The Cat and the Coup
The Cat and the Coup is a documentary game in which you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. During the summer of 1953, the CIA engineered a coup to…
The Cat and the Coup is an adventure developed by Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad, released 3 May 2011 on PlayStation 4, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 18 min to finish.
What The Cat and the Coup is
The Cat and the Coup is an adventure game developed by Peter Brinson and Kurosh ValaNejad and released in 2011. It is available on PlayStation 4, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Cat and the Coup is a documentary game in which you play the cat of Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. During the summer of 1953, the CIA engineered a coup to bring about his downfall. As a player, you coax Mossadegh back through significant events of his life by knocking objects off of shelves, scattering his papers, jumping on his lap and scratching him.
How it plays
Its themes are educational, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 18 min.
What it launched against
The Cat and the Coup launched on 3 May 2011, within three weeks of Portal 2, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire and Terraria. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Portal 2, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, L.A. Noire, Terraria.
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