# Mole Attack

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{{Short description|1981 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title        = Mole Attack
| image        = Mole Attack Vic 20 Cover.jpg
| caption      = 
| developer    = [HAL Laboratory](/source/HAL_Laboratory)
| publisher    = [Commodore](/source/Commodore_International) (VIC)<br>[HAL Laboratory](/source/HAL_Laboratory) (PC-88)
| series       = 
| engine       = 
| released     = 1981
| genre        = 
| modes        = [VIC-20](/source/VIC-20), [PC-88](/source/PC-88)
}}

'''''Mole Attack''''' is a [video game clone](/source/video_game_clone) of the mechanical arcade game ''[Whac-A-Mole](/source/Whac-A-Mole)''. It was published by [Commodore International](/source/Commodore_International) in 1981 for the [VIC-20](/source/VIC-20). [HAL Laboratory](/source/HAL_Laboratory)  later published a version for the [PC-8001](/source/PC-8000_series).{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

==Gameplay==
''Mole Attack'' is a game in which moles pop up from nine holes, and the player has 60 seconds to send them back underground by bopping them on the head with a hammer, which is controlled with the joystick or the keyboard.<ref name="komar198306"/>

==Reception==
In a 1983 review for ''[Electronic Games](/source/Electronic_Games)'', Charlene Komar commented, "''Mole Attack'' will probably be a favorite among younger arcaders. Even though the eye-catching graphics combine well with the time-limit excitement, adults will probably find the game too simple and repetitive to get too many repeat plays."<ref name="komar198306">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/electronic-games-magazine-1983-06/Electronic_Games_Issue_16_Vol_02_04_1983_Jun#page/n67/mode/2up | title=Mole Attack | work=Electronic Games | date=June 1983 | accessdate=6 January 2015 | author=Komar, Charlene | pages=70}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://t3im7yvx7iztzj7hxlve2pd56a-adv7ofecxzh2qqi-www-pcmini-jp.translate.goog/product_pc-8001/soft/ The official PasocomMini PC-8001 website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514230359/https://t3im7yvx7iztzj7hxlve2pd56a-adv7ofecxzh2qqi-www-pcmini-jp.translate.goog/product_pc-8001/soft/ |date=2021-05-14 }} showing the list of included games which contains the PC-8001 version of Mole Attack

Category:1981 video games
Category:NEC PC-8001 games
Category:VIC-20 games
Category:Video game clones
Category:Video games developed in the United States

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