Garfield (Atari 2600)

Garfield
Developer	Atari
Publisher	Unknown
Release	Cancelled
Platforms	Atari 2600
Genre	Action
Mode	Single-player

Garfield was an unfinished video game prototype developed for the Atari 2600, based on the Garfield franchise. The game was never officially released due to the videogame crash of 1983, which resulted in the cancellation of many other games that were being produced by Atari, including a Garfield game for the Atari 5200.

Gameplay

The game revolves around Garfield trying to find Nermal while avoiding Odie. In the game, Garfield starts by hopping around the fence and eating burgers. Next, he ducks as flowerpots are thrown at him while he is on the fence.

Game screen

Then, Garfield must cross the top of the roof to get to the other side of the yard, but he must watch out for Odie who likes to sneak up on the cat unaware. He must jump on top of a dog pound of Odies eating burgers and avoiding flowerpots. Finally, he has to rescue Nermal, who is hanging on the edge of the roof. Due to the game being unfinished, the game starts over with the screens in a different order.

Trivia

• The ROM for this game was not allowed to be distributed until Jim Davis gave its designer the permission to distribute it.^{[Citation needed]}
• On May 7th, 2020, musician Nicky Flowers streamed themselves on Twitch setting a world record high score in the game with 1,909,896,121,651,051,877,238,357,850 (1.9 octillion). According to former Twin Galaxies chief referee Robert T. Mruczek, it is the highest recorded score in any video game in history.

External links

• Garfield (Atari 2600) at AtariAge.com
• Garfield (Atari 2600) at AtariProtos.com

Garfield Video & Mobile Games

1980s "Garfield, Eat Your Words" "Garfield Double Dares" "Create With Garfield" "Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal" "Garfield Trivia Game" "A Week of Garfield" "Garfield: Winter's Tail" 1990s "Garfield (Konami handheld)" "Garfield Labyrinth" "Garfield: Caught in the Act" "Scholastic's Comic Book Maker Featuring Garfield" "Garfield’s Mad About Cats" 2000s "Garfield's Typing Pal" "Garfield (2004)" "Garfield: The Search for Pooky" "