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{{Short description|1983 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Mappy
| image = Mappy arcadeflyer.png
| caption = North American arcade flyer
| developer = [[Namco]]
| publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|Namco|NA|[[Midway Games|Bally Midway]]<ref name="Akagi">{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |lang=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |page=125 |url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n126}}</ref>|EU|Orion<ref name="Germany">{{cite web |title=Video Game Flyers: Change Lanes / Mappy / Battle Cruiser M-12, Orion (Germany) |url=https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=3517 |website=The Arcade Flyer Archive |access-date=May 30, 2021}}</ref>}}
| composer = Nobuyuki Ohnogi
| artist = [[Hiroshi Ono (artist)|Hiroshi Ono]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/legendary-namco-pixel-artist-hiroshi-mr-dotman-ono-has-died/|title=Legendary Namco pixel artist Hiroshi 'Mr Dotman' Ono has died|website=[[Video Games Chronicle]]|date=October 18, 2021|access-date=October 18, 2021|last=Scullion|first=Chris}}</ref>
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|March 1983<ref>{{cite web |title=Mappy (Registration Number PA0000216647) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov |website=[[United States Copyright Office]] |access-date=May 30, 2021}}</ref>|NA|April 1983<ref name="Akagi"/>|EU|1983<ref name="Germany"/>}}
| platforms = [[Arcade video game|Arcade]], [[MSX]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]], [[Super Cassette Vision]], [[Sharp X1]], [[Game Gear]], [[Game Boy]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[FM-7]], [[Sharp MZ|MZ-700/MZ-1500]], [[PC-8800 series|PC-88]], [[X68000]], [[Mobile phone]]
| genre = [[Platformer|Platform]]
| series = ''Mappy''
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
}}

{{nihongo foot|'''''Mappy'''''|マッピー|Mappī|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1983 [[Platformer|platform]] [[video game]] developed and published by [[Namco]] for [[Arcade video game|arcades]]. It runs on Namco's ''[[Super Pac-Man]]'' hardware modified to support horizontal scrolling. The name "Mappy" is likely derived from {{nihongo|''mappo''|マッポ}}, a slightly pejorative Japanese slang term for [[police]]man. The game has been re-released in several Namco arcade compilations. It spawned a handful of sequels and a 2013 animated web series developed by cartoonists [[Scott Kurtz]] and [[Kris Straub]].

==Gameplay==
[[File:Mappy In-Game.png|thumb|left|Mappy launches a push wave at a pair of Meowkies (arcade version).]]
The player guides Mappy the police [[mouse]] through the mansion of the [[cat]]s called Meowkies (Mewkies in Japan) to retrieve stolen goods, such as the [[Mona Lisa]] or a TV. The player uses a left-right joystick to move Mappy and a single button to operate doors. The mansion has six floors of hallways (four or five in some other versions) in which the stolen items are stashed. Mappy and the cats move between floors by bouncing on trampolines at various places in the house. Both Mappy and the cats can land on a floor on the way up, but not on the way down. When Mappy passes cats in the air, he is unharmed, but if he touches a cat elsewhere he will lose a life. The trampolines break when Mappy bounces on them four times in a row, with the trampolines changing color depending on how many times Mappy has used them without a rest. If a trampoline breaks, Mappy will lose a life unless there is another trampoline below the broken one. In addition to the Meowkies, the boss cat Goro (Nyamco in Japanese) also roams around. He is faster but less aggressive than the Meowkies. Throughout the levels, Goro hides behind the different recoverable items. If Mappy recovers an item which Goro is hiding behind, the player receives 1000 points in addition to the score for the item. Items come in pairs; retrieving the second item in a pair immediately after the first multiplies the point value of the second item (x2, up to x6).

