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Pac-Man meets Tom and Jerry.

Graphics: 3 Sound: 1 Replay Value: 3 Notes: 1- or 2-player game. Only Coleco game to ship with overlays. Does not work on Intellivision II. Screen Shots

Visually, Mouse Trap is OK, but the sound makes me ill - you can't even chomp a bite of cheese without interrupting the horrific background "music." Sure, you can turn it off - over and over and over for each time you start the maze. Another pedestrian Pac-Man clone, with this one offering you the ability to flip red, blue, or yellow doorways open or closed. Instead of power pellets, you can collect doggy bones and transform into a dog, turning the tables on the cats chasing you through the maze. The control is tough to get the hang of - you keep moving until you reach an intersection and then stop. This was the only Coleco game that shipped with overlays. They're decent - the logo on the overlays is a nice touch.

A total of three Mouse Trap box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Coleco	2479	1982	U.S.A.	Has 'NOT FOR USE WITH INTELLIVISION® II' sticker; standard 'Intellivision™' banner; small top flaps have proof of purchase w/ part number on one and date of manufacture on the other
	CBS Electronics	61.241903.68	1983	Holland	International Edition; there are several part numbers on the box in addition to the one listed on the tab on the top flap: SCI 241903 and 7629-9R2 appear on back and sides above and below the CBS Electronics logo—these may be part numbers for the game; 3P4099 appears on the tab on the bottom flap
	CBS Electronics	7629-9A	1983	Holland	English (U.K.) Edition; the part number 3P3858 appears on the tab on the bottom flap

There seems to be a ROM variant for Mouse Trap! I'm sure that someone out there can confirm it or not. Either that, or I'll need to finally get around to building a ROM dumper. My bold statement is based on the fact that my CBS version of Mouse Trap boots up perfectly and seems to play fine on the Intellivision II console. I can't get any of the 'standard' domestic copies to work.

Short of dumping the ROM, my other recourse is to use the 'CHECKSUM' feature of the MTE 100 tester. The test is inconclusive. My U.S.A. version produces a rock- steady checksum, but the U.K. version is unstable. While the last two digits of the high and low parts of the checksums are equal, the highest are not, with the remaining digits being unstable.

The game seems to play fine on my NTSC consoles, so despite the PAL warnings on the cart, there don't seem to be any other differences with respect to gameplay, etc. Hankster has verified that CBS Mouse Trap also works on Intellivision II. Has anyone else out there confirmed if theirs also works on an NTSC Intellivision II system? Let me know!

A total of three Mouse Trap manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Coleco	91795	1982	U.S.A.	Black and grey monochrome rather than the typical green
	Coleco	78084B	1982	U.S.A.	Green monochrome
	CBS Electronics	2L 1946	1983		English edition; no origin printed on the manual

Only one version of the overlay has been found for Mouse Trap.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	coleco	N/A	1982

A total of three Mouse Trap label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Coleco	N/A	1982	U.S.A.	Standard black label; game logo upside down on edge; word wraps: Incor-, Intellivi-, Sears, of, 1982, York
	CBS Electronics	4L 2142	1983	England	Standard U.K. label (this one found in a standard U.K. Edition box)
Image not available.	CBS Electronics	CI 241903	1983	England	Standard U.K. label (this one found in an International Edition box); has another (part?) number: 4L 2282

	Title screen for Mouse Trap.
	Graphically, the game isn't bad—though I never recall seeing or playing it in the arcades. Not a bad game, but the sound detracts immensely from it.

If you find new, contradictory, or other information you wish to share, please let me know!