Garfield: Caught in the Act
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| Developer(s) | Sega, Point of View, Inc. (PC version) |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Designer(s) | Michael Chung, Art Wong (lead design), Michael Fernie (programming) |
| Platform(s) | Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Gear, Computer |
| Release date | 1995 (Mega Drive/Genesis), 1996 (Computer) |
| Genre(s) | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Kids to Adults (K-A) ELSPA: 3+ |
| Media | 16 megabit cartridge, CD-ROM |
| Input methods | Control pad, Keyboard |
Garfield: Caught in the Act is a platform game starring the comic strip cat, Garfield. The game, developed by Sega, was released in 1995 for the Genesis/Mega Drive and Game Gear, and in 1996 was released for Windows. The game was also released for PCs in the Sonic & Garfield Pack, along with Sonic & Knuckles Collection and Baku Baku.
All the sprites were created by Garfield creator Jim Davis and hand-drawn by Davis and the Garfield artists at Paws.
A port for the Sega 32X was planned, called Garfield in TV Land, but it was cancelled.
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[edit] Story
Odie scares Garfield while he is watching television, and the cat ends up falling on the TV set. In a rushed effort to repair the television, Garfield and Odie attempt to put the banged up and broken pieces together. They did actually put something together, but it was far from being a real television set. As Garfield throws away the "spare pieces", they become an electronic monster, the Glitch, that transports Garfield into the TV.
[edit] Gameplay
The game is a platformer, with Garfield being able to attack enemies up close or throw objects at them (the close-range weapons and objects thrown change between each level). There are also two special stages: one that resembles a Whac-A-Mole game, and one in which Garfield flies through a tunnel, trying to grab Pookies for an extra life or continue.
[edit] Versions
The original Mega Drive game features six levels. Sega Channel subscribers could download Garfield: The Lost Levels, that featured 3 different levels[1].
The Game Gear version includes eight levels, two of which appear in the Lost Levels. There is only one type of bonus stage (accessed by finding an icon of Arlene's face in each level), in which you try to wreck everything in Jon's living room within a time limit to get an extra life. Garfield does not have different outfits in each level, and the attacks are the same in all levels (his close-range is a punch, and the projectile are stones). There are no invincibility items. In the between-level segments, you do not take damage from the obstacles; instead, they teleport you back to the start of that segment.
In the PC, there is a new level, Alien Landscape, and the Mega Drive levels are arranged in a different order.
[edit] Levels
- Level 0: One of the 2 levels with two passwords! This is a prehistoric landscape with many crabs, birds, and cavemen.
- Level 1: Continued from level 0, this is prehistoric with a cloud that looks like Odie. If struck, you will lose some health. The boss is a dinosaur that looks like Odie.
- Level 2: This one takes place in ancient Egypt. It has mummy mice, and lots of traps. So be careful! The boss is a giant statue of Jon Arbuckle!
- Level 3: This is a haunted level. With mummies, (nothing like in level 2,) and ghosts. The boss is an Odie vampire!
- Level 4: The other level with two passwords! Guide Garfield through a pirate swamp, with all kinds of dangers!
- Level 5: The pirate forest is filled with monkeys that throws bananas, and skeletons that throw their heads! The boss is a skeleton pirate!
- Level 6: Garfield is a P.I. in this one. Watch out for angry people who throw stuff at you, and the dogs. The boss is a bomb throwing dog.
- Level 7: This is an alien landscape filled with UFO'S, robot dogs, and watch out for the holes! The boss is a big UFO.
- Level 8: A boss only level. Defeat the boss and you beat the game!
- Bonus Level: Collect the mallet in each level (except level 8), to play this level. At the beginning it says "Don't hit me." That means don't hit that character. Hit each character except the "Don't hit me" one and the letters in Garfield's name to win.
- Commercial Break: Fly through the level and collect the needed amount of Pookys to win.
[edit] External links
- Garfield: Caught in the Act at MobyGames
- Garfield: Caught in the Act at Allgame
- GameFAQs entry
- GameRankings review