Doors only open towards their doorknobs. Hitting a cat with a door scores 50 points and stuns the cat. Meowkies and Goro can open doors but will get stunned unless the door opens away from them (doorknobs away), and they can walk through opened doors. They cannot open blue doors. Blue doors, when opened, blast a slow moving microwave in the direction of the doorknob that will trap any cats it touches and remove them from the board when the wave reaches the edge of the screen. The more cats caught, the more points gained. If Goro is trapped by a wave, the score is doubled. Cats removed in this way return shortly from above.

A round is completed when all the loot is retrieved. If the player takes longer than usual to clear a round, a "Hurry" message appears after which the music speeds up and the cats move quickly and aggressively, and more Meowkies are added (two will appear ready to drop as the Meowkies normally do immediately following the "Hurry" message, and more Meowkies can arrive later on). If the player takes much longer after this, a green disc with Goro's face on it named the "Gosenzo Coin" will drop onto the top-middle platform and chase Mappy more effectively than the Meowkies as it can kill him while jumping. The Gosenzo can open doors and cannot be stopped by microwave doors or any objects.

The third round and every fourth round after is a [[Bonus stage|bonus round]]. Mappy, unbothered by the cats, must bounce across a series of trampolines, popping fifteen different suspended red balloons (200 pts), with a "Goro" (2000 points) along the way. A bonus (5000 pts) is awarded if all the balloons are popped before the music ends. After every bonus round, a new feature is added to the gameplay, such as bells that freeze cats. The "Hurry" message will also appear sooner.

