Coleco
MOUSE TRAP
Cartridge Instructions
For use with Intellivision or Sears Super Video Arcade.
Select from four skill levels 
For color TV only 
For one or two players 

GAME DESCRIPTION

Based on the fun-filled arcade game, Exidy's MOUSE TRAP for Intellivision
features a cheese-chomping mouse that you dash around a maze. Open and shut maze
doors to escape the pursuing cats. Eat a bone, then turn your mouse into a cat-
biting dog. But watch out for the treacherous hawk!

GETTING READY TO PLAY

Make sure the Master Component is connected to the TV and power supply is
plugged in. TV should be on and tuned to the same channel as the Channel Select
Switch on the console. MAKE SURE THE MASTER COMPONENT IS OFF WHEN INSERTING THE
CARTRIDGE. Fully insert cartridge, with label facing up, to the indicator marks
on both sides of label. Turn Off/On switch to On after cartridge has been
inserted.

USING YOUR CONTROLLERS

Before beginning to play MOUSE TRAP, insert the overlays as shown above.

NOTE: For one-player game, use the left controller. For a two-player game,
Player 1 uses the left controller; Player 2 uses the right controller.

Using the Disc and Keypad Buttons for MOUSE TRAP

Keypad: Before playing a game, use Keypad Buttons first to choose a one-player
or two-player game. Then use them to select game difficulty and to start
playing. While playing a game, pressing a red or blue button (1 or 3) shown on
the overlay opens or closes all doors of that color. Pressing the yellow button
(2) opens or closes the white doors. Pressing the green button (5) changes your
mouse into a dog. Pressing and holding the * button (CLEAR) turns off the sound.
Pressing and holding * again turns the sound back on.

Disc: Pressing the Disc up, down, left or right makes the mouse move in the
direction selected.

NOTE: The Side Buttons are not used in MOUSE TRAP.

HERE'S HOW TO PLAY - STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS

NOTE: If you are playing a two-player game, players take turns. Player 1 goes
first. Each turn lasts until the player's Lady Bug is eliminated.

STEP 1: Getting started.

Press the Reset Button to make the Title screen appear, then press any Keypad
Button to view the Game Option screen. Select number of players and skill level
by pressing the corresponding Keypad Buttons. Finally, press any Kepad Button
and the race is on!

STEP 2: Cat and mouse.

Move your mouse through the maze, trying to eat all the small cheeses. Watch out
for the pursuing cats! Open and close maze doors to block their paths.

STEP 3: Dog gone it!

When the cats become too clever, your mouse can become a dog if it has eaten a
bone (you get one bone at game start). Check the Bones Remaining Indicator. If
you have a bone, press the green Dog Button (5) to turn your mouse into a cat-
biting dog for a few happy moments. But be careful. Each time you press the
green Dog Button (5), you use up one bone. So eat more bones, but save them up
to get your mouse out of tight spots.

STEP 4: Hawk alert!

When playing games at Skills 2, 3 and 4, beware of the hawk that flies out to
catch your mouse or dog. Enter the "IN" box to escape to one of the maze corners
and confuse the hawk.

STEP 5: Eat and run.

Bonus prizes appear one at a time in certain locations in the maze and earn you
bonus points when eaten. Start with the large cheese and go on to other special
treats.

Eat all the small cheeses and win a bonus - then move on to another maze and
even livlier action. Keep playing until you run out of mice.

SCORING Small cheese 100 points 
1st Cat bitten 100 points 
2nd Cat 300 points 
3rd Cat 600 points 
4th Cat & up 900 points 

The first Bonus Prize (Large Cheese) is worth 1200 points. Each Bonus Prize
thereafter (different each time) is worth 100 points more that the previous one.

Each player begins with six mice. Each time your score reaches a multiple of
20,000, you win a bonus mouse!

You receive a 10,000-point bonus each time you eat all the small cheeses in a
maze.

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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!
