true. The donkey kong programmer likely did the best they could for their first intellivision cartridge. You have to imagine, where would coleco find someone that could program an Intellivision? Coleco sold twice as many Atari 2600 and Intellivision donkey kong cartridges as those for colecovision. They made coleco many millions of dollars. Absolutely correct, it is not true at all. It’s just a conspiracy theory that people like to convince themselves to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I take back my crack about the overlay, it's actually a help, ha. Mapping to a playstation controller is nice, so long as I remember which button is which. It's funny that they have an option to turn off the sound, I guess the programmers weren't a fan either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Yeah, I had a lot of bones left; trying to get the hang of it. I wish that the dog could fend off the hawk. Using the "in" warp, like the manual suggests, helps with avoiding the hawk, but I want the corners to be safe hiding spots. 49,700 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I'd forgotten how horrible the game is. The music's like something from a nightmare! I try turning it off and it keeps coming back! ? 77,300 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 38 minutes ago, gezkc said: I'd forgotten how horrible the game is. The music's like something from a nightmare! I try turning it off and it keeps coming back! ? 77,300 That's the great thing about the staggered format, when a stinker like this comes along, we can give it a go and then go back to Auto Racing until a new game comes out next week. ? 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Mousetrap (Skill 3) - 63,500 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffMan Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, jblenkle said: Mousetrap (Skill 3) - 63,500 Wow, you got that high without using dog bones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonlikesINTV Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Oh, this game. The music gets stuck in your brain like a noisy tumor. I got used to the controls after a while, but at higher levels everything moves so fast that the system can't keep up. It actually slows down. I have a video laying around somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gezkc Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Slight improvement. 85,500 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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