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''Mappy'' is a 1983 Arcade Game by Namco . In the U.S. it was manufactured and distributed by Bally/Midway . Mappy is a side-scrolling platformer that features Cute cartoony characters. Mappy runs on Namco Super Pac-Man hardware, modified to support horizontal scrolling. GAME PLAY The player guides Mappy the police mouse through the mansion of the cats called Mewkies (Meowky in the U.S. version) to retrieve stolen goods. The mansion has six floors of long hallways in which the items are stashed. Mappy and the Mewkies can move between the floors by jumping on trampolines at the ends and middle of the hallways, and landing on a floor on the way up (but not on the way down). In addition to the Mewkies, there is also the boss cat Nyamco (Goro in the U.S. version) on every level. If Mappy tarries too long, the fearsome ancestral cat coin (Gosenzo) shows up. A level is completed when all the loot is retrieved. Many of the hallways have doors which Mappy can slam open or shut to temporarily knock out the Mewkies or Nyamco. Some of these are special "microwave doors" which release a wave which sweeps away any cat in its path (even off the edge of the screen). If Mappy gets caught by the Mewkies or Nyamco in the hallways he dies. However, he can safely pass them in the air while jumping on the trampolines. If Mappy bounces on a trampoline four consecutive times without landing on a floor, it breaks, and he dies unless there is another trampoline underneath. The third level and every fourth level after that is a Bonus Round . Mappy, unbothered by the cats, must bounce across a series of trampolines, popping suspended balloons along the way. A bonus is awarded if all the balloons are popped before the music ends. The player uses a left-right joystick to move Mappy and a single button to operate the doors. PORTS AND SEQUELS A Japan-only port of the game was released for the Famicom (Japanese version of the NES ) in 1984. This was followed by a console-only sequel called '' Mappy Land '' in 1986 (released in the U.S. by Taxan ). In the late 90s, it was released as part of Microsoft 's ''Revenge of the Arcade'' PC collection. Also, Mappy had several Japan -only sequels, including '' Hopping Mappy '' in 1986 for the arcades and '' Mappy Kids '' for the Famicom in the late 1980s. There is also a version called '' Mappy Arrangement '' which was released in 1995 as part of Namco Classics Collection Volume 1 for the arcade. The Famicom version of the original Mappy was re-released in Japan as part of the Famicom Mini Series in 2004 . TRIVIA
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