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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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!