[ Fuzzy Memory ] Mouse and Snake Labyrinth Game
July 5th, 2019 by Benj Edwards
Every once and a while, I receive emails from people looking for a certain game, electronic toy, or computer from their distant past. I then pass it on to intrepid VC&G readers to crack the case.
The Clues
Roberto writes:
I’m trying to find an “nostalgy” old game, I remember a mouse running through a labyrinth eat cheeses and a boa pursuit it.
Several years I’m trying to find this old dos or ms dos game.
Can you help to find it?Thanks in advance,
Roberto
The Search Begins
It’s up to you to find the object of Roberto’s fuzzy memory. Post any thoughts or suggestions in the comments section below. Roberto will be monitoring the comments, so if you need to clarify something with him, ask away. Good luck!
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July 5th, 2019 at 11:03 am
Was it perhaps “Evolution”? It’s not _all_ about snakes and mice and cheese, but… check out the gameplay here in the attract mode at 1:48, where you’ve reached the stage where you’re a mouse, digging through a maze, trying to avoid snakes:
https://youtu.be/xKRB3Qfs97Q?t=108
This is the only thing I could find that wasn’t Windows 3.1-based that fit all the criteria — nothing else I could dig up had mice and snakes and cheese (though I’d argue that maybe that isn’t cheese that we’re seeing…).
July 5th, 2019 at 11:07 am
Okay, I guess it _is_ cheese:
https://www.gamesdatabase.org/game/coleco-vision/evolution
July 5th, 2019 at 11:32 am
Sounds a lot like Exidy’s Mouse Trap from 1981. However, cats chased the mouse and not a snake though it’s possible the snakes were put there in a bootleg version. Rodent’s Revenge is also another possibility.
July 5th, 2019 at 5:26 pm
Roberto updated me:
“I find the name and authors of game: Master Mouse (1989)(M.I. Dianov, Igor Dianov) I’m trying to find a download.”
July 5th, 2019 at 7:49 pm
https://archive.org/details/MasterMouse1989M.I.DianovIgorDianovAction
February 3rd, 2020 at 10:53 pm
I was thinking “Rodent’s Revenge” that was one of my all time favorites!
September 30th, 2020 at 12:51 pm
Rodents Revenge 100%