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Macho Mouse Macho Mouse - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Macho Mouse - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A maze game where a mouse tries to walk through the maze, which causes pictures of his face to appear, while avoiding cats. The mouse can also jump which causes the cats to be stunned for a few seconds.

Macho Mouse was produced by Techstar in 1982.

Techstar released only 1 machine in our database under this trade name. Techstar was based in United States.

Other machines made by Techstar during the time period Macho Mouse was produced include:

Specs

Name Macho Mouse
Developer Techstar (United States)
Year 1982
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8479
Class Wide Release
Genre Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor
Conversion Class Konami Classic
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Instructions Macho Mouse Instructions Image
PCB Macho Mouse PCB Image

Macho Mouse KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.33 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.40

Overall Like 3.00
Fun (Social) 2.00
Fun (Solo) 4.00
Collector Desire 5.00

Technical Rating: 3.25

Gameplay 4.00
Graphics 3.00
Originality 3.00
Sound/Music 3.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Macho Mouse Census

There are 14,756 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,475 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,456 machines (6,896 unique titles).

Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by Macho Mouse collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit). One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Macho Mouse circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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