Mappy

Mappy
North American arcade flyer
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)
Artist(s)Hiroshi Ono
Composer(s)Nobuyuki Ohnogi
SeriesMappy
Platform(s)Arcade, MSX, Famicom, Super Cassette Vision, Sharp X1, Game Gear, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, FM-7, MZ-700/MZ-1500, PC-88, X68000, Mobile phone
Release
  • JP: March 1983
  • NA: April 1983
  • EU: 1983
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Mappy is a 1983 platform video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It runs on Namco's Super Pac-Man hardware modified to support horizontal scrolling. The name "Mappy" is likely derived from mappo (マッポ), a slightly pejorative Japanese slang term for policeman. 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.