Commodore Amiga

Mouse Trap

Ported from the Atari ST game of the same name, this is a platform game in the tradition of Manic Miner. Simple in set up but tough to beat. The graphics were outdated by the time it got to the Amiga, but in a charming throwback kind of way that seems to fit. You might even call it old-fashioned fun. This platform game challenges the player to guide a mouse around a screen collecting goodies - varying from cheese to cakes to balloons. Once they have all been collected you must reach the door, doing all of this within the time limit, depicted by a picture of a diffusing bomb. The player will have to jump over flowers, dodge bouncing balls and dinosaurs amongst other things - contact with any of these loses a life. Movement is achieved along ledges, via clouds, moving platforms and up ladders. Short falls can be withstood, but larger ones (or heavy landings from jumps) are fatal.