==Ports and sequels==
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* ''[[Hopping Mappy]]'' is a direct sequel, released to arcades in 1986.
* ''[[Mappy-Land]]'' is a console-only sequel.
* ''Mappy'' was featured as one of the games in ''Namco Gallery Vol. 1'', which was a collection of classic Namco arcade games released for the [[Game Boy]].
* In 2003, two mobile games were released in Japan with the titles {{nihongo|''[[Teku-Teku Mappy]]''|テクテクマッピー}} and {{nihongo|''Mappy De Puzzle''|マッピーDEパズル}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/20030423/mappy.htm|title=ナムコ、iモード「マッピーDEパズル」を配信開始|website=game.watch.impress.co.jp}}</ref>
* Mappy is a playable character in the [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] racing game ''[[Pac-Man World Rally]]'' (2007).<ref>[https://www.denofgeek.com/games/mappy-namcos-forgotten-follow-up-to-pac-man/ Mappy: Namco's Forgotten Follow-Up to Pac-Man]</ref>
* In September 2011, the mobile game {{nihongo|''Mappy World''|マッピーワールド}} was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/mobile/app.php?id=378|title=ナムコ・ゲームス - バンダイナムコエンターテインメント公式サイト|website=www.bandainamcogames.co.jp|access-date=March 24, 2014|archive-date=December 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204094800/http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/mobile/app.php?id=378|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 2021, ''Mappy'' was released online by [[Hamster Corporation]] under the ''[[Arcade Archives]]'' brand for the [[Nintendo Switch]] and [[PlayStation 4]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Namco's Mappy is back, and this time, he's Hopping Mad |url=https://www.destructoid.com/hopping-mappy-namco-arcade-archives-hamster-retro-rerelease/ |website=Destructoid |date=January 22, 2022 |access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref>
* In 2022, ''Hopping Mappy'' was released for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as part of the ''Arcade Archives'' series.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hamster.co.jp/american_hamster/arcadearchives/hopping-mappy.htm | title=Arcade Archives &#124; HAMSTER Corporation}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| Allgame = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Allgame">{{cite web |author1=Brett Alan Weiss |title=Mappy - Review |url=http://allgame.com/game.php?id=422&tab=review |website=[[Allgame]] |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114130017/http://allgame.com/game.php?id=422&tab=review |archive-date=November 14, 2014 |date=1998}}</ref>
| EuroG = 7/10<ref name="EuroG">{{cite web |last1=Whitehead |first1=Dan |title=Virtual Console Roundup |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/virtual-console-roundup- |website=[[Eurogamer]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |access-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026073500/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/virtual-console-roundup- |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |date=April 12, 2009}}</ref>
| IGN = 6.5/10<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |last1=M. Thomas |first1=Lucas |title=Mappy Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/01/mappy-review |publisher=[[IGN]] |access-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429184309/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/04/01/mappy-review |archive-date=April 29, 2019 |date=April 1, 2009}}</ref>
| NLife = {{rating|7|10}}<ref name="NLife">{{cite web |last1=van Duyn |first1=Marcel |title=Mappy Review (VC Arcade) |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/03/mappy_virtual_console |website=[[Nintendo Life]] |publisher=[[Gamer Network]] |access-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429184302/http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2009/03/mappy_virtual_console |archive-date=April 29, 2019 |date=March 26, 2009}}</ref>
}}
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Mappy'' in its June 1, 1983 issue as the third most-successful table arcade unit of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=213|publisher=Amusement Press|date=June 1, 1983|page=29|lang=ja}}</ref> It also topped the ''Game Machine'' chart for new [[table arcade cabinet]]s in June 1983.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Hit Games 25|magazine=Game Machine|issue=214|publisher=Amusement Press|date=June 15, 1983|page=27|lang=ja|url=https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19830615p.pdf#page=14}}</ref> In 2015, ''Hardcore Gamer'' included ''Mappy'' on its 200 Best Video Games of All Time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kalata|first=Kurt|title=HG101 Presents: The 200 Best Video Games of All Time – Hardcore Gaming 101|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/books/hg101-presents-the-200-best-video-games-of-all-time/|access-date=2022-01-10|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Legacy==
As part of Bandai Namco's [[ShiftyLook]] initiative, an animated ''Mappy'' web series, titled ''Mappy: The Beat'' was made.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/07/14/shiftylook-moves-into-cartoons-bravoman-jim-zub-scott-kurtz-and-more/|work=[[Bleeding Cool]]|title=ShiftyLook Moves Into Cartoons – Bravoman, Jim Zub, Scott Kurtz And More|last=Johnston|first=Rich|date=July 14, 2012}}</ref> The series was written and directed by [[Scott Kurtz]] and [[Kris Straub]], who also performed all of the character voices, and was designed with [[limited animation]] in the style of Kurtz and Straub's ''Blamimations'' series. The story follows Mappy, now working a thankless job as a security guard for his former foe Goro's company Nyamco. He is accompanied by his friends and fellow Nyamco employees, the laid-back digging-obsessed [[Dig Dug]] and the dim but good-natured [[Sky Kid]], along with other Bandai Namco characters working at the office.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/24/theres-a-cartoon-parody-of-namco-characters-working-at-namco-bandai |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628065357/http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/24/theres-a-cartoon-parody-of-namco-characters-working-at-namco-bandai |archive-date=June 28, 2013 |title=There's A Cartoon Parody Of Namco Characters Working At Namco Bandai {{!}} Siliconera}}</ref> ''Mappy: The Beat'' premiered on ShiftyLook's [[YouTube]] channel on July 22, 2013, and ran for 13 episodes, each roughly eight minutes in length, with the final episode released on January 20, 2014. Kurtz also made a guest appearance as Mappy on the concurrent ''[[Bravoman#ShiftyLook media|Bravoman]]'' animated series, with Bravoman in turn appearing in the final story arc of ''Mappy'', portrayed by guest voice Dax Gordine. Following the closure of ShiftyLook, their channel was removed from YouTube, making the episodes no longer officially available.

A costume based on ''Mappy'' is in ''[[LittleBigPlanet 3]]'' in the Namco Classics DLC. 

A medley of tracks from ''Mappy'' is in the Pac-Land stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' and in one of Pac-Man's taunts.

A theme based on ''Mappy'', featuring the game's characters, were available as downloadable content in ''[[Pac-Man 99]]'' during the game's lifetime.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{KLOV game|id=8617}}
* [http://www.fourhman.com/mappy/ Mappyland]
* [https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Mappy ''Mappy'' on strategywiki.org] 
* {{IMDb title|297278}}
* {{IMDb title|3471514}}

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