(Undo revision 1008090 by 112.204.167.247 (talk); there may be fifteen small red balloons on each bonus round, but there is also one larger blue Nyamco balloon, and that makes a total of sixteen)
'''Mappy''', like [[Xevious]], is an early [[Namco]] arcade game that achieved great success in Japan, and very little success in the United States. Behind its cute characters and presentation is a surprisingly strategic platform arcade game that requires a lot of planning, and can become quite frantic. It runs on the same hardware as [[Super Pac-Man]] (two Motorola M6809 microprocessors running at 1.536 MHz), but modified to support horizontal scrolling.
'''Mappy''', like [[Xevious]], is an early [[Namco]] arcade game that achieved great success in the land of the rising sun, and very little success in the states. Behind it's cute characters and presentation is a surprisingly strategic arcade action game that requires a lot of planning, and can become quite frantic.
Since Mappy wasn't extraordinarily popular in the U.S., there isn't a lot of history to report. The name Mappy is likely derived from ''mappo'' (マッポ), a Japanese slang term (slightly insulting) for a policeman. The large red cat was known as "Nyamco" in Japan, which besides being a play on Namco, comes from ''nyanko'' (ニャンコ), the Japanese equivalent of "kitty cat". Nyamco was renamed "Goro" in the U.S. release of the game.
Since Mappy wasn't extraordinarily popular in the U.S., there isn't a lot of history to report. The name Mappy is likely derived from mappo, a Japanese slang term (slightly insulting) for a policeman. The large red cat was known as Nyamco in Japan, which besides being a play on Namco, comes from nyanko, the Japanese equivalent of "kitty cat". Nyamco was renamed Goro in the U.S. release.
Mappy (again, like Xevious) was ported to a large number of home computers and consoles in Japan, and (unlike Xevious) saw no American conversions. However, it has now shown up more recently in the United States thanks to the [[Namco Museum 50th Anniversary]] compilations, [[Microsoft Revenge of Arcade]] for [[Windows]], and the Jakks Pacific Namco TV Games Plug-And-Play systems.
Mappy (again, like Xevious) was ported to a large number of home computers and consoles in Japan, and (unlike Xevious) saw no American conversions. It has shown up more recently in the states thanks to the [[Namco Museum 50th Anniversary]] compilations and the Jakks Pacific Namco TV Games plug & play systems.
==Story==
The player takes control of Mappy, the brave mouse policeman. Mappy's mission is to retrieve all of the stolen treasure from the Meowky cat gang. They've stashed all of the loot in their leader's mansions which contain several floors, and also numerous trampolines that the Meowkies have to use to travel between the various stories. Mappy's job is only to recover the stolen goods, not to make any arrests, so you should not let him get near any cats (including the "Gosenzo" cat-coin) or it's lights out for Mappy.
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Image:Mappy title.png|Title screen
File:Mappy title.png|Title screen.
Image:Mappy start.png|Start screen
File:Mappy Start.png|Start screen.
Image:Mappy JP flyer.jpg|Japanese flyer
File:Mappy flyer.jpg|Bally Midway's arcade flyer.
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== Story ==
{{ToC}}
You are Mappy, the brave mouse policeman. Mappy's mission is to retrieve all of the stolen treasure from the Meowky cat gang. They've stashed all of the loot in their leader's mansion which contains several floors, and numerous trampolines that the Meowkies like to use to travel between stories. Mappy's job is only to gather the goods, not to make any arrests, so don't let him get near any cats or it's lights out for Mappy.
==Gameplay summary==
* The player must direct Mappy through each of the Meowky gang's mansions with the two-directional joystick.
* You must collect every stolen item in the mansion to advance to the next round. Collect pair of items consecutively for bonus points.
* You must avoid contact with Nyamco and the Meowky cat gang while standing on a floor. If they catch you, Mappy will lose a life and must restart.
* Use the trampolines to bounce from one floor of the mansion to another. Mappy is (mostly) safe from harm while in the air - due to the Gosenzo.
* Press the door button to open and close doors. Use doors to block or shove enemy cats and temporarily stun them.
* Open a flashing door to emit a microwave that drives the cats off the screen for bonus points. If Nyamco is caught in it, he will double your points.
* In the bonus rounds, you must collect all sixteen of the bonus balloons as quickly as you can before the song ends.
== How to play ==
{{Mappy}}
* [[Mappy/Elements|Controls & Characters]]
[[Category:Namco]]
* [[Mappy/Strategy|Strategies & Secrets]]
[[Category:Hamster Corporation]]
* [[Mappy/Versions|Home Version Comparisons]]
[[Category:Action]]
[[Category:Single player]]
== Box artwork ==
[[Category:Multiplayer]]
Mappy has only been released in Japan on many different systems, and has accumulated a wide range of box artwork, some of which is displayed below.
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Image:Mappy FC box.jpg|Nintendo Famicom
Image:Mappy GG box.jpg|Sega Game Gear
Image:Mappy MSX box.jpg|MSX
Image:Mappy FM7 box.jpg|Fujitsu FM-7
Image:Mappy GBA box.jpg|Game Boy Advance Famicom Mini
Mappy, like Xevious, is an early Namco arcade game that achieved great success in Japan, and very little success in the United States. Behind its cute characters and presentation is a surprisingly strategic platform arcade game that requires a lot of planning, and can become quite frantic. It runs on the same hardware as Super Pac-Man (two Motorola M6809 microprocessors running at 1.536 MHz), but modified to support horizontal scrolling.
Since Mappy wasn't extraordinarily popular in the U.S., there isn't a lot of history to report. The name Mappy is likely derived from mappo (マッポ), a Japanese slang term (slightly insulting) for a policeman. The large red cat was known as "Nyamco" in Japan, which besides being a play on Namco, comes from nyanko (ニャンコ), the Japanese equivalent of "kitty cat". Nyamco was renamed "Goro" in the U.S. release of the game.
Mappy (again, like Xevious) was ported to a large number of home computers and consoles in Japan, and (unlike Xevious) saw no American conversions. However, it has now shown up more recently in the United States thanks to the Namco Museum 50th Anniversary compilations, Microsoft Revenge of Arcade for Windows, and the Jakks Pacific Namco TV Games Plug-And-Play systems.
The player takes control of Mappy, the brave mouse policeman. Mappy's mission is to retrieve all of the stolen treasure from the Meowky cat gang. They've stashed all of the loot in their leader's mansions which contain several floors, and also numerous trampolines that the Meowkies have to use to travel between the various stories. Mappy's job is only to recover the stolen goods, not to make any arrests, so you should not let him get near any cats (including the "Gosenzo" cat-coin) or it's lights out for Mappy.
