Haunted Mansion

The witch is away on her broom, and inside her house, a maze under a pointed roof, she keeps ten yellow cats. Pick up one cat at a time, turning yellow while you carry it, and bring it to the bottom row of the house; each saved cat sits outside on the grass. Save all ten and a new house appears for another round. A ghost or a bat gives you a fright: it vanishes, you drop your cat somewhere else in the house, lose points and jump a cell in a random direction. Purple spirits float along the hallways, and touching one ends the game, though the bottom row is safe from them. Skill 1 to 6 sets the number of ghosts, bats and spirits and the points a cat is worth. The best score is kept.

Controls: Use either controller. The stick moves; hold it to keep walking. On the title, push up and down to choose, left and right to change the skill level, and press a button to start.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From COMPUTE!'s Gazette, February 1984: original Commodore 64 program by Calvin Overhulser. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.