Garfield: Caught in the Act

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Mega Drive
Game Gear
Windows PC

Garfield: Caught in the Act

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Windows PC

Publisher: Sega

Sega PC

Developer: Sega of America

Sega Interactive

Novotrade International

Point of View

Sound driver:

GEMS

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-11^[2]		1556
EU	1995-12^[3]		1556-50
PT	199x
SE (Rental)	199x
AU	1995		FGAR02SMC
BR	199x		046990
US	1995	$44.9944.99^[4]	2560
EU	1995-11^[5]		2560-50
UK	1995-11^[5]	£29.9929.99^[5]	2560-50
BR	199x		077290
US	1997		85023
US (Expert Software)	1997-09^[6]	$19.9919.99^[6]	T-6803-01

Garfield: Caught in the Act is a platformer game starring the characters from the Garfield comic series. It was released for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear in 1995, and was brought to Windows in 1996 as a stand-alone title as well as through the Sonic & Garfield Pack.

A port to the Sega 32X under the title of Garfield in TV Land was planned, but scrapped. The name was still used in the packaging of the initial PC release, even though the game itself retains the original title.

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. They did actually put something together, but it was far from being a real television. As Garfield throws away the spare pieces, they become an electronic monster, the Glitch. The Glitch transports Garfield into the television. Now he must defeat the Glitch and make his way out.

Gameplay

The original Mega Drive game features six levels. Sega Channel subscribers could download Garfield: The Lost Levels, that featured 3 different levels.

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.

Levels

	Count Slobula's Castle

	Revenge of Orangebeard
	Password:

	Cave Cat 3,000,000 BC
	Password:

	Catsablanca
	Password:

	The Curse of Cleofatra
	Password:

	Bonehead the Barbarian
	Game Gear-exclusive level.
	Slobbin Hood
	Game Gear-exclusive level.
	Alien Landscape
	Password:
	PC-exclusive level.

History

Development

Main article: Garfield: Caught in the Act/Development.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Sega Interactive Development

Lead Programmer: Michael Fernie
Lead Artists: Michael Chung, Art Wong
Programmers: Kevin Burley, Ala D. Diaz, John LaSalvia, Pravin Wagh
Artists: Robert Barrett, Kathleen Bruno, Sandra B. Christensen, Petra Evers, Maureen Kringen, Michael Tamura, Rob Titus
Music Director: Tristan des Prés
Music: Tristan des Prés, Dwight Stone, Jeffrey Glenn Tveraas
Sound Effects: David Delia, Jeffrey Glenn Tveraas
Audio Programmer: James Dobson
Project Managers: David Brooks, Frank Hsu
Special Thanks: Carmen Bayacal, Rachel Wong Coleman, Kenneth C. Dullea III, Jack Loh, Nancy Nakamoto, Rodney Nakamoto

Sega of America

Original Design: Rhonda Van, Sega Interactive, Waterman Designs
Additional Design: PAWS, Sega of America
Producers: Eric Quakenbush, Rhonda Van
Assistant Producers: Bill Person, Erik Wahlberg
Executive Producer: Michael Latham
Product Manager: Lisa Best Wilson
Marketing: Eric Dunstan, Clint Dyer
Licensing: Michealene Cristini Risley
Lead Testers: John Amirkhan, Richie Hideshima
Assistant Lead Testers: Sako Bezdjian, Neil Musser, Mark Subotnick, Caroline Trujillo
Testers: Mike Borg, Joseph M. Damon, Yancey Gordon, Tai Huyah, Matthew Ironside, Heather Meigs, Camille Morris, Raul Orozco, Jeff Sanders, W. Scott Snyder, Nicole Tatem, Don Tica, Eugene R. Valenzuela, Dana Waller
Manual: James Cabral, Mike Yoffie
Thanks: Joyce Takakura
Special Thanks: Mark Acey, Jim Davis, Jill Hahn, Glenn Zimmerman, PAWS

Source:

In-game credits

Game Gear version

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^[7]

PC version

POV

Game Engine: Kevin Burley
Game Conversion: Kevin Burley
Windows Shell: Mike Terlecki

Sega of America

Executive Producer: Matt Wolf
Producer: Scott Hawkins
Product Manager: Jill Braff
Lead Testers: Lloyd Kinoshita, Abe Navarro
Assistant Lead Testers: Fernando Valderrama, Ferdinand Villar
Testers: Jason Cordero, Arnold Feener, Aaron Hommes, Nicole Tatem, Mark McCunney, Kam Ralston, John Jansen, Amy Albertson, Rob Prideaux, Jay Mijares, Fred Selker, Pedro Ponce, Tricia Gray, Kyle Bingo, Karen Brown, Ian McGuinness, Christina Hurley, Jeffrey Violan, Dennis Lee, Nicolas Azizian
Special Thanks: Shinobu Toyoda, Bill White, Greg Suarez, Eileen Noguchi, J Tony Smith, Victor Caldwell, Jeff Goodwin, Geraldine Dessimoz, Kristi Walker, Jeanne Ash, John Hurst, Arvin Carlson, Scot Allen, Brandee Broadhurst, Eileen Sacman, Eric Smith, Paul Stathacopoulos, Bob Schonfisch

Sega InterActive Development Divison

Lead Progammer: Michael Fernie
Lead Artist: Mike Chung, Art Wong
Programmers: Kevin Burley, Ala Diaz, John Lasalvia, Pravin Wagh
Artists: Kathleen Bruno, Robert Barrett, Sandy Christensen, Maureen Kringen, Michael Tamura, Rob Titus, Petra Evers
Music Director: Tristan Des Pres
Music: Jeffrye Tveraas, Dwight Stone
Sound Effects: Jeffrye Tveraas, Dave Delia
Audio Programming: Jim Dobson
Project Management: David Brooks

