| Catrap | |
|---|---|
 North American cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Sharp MZ Yutaka Isokawa Game Boy Kodansha |
| Publisher(s) | Sharp MZ Softbank Game Boy
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| Designer(s) | Yutaka Isokawa |
| Composer(s) | Masao Asakawa |
| Platform(s) | Sharp MZ-700, Game Boy, 3DS Virtual Console |
| Release | Sharp MZ-700 1985 Game Boy3DS Virtual Console |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle-platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Catrap, known as Pitman in Japan, is a puzzle-platform game developed for the Sharp MZ-700 computer in 1985 and published by Asmik for the Nintendo Game Boy in 1990. The Game Boy version was re-released on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in October 2011.
The word Catrap refers to the frequent number of times the player is trapped and needs to reverse their movements and the two anthropomorphic cats the player must maneuver to advance through the levels.
Destructoid credits the game with using a time-rewind mechanic before games like Blinx, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and Braid.[2]
- ^ "Directory of Game Boy Games". Nintendo Power. No. 16. Redmond, WA: Nintendo. September–October 1990. p. 62. ISSN 1041-9551. OCLC 18893582.
- ^ Ashley Davis, Why Catrap is the coolest puzzle game you've never played, Destructoid