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A Better Mouse Trap

A Point And Click Adventure Game created by Dave Gilbert as part of the Reality-On-The-Norm project.

25 March 2003

A Better Mouse Trap is an adventure developed by Dave Gilbert, released 25 March 2003 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What A Better Mouse Trap is

A Better Mouse Trap is an adventure game developed by Dave Gilbert and released in 2003. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on AGS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Elandra has invented a better mouse trap, while Davy Jones wanted to enhance it. It teleports both to the distant planet, where Elandra and Davy are separated. Walking around the planet, talking to inhabitants, and collecting the items, the player should help Elandra and Davy to get united and to return back to Reality-on-the-Norm in this classic point-n-click icon-based adventure game. Davy and Elandra are controlled by the player in non-cooperative way.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

A Better Mouse Trap launched on 25 March 2003, within three weeks of WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2 and Midnight Club II.

Released around the same time: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Championship Manager 4, Final Fantasy X-2, Midnight Club II.

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When did A Better Mouse Trap come out?
A Better Mouse Trap was released on 25 March 2003 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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