Sega of America

Executive Producer: Michael Latham
Producers: Rhonda Van, Eric Quakenbush
Assistant Producers: Bill Person, Eric Wahlberg
Original Design: Waterman Designs, Sega InterActive
Additional Design: Sega of America, Paws, Inc.
Product Manager: Lisa Best Wilson
Marketing: Clint Dyer, Eric Dunstan, Michealene Cristini Risley
Lead Testers: Richie Hideshima, John Amirkhan
Asst. Lead Testers: Mark Subotnick, Sako Bezdjian, Caroline Trujillo, Neil Musser
Testers: Joe Damon, Heather Meigs, Matt Ironside, Mike Borg, Nicole Tatem, Raul Orozco, Don Tica, Eugene Valenzuela, Yancey Gordon, Scott Snyder, Camille Morris, Jeff Sanders, Dana Waller, Tai Huyah

Special Thanks

Thanks To: Carmen Bayacal, Joyce Takakura, Jack Loh, Rachel Coleman, Ken Dullea, Rod Nakamoto, Nancy Nakamoto
Special Thanks To: Jim Davis, Jill Hahn, Glenn Zimmerman, Mark Acey and all the folks at Paws

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Garfield: Caught in the Act/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Mega Drive and Game Gear US print advert

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

Hobby Consolas (ES) #52: "Enero 1996" (199x-xx-xx)^[8]

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[9]

Consoles + (FR)

75

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[11]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[12]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6 (RU)

70

^[13]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

55

^[15]

GamePro (DE)

47

^[16]

Gamers (DE)

47

^[17]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[18]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

PAL

77

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

65

^[20]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

54

^[21]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

67

^[22]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

70

^[23]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

85

^[24]

Svet Igara (YU)

85

^[25]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

67

^[3]

Todo Sega (ES)

81

^[26]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

79

^[27]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

59

^[28]

	67
Based on 21 reviews

Garfield: Caught in the Act

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Version	Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

Garfield: Caught in the Act

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, BR
Cover
Cart

PC version

PC, US
Cover
Manual

PC, US (Expert Software)
Cover
Disc Jewel Case

PC, US (Expert Software; alt)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	f0ff078e
MD5	b8591488ca46b51c1d39b6869fa23006
SHA-1	9fff7dea16c4d0e6c9d6dbaade20c7048bb485ec

2MB

1995-09

Cartridge (US/EU)

?

CRC32	cd53f3af
MD5	8766ad6ab161ffc7796a543325a82fb6
SHA-1	dc65f458cad3c165d0963b9b6da258d438da2ef7

1MB

Cartridge (US/EU)

External links

Sega of America webpage: Game Gear

References

↑ File:GCitA GG EU Box Back.jpg
↑ File:6-Pak MD US Manual.pdf, page 72
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-24), page 90
↑ GamePro, "January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 114
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 79
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Press release: 1997-06-20: Sega chooses Expert Software for PC distribution agreement
↑ File:Garfield Caught in the Act GG US Manual.pdf, page 19
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 83
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 102
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 44
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 317
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 105
↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 1: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 22
↑ GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 90
↑ GamePro, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-04), page 58
↑ Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 39
↑ Game Informer, "November 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 24
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 108
↑ MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 79
↑ Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 77
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 75
↑ Sega Power, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-21), page 61
↑ Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 40
↑ Svet Igara, "Jun 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 62
↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 48
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 77
↑ Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 74

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[:File:GCitA_GG_EU_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:GCitA GG EU Box Back.jpg

[:File:6-Pak_MD_US_Manual.pdf_p72-2] File:6-Pak MD US Manual.pdf, page 72

[:File:SSM_UK_02.pdf_p90-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-11-24), page 90

[:File:GamePro_US_078.pdf_p114-4] GamePro, "January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 114

[:File:MeanMachinesSega39UK.pdf_p79-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 79

[Press_release:_1997-06-20:_Sega_chooses_Expert_Software_for_PC_distribution_agreement-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Press release: 1997-06-20: Sega chooses Expert Software for PC distribution agreement

[:File:Garfield_Caught_in_the_Act_GG_US_Manual.pdf_p19-7] File:Garfield Caught in the Act GG US Manual.pdf, page 19

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_052.pdf_p83-8] Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 83

[9] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_048.pdf_p102-10] Consoles +, "Novembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 102

[:File:EGM_US_076.pdf_p44-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 44

[12] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 317

[13] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 105

[:File:GameFan_US_0401.pdf_p22-14] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 1: January 1996" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:GamePro_US_077.pdf_p90-15] GamePro, "December 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 90

[:File:GamePro_DE_1995-11.pdf_p58-16] GamePro, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-04), page 58

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-11.pdf_p39-17] Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 39

[:File:GameInformer_US_031.pdf_p24-18] Game Informer, "November 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 24

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_049.pdf_p108-19] Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-11.pdf_p79-20] MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 79

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-11.pdf_p77-21] Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 77

[:File:MeanMachinesSega39UK.pdf_p75-22] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 75

[:File:SegaPower_UK_75.pdf_p61-23] Sega Power, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-21), page 61

[:File:SegaPro_UK_53.pdf_p40-24] Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 40

[:File:SvetIgara_YU_14.pdf_p62-25] Svet Igara, "Jun 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 62

[:File:TodoSega_ES_31.pdf_p48-26] Todo Sega, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 48

[27] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 77

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-12.pdf_p74-28] Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 74

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Garfield: Caught in the Act

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Levels

History

Development

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

PC version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

PC version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References