ChuChu Rocket!

ChuChu Rocket! is a puzzle game released for the Dreamcast in 1999.

Gameplay
In the game you play as the ChuChus, a species of terrified space mice that need to escape to their rockets from the hungry KapuKapus, a species of giant alien cats.

Players compete to get the most amount of ChuChus into their rocket (indicated by the color) by placing up to four arrows on a board. Clever placement will allow you to take ChuChu from your opponents.

Points are awarded depending on the color of the ChuChu:


 * Blue and white ChuChu are worth one point and are by far the most common ChuChus in the game.
 * Golden ChuChu are worth 50 points
 * Pink and red ChuChu are unique in that they activate a bonus when obtained:
 * Speed Up! makes both the ChuChu and KapuKapu move far more quickly
 * Slow Down which makes both the ChuChu and KapuKapu slow down.
 * Mouse Mania! which removes the KapuKapus and large numbers of ChuChus appear.
 * Cat Mania! which removes the ChuChus and lets the KapuKapu charge around the screen trying to enter the rockets and devour the mice within.
 * Mouse Monopoly! which makes ChuChus get sucked into the rocket without the need to navigate the map.
 * Cat Attack! which summons a KapuKapu to each opponents rocket.
 * Place ↑ Again: which removes all arrows and allows everyone to place their arrows down in new locations.
 * Everybody Move! which swaps everyone's rockets around randomly, meaning arrows that benefitted you may now be helping your opponent.

KapuKapu's reaching the rocket will devour a third of all stored ChuChus within it.

The Gameboy Advance port would allow players to connect to one another and compete via link cables.

Trivia

 * ChuChu Rocket! was the first online game on the Dreamcast, the Dreamcast itself being the first console with a built in modem.
 * KapuKapu appears as a hatchable animal in Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.
 * The ChuChu leaders mentioned in the manual appear as a playable character in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing.
 * Tails uses a ChuChu inspired bomb in Sonic Battle.