MiSTer FPGA – Trick Trap (ラビリンス·ランナー) [1cc] / Konami Arcade

This lesser-known Konami arcade game was released publicly by Jotego on Friday. Having never heard of it before, I gave it a try and found it to be a short-but-sweet little top-down shooter with easy to pick up controls. It’s a bit on the easy side, especially considering its length, but I still found it an enjoyable game for the most part. Two player mode is alternating, which is rare for a game like this. Probably so they didn’t have to re-balance the game for simultaneous play.

The name doesn’t really fit the game either way you look at it. It’s not especially tricky or filled with traps, though I guess you can « trap » enemies with trick shots via the laser and bomb weapons. The original Japanese name « Labyrinth Runner » is even more unsuited for the game, with the game only having 2 or 3 « maze » areas, and all of them being *very* simple.

I happened to have my 24 inch consumer Trinitron CRT (KV-24FV300) rotated on it’s side for some Spy Hunter and Dodonpachi action this week, so it was a nice coincidence that this is a TATE game. Was really awesome playing in the original orientation on a large CRT. That’s how I played while recording this video.

Give this one a try if you want to experience something different from 80’s Konami. Worth a play for sure, and its publicly available now if you run Jotego’s updater.

Konami arcade core by Jotego. Support his patron for future arcade awesomeness, including CPS-2.
https://www.patreon.com/topapate

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Konami 007121 arcade core 05-21-2021 build – Trick Trap
A.K.A: ラビリンス·ランナー , Labyrinth Runner , Trick Trap 1771

1cc – Final Score: 515,390

Filter: Gaussian Sharp 05 // Gamma: 2.4

Played using a Hori Real Arcade Pro VX-SA (w/ Seimitsu LS-62 lever) arcade stick, with 1ms USB polling.

Video: Fullscreen scaled to 1080p // HDMI to Datapath e1s capture card

Volume reduced 59% (Loud game!)

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00:00 – Boot
00:17 – Title Demo Loops
03:21 – Full Game (1cc)

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