Garfield: Caught in the Act (Game Gear)

For the Sega Mega Drive and Windows PC versions, see Garfield: Caught in the Act.

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Garfield: Caught in the Act

System(s): Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Novotrade International

Supporting companies: Sega of America, Waterman Designs (co-designer)

Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)

Licensor: Paws, Inc.^[1]

Genre: Action^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995	$44.9944.99^[3]	2560
EU	1995-11^[4]		2560-50
UK	1995-11^[4]	£29.9929.99^[4]	2560-50
BR	199x		077290

Garfield: Caught in the Act is a platform game starring the characters from the Garfield comic series. It was released for the Sega Game Gear in 1995.

Story

Odie scares Garfield while he is watching television, and he ends up falling on the television. In a rushed effort to repair the television before Jon catches them, Garfield and Odie attempt to put the banged up and broken pieces together. Garfield quickly reassembles the television, minus a part or two. As Garfield throws away the spare pieces, they become an electronic monster known as the Glitch. The Glitch transports Garfield into the television; he must now defeat the Glitch to make his way out.

Gameplay

Hub level

The Game Gear version is a platformer that plays similarly to its Mega Drive counterpart. It includes eight levels, two of which are absent from the original Mega Drive game but appear in the Lost Levels, but Garfield does not have different outfits for each level in this version. There are hub segments between each level that take place inside the TV set. Garfield does not take damage from the obstacles in these segments; instead, taking damage teleports him back to the start of the segment.

Garfield walks with and and runs with and . He crouches with , jumps with , and jumps off platforms with +. He pushes some objects by moving into them and grabs onto ledges by jumping near them. Garfield attacks with . If he is next to an enemy, he attacks by punching; otherwise, he throws a projectile, which are limited in supply but can be collected in the levels. In some levels, he enters passageways with when standing on front of them. Many levels have exits that do reveal themselves until Garfield has defeated all of the enemies in the area.

Garfield has ten health points (indicated by a TV set in the corner of the screen). He loses a health point whenever he takes damage from an enemy or a hazard, and he loses a life and restarts the level if he loses all of his health points. The game ends if the player runs out of lives, but it can be continued if the player has continues remaining. There is also a password system for continuing.

Items

	Hamburger
	Restores some health points to Garfield.
	Pizza
	Restores some health points to Garfield.
	Ammunition
	Increases Garfield's supply of projectile weapons by 1.
	Pooky
	Garfield's teddy bear, which acts as a continue marker where he revives after losing a life.
	Arlene
	Unlocks a bonus level to be played after the current level is completed.
	Garfield
	Gives the player an extra life.
	Battery
	Ends the current sub-level.
	Remote
	Ends the current level.

Levels

	Cave Cat, 3,000,000 B.C.

	The Curse of Cleofatra

	Bonehead the Barbarian

	Count Slobula's Castle

	Revenge of Orangebeard

	Slobbin Hood

	Catsablanca

	Television Wasteland

Bonus level

The bonus level after completing a level if the player finds an icon of Arlene's face in the preceding level. The goal is to wreck everything in Jon's living room with Garfield within a time limit to earn an extra life.

Production credits

Novotrade Credits

Developer: Novotrade International
Director: Laszlo Mero
Project Director: Don Walters
Software Director: Attila Bus
Art Director: Eszter Paris
Lead Programmer: Laszlo Megyeri
Programmers: Sandor Michaletzky, Balazs Papai
Lead Artist: Bori Paris
Artists: Tibor Botka, Edit Matis
Music, SFX: Laszlo Fazekas, Csaba Gigor, Gabor Foltan
Programming Aid: Adam Jedovszky, Gyongyi Mezei
Level Layout: Laszlo Mero, Eszter Paris, Bori Paris, Tibor Botka
Developer Tester: Tamas Panczel
Special Thanks: Andrea Eszterhai, Aniko Bodi

Sega of America Credits

Original Design: Waterman Design, Sega Interactive
Additional Design: Sega of America, PAWS, Inc.
Executive Producuer: Michael Latham
Producers: Rhonda Van, Eric Quackenbush
Assistant Producers: Bill Person, Erik Wahlberg
Product Manager: Lisa Best Wilson
Marketing: Clint Dyer, Eric Dunstan
Licensing: Michealene Cristini Risley
Lead Tester: Arnold Feener
Assistant Lead Testers: Louis Dribin, Heather Meigs, Nicole Tatem, Jeff Sanders
Testers: Morgan Weiss, John Jansen, Camille Morris, Mark Subotnick, Joel Breton, Jason Foster, Scott Crisostomo, Brian Murphy, Deserea Blevins, Jessie Light, Shari Shanklin, Scott Snyder, Janis Gragasin, Fernando Valderrama
Manual: Mike Yoffie, James Cabral
Special Thanks: Joyce Takakura, Jim Davis, Jill Hahn, Glenn Zimmeramn, Mark Acey and all the folks at PAWS

Source:

US manual^[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: Garfield: Caught in the Act (Game Gear)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert

ES print advert in Hobby Consolas (ES) #51: "Diciembre 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
also published in:

Hobby Consolas (ES) #52: "Enero 1996" (199x-xx-xx)^[6]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

86

^[7]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[3]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

PAL

79

^[8]

Mega Force (FR)

81

^[9]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

56

^[10]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

81

^[4]

Player One (FR)

82

^[11]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

71

^[12]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

83

^[13]

Todo Sega (ES)

81

^[14]

	78
Based on 10 reviews

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, BR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	cd53f3af
MD5	8766ad6ab161ffc7796a543325a82fb6
SHA-1	dc65f458cad3c165d0963b9b6da258d438da2ef7

1MB

Cartridge (US/EU)

External links

Sega of America webpage: Game Gear

References

Garfield: Caught in the Act (Game Gear)
	Main page \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

Garfield games for Sega systems
	Caught in the Act (1995) \| The Lost Levels (1996)
	Caught in the Act (1995)
	Garfield in TV land! (unreleased)
	Garfield in TV land! (1997) \| Sonic & Garfield Pack (1999)

[:File:GCItA_MD_US_Box.jpg_p-1] File:GCItA MD US Box.jpg

[:File:GCitA_GG_EU_Box_Back.jpg_p-2] File:GCitA GG EU Box Back.jpg

[:File:GamePro_US_078.pdf_p114-3] 3.0 ^3.1 GamePro, "January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 114

[:File:MeanMachinesSega39UK.pdf_p79-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 79

[:File:Garfield_Caught_in_the_Act_GG_US_Manual.pdf_p19-5] File:Garfield Caught in the Act GG US Manual.pdf, page 19

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_052.pdf_p83-6] Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 83

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_047.pdf_p152-7] Consoles +, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 152

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_052.pdf_p98-8] Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 98

[:File:MegaForce_FR_43.pdf_p91-9] Mega Force, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 91

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-01.pdf_p68-10] Mega Fun, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 68

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_057.pdf_p128-11] Player One, "Octobre 1995" (FR; 1995-xx-xx), page 128

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_26.pdf_p18-12] Sega Magazin, "Januar 1996" (DE; 1995-12-13), page 18

[:File:SegaPro_UK_53.pdf_p41-13] Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 41

[:File:TodoSega_ES_34.pdf_p38-14] Todo Sega, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 38

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