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A Week of Garfield: Garfield no Isshukan

A Week of Garfield is a 1989 Family Computer title based on the comic character Garfield. It was only released in Japan due to issues with using the Garfield license in North America and Europe. It is the…

7 April 1989

A Week of Garfield: Garfield no Isshukan is a platform developed by MARS Corporation, released 7 April 1989 on Family Computer.

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What A Week of Garfield: Garfield no Isshukan is

A Week of Garfield: Garfield no Isshukan is a platform game developed by MARS Corporation and released in 1989. It was published by Towa Chiki. It is available on Family Computer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A Week of Garfield is a 1989 Family Computer title based on the comic character Garfield. It was only released in Japan due to issues with using the Garfield license in North America and Europe. It is the third video game to be based on Jim Davis' Garfield Comics The game is a sidescrolling action game in which enemies can be mice, spiders, birds and other assorted animals. Garfield's default attack is a low judo-style kick when he is standing on his hind feet. Several power-ups are limited by how many Garfield can pick up. A time limit prevents players from wandering through the level in search of power-ups.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Garfield series

A Week of Garfield: Garfield no Isshukan is the fourth of 43 entries we hold in the Garfield series. The next entry was Garfield Trivia Game in 1989.

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What it launched against

A Week of Garfield: Garfield no Isshukan launched on 7 April 1989, within three weeks of Adventures of Lolo and Alleyway.

Released around the same time: Adventures of Lolo, Alleyway.

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When did A Week of Garfield: Garfield no Isshukan come out?
A Week of Garfield: Garfield no Isshukan was released on 7 April 1989 for Family Computer.

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