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First Look: Mouse House
Mouse House is a very adorable and surprisingly complicated puzzle game from Plaid World Studios. At first look, it seems like a very simple game with graphics that appear to be on par with Super Nintendo games. But, it's actually surprisingly tough and addictive.
The game's premise is simple -- eat cheese and progress through the unlocked doors once they open. Along the way, you have to dodge bees, evil rats, crumbling floors and try not to get pinned in a corner by pushing balls the wrong way. It looks simple, but isn't. After completing the 8-level tutorial, it took me a few retries to get through the next few levels.
The sound effects are truly what make this game stand out. The little noises from eating cheese and getting through an open door successfully are quite adorable. The controls are easy to use -- tap the screen in a vertical or horizontal line from where the mouse is and he'll move to that spot. There's no game soundtrack other than the sound effects. Instead, you can listen to the music already loaded on your iPhone or iPod Touch and the sound effects will play over the music. However, I enjoy the effects so much I simply play without the music.
Mouse House (link opens iTunes) is currently available for US$.99
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jason said 8:36PM on 12-19-2008
You said:
> graphics that appear to be on part with Super Nintendo games
I think you mean on "par" with Super Nintendo games... :)
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unteins said 8:49PM on 12-19-2008
After completely the 8-level tutorial, it took me a few retries to get through the next few levels.
And I think she means completing instead of completely.
alansky said 9:00PM on 12-19-2008
Other app developers have noted that the iPhone doesn't allow the user to play music stored on the iPhone while another app is open. Has this changed?
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Megan Lavey said 9:39PM on 12-19-2008
I definitely was able to play music stored on my iPhone while playing this game. It was interesting, listening to J-pop while going through some of the levels.
haugenhaus said 9:08PM on 12-19-2008
Reminds me a lot of the Adventures of Lolo for NES
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Johnny Thrash said 7:07AM on 12-20-2008
Definitely reminds me a Lolo. One of my old favorites.
Bill Waggoner said 9:57PM on 12-19-2008
Fun game to play while waiting for something else to happen. I have several of these "puzzle" games. Rolando was my most recent (before this one) and I really like the challenges. This is a "keeper."
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JD said 10:39PM on 12-19-2008
Reminds me a bit of Blobbo. Anyone remember that on the Mac?
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kapitol said 10:39PM on 12-19-2008
This reminds me of an old Windows 3.1 game - I can't for the life of me remember the name, but the concept was basically the same: you had a little guy whom you moved around a castle, getting keys to open doors and solving smaller puzzles along the way. I think I recall it being called bit-something (bit boy? bit 2000?).
If this is as addicting as that was, it will be money well spent...
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adam said 11:11PM on 12-19-2008
yes! what was that game!?!
Freestyle Farfetchd said 4:37PM on 12-20-2008
Was it called chips by any chance? If we're talking about the same thing, that's what we used to call it at school. Neat little thing... very blury memory
JR said 11:19PM on 12-19-2008
Chip's Challenge. Very similar. There's another iPhone game called Loopy Laboratory that's even more like Chip's.
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Lesson said 11:30PM on 12-19-2008
You can display subtitles in any size, any position on the video, move them dynamically with the keyboard, adjust the delay,
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Chaot2008 said 7:56AM on 12-20-2008
OXYD from the venerable Atari ST revamped.
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