The Mousing Cat is an arcade developed by N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken, released 1 February 1982 on Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.
What The Mousing Cat is
The Mousing Cat is an arcade game developed by N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken and released in 1982. It was published by Philips do Brasil. It is available on Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Mousing Cat is another game about the eternal conflict between felines and rodents. The game consists in a series of six encounters in which the players alternate the roles of cat and mouse (three times each). The winner is the player with most points at the end of the series. The only player to score is the mouse. He does so by eating the cheese pieces scattered through the room. To eat, the player controlling the mouse has to press and hold the "action" button. The longer the button stay pressed, the more it eats. If the mouse eats for a certain amount of time, it will grow bigger than the cat and will be immune for a short period of time.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Mousing Cat launched on 1 February 1982, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man and Dig Dug.
Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Dig Dug.
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When did The Mousing Cat come out?
The Mousing Cat was released on 1 February 1982 for Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.
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