Garfield: Caught in the Act (1995) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Garfield: Caught in the Act

Odie scares Garfield while they are watching television and they fall on the TV, breaking it. Both characters attempt to repair it before Jon Arbuckle catches them; however, the thrown spare parts become an…

1 November 1995

What Garfield: Caught in the Act is

Garfield: Caught in the Act is a platform game developed by Novotrade and released in 1995. It was published by Sega Enterprises, Ltd.. It is available on Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Odie scares Garfield while they are watching television and they fall on the TV, breaking it. Both characters attempt to repair it before Jon Arbuckle catches them; however, the thrown spare parts become an electronic monster known as the Glitch, transporting Garfield into the TV. Players take control of the titular cat across levels of varying themes on the television in order to defeat the Glitch and escape the TV.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Garfield series

Garfield: Caught in the Act is the ninth of 43 entries we hold in the Garfield series. It arrived 2 years after Garfield Labyrinth. The next entry was Garfield: The Lost Levels in 1995.

See all 43 Garfield games in release order →

What it launched against

Garfield: Caught in the Act launched on 1 November 1995, within three weeks of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby and Screamer.

Released around the same time: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Destruction Derby, Screamer.

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