Mouse Trap
Publisher(s)	Tynesoft
Designer(s)	Brian Jobling[2]
Programmer(s)	BBC/Electron Dave Mann[1] Atari 8-bit Brian Jobling[2]
Platform(s)	Acorn Electron, Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64
Release	1986[1]
Genre(s)	Platform

Mouse Trap is a platform video game written by Dave Mann (using the pseudonym Chris Robson) and published by Tynesoft in 1986 for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro home computers.^[1] A year later the game was ported to other home computers such as Atari 8-bit,^[2] Atari ST, Amiga and Commodore 64.

Gameplay

In the game, the player takes on the role of a mouse named Marvin, who must complete 21 stages fraught with traps to reach a piece of cheese. The player must collect all the items (varying from cakes to balloons) from the level within a certain time, which will open an exit to which they must go to complete the level. Along the way, the player must avoid contact with moving (and stationary) objects (except platforms and elevators) and falling from too high a height, resulting in loss of life and restarting the level.

The in-game music is Golliwogg's Cakewalk from Children's Corner Suite, composed by Claude Debussy.

Reception

Mouse Trap received very mixed reviews. In the review for Aktueller Software Markt, Michael Kohl found the game's graphics "colorful and pretty to look at". He concluded his review by recommending Mouse Trap to every Amiga user.^[3] Raze magazine reviewer stated that the game featured "dated graphics and poor sound" and gave the game a rating of 37%.^[4]