Atari XL/XE - Mouse Trap (Micro Value) 1987

[Al99NextGeneration]

I won this one, once or twice.

It was fun ;)

[patiomkin2001]

One of the cutest games on Atari :)

[PijaniKlosar]

is there any way to play this on PC with some emulators or something if u can help me send me msg pls

[grisznik]

@PijaniKlosar

Hi, is one year later too late? Do you still want to play some good ol' Atari XL/XE games?

If so, let me know, I believe I can help :)

[erguen]

i got mousetrap on atari 520 st

and moon patrol....

my favorite games

[rafalopolus]

you neeed training man! The way you wanted to beat lev 2 was insane...

[damjen666]

I have this game :) It is very, very, very hard! I've reached the level 4...once! XD

[grisznik]

@damjen666

Same as me. Now I use an emulator and save after every level (not during levels - I want to pass every level from beginning till the end). And I need like 30-40 tries on some levels. How on earth were you supposed to beat the game if it takes so many tries just to figure out how to beat the level?

Let's say you know how to pass level 5, you do that, have 3 tries at level six, you have to beat first five levels again and have another 3 or 4 tries, and start over. And again. And again..

[damjen666]

@grisznik I can't even imagine myself beating this game, same as Spindizzy. God, games were sooooo hard back in the days...

[grisznik]

@damjen666

I've never played Spindizzy, must find it and see what it's all about.

And I beat Mouse Trap today, saving the game after every level.

Took me like two hours and a thousand tries cumulated on most of the levels (on some of the later levels I only needed like 3 tries).

If you want to try beating the game I can help and send you the emulator and tell you where to look for games.

[damjen666]

@grisznik Wow, congratulations!

I have a working Atari 800 XE, data cassette player and the original tape so I won't need an emulator :) The problem is I might be throwing the joystick against the wall at some point playing the game ;)

[grisznik]

@damjen666

Yeah, but that's what I'm saying - you can't save your game on the Atari computer, can you?

After I beat the game, the game went on working and got me into the first level again. I had 8 lives and wanted to see how far I'd get with those without saving. Managed to get to level five......

[damjen666]

@grisznik I gave this game a go today on C64, on a real hardware. Hm, it's a little bit different - slower I think and therefore easier. I've reached level five loosing only one life but...that's it. I believe that C64 version is beatable but Atari XL one isn't :P

[grisznik]

@damjen666

Sure it is. It would just take a lot of training. And it's just that nowadays games aren't that hard and nobody would bother training a couple of days maybe just to beat this game when they can use an emulator and save the game whenever they want.

As for the C64 version - I've never seen it. But my cousins had a C64 and I remember that they once told me they had Mousetrap and they beat it. But just because the game would run with some kind of a cheat for unlimited lives.

[huskerl]

I loved this game:)

[vichonostalgico]

this game is impossible very hard!!! I remember..

[zombiesoiree]

Oh man, I remember this game ... in some ways, it was pure torture.

[JustK8]

What is the music! I've known it since my childhood when I first played this game and I loved it ever since! Then I heard it about two years ago as a piano piece and I just have to find out what it is! I am desperate for it!:) Please, can anyone help me out? If you can - write me a personal message! pleaaaaseeeee!!!:)

[MrLandale]

It's Golliwog's Cakewalk by Claude Debussy.

[darealjansolo]

@JustK8 Dude, same here!!! It took me years and years before I heard it on the radio and learned by whom it was! (It's part of Debussy's Children's Corner suite :-)

[jamescropley]

I had this on th atari 800 xl. I think that i only got to the second level b4 it frustrated me and i broke the tape. Happy days 1985

[miromicus2]

Great game! What a cool sound when mouse get in trouble.

[VideoJunkei]

I had this game on the Amiga, played it to death!!!

[broncofan92slay]

me too i loved it :)

[jamilagaddess]

do you know where i can play this game online?? thanks

[grisznik]

i'm not sure you can play it online, but there are emulators and games - emulator is maybe 2MB and game is like 50KB ;)

[rastipok]

music is from claude debussy



children's corner : golliwogg's cakewalk

[Kamelape]

you are mr awesome

[odislaw]

one of my favourite games....that toilet paper....

[Humarodaoc]

Excellent music...

[GamesEmotions]

ahahahhaha very cool game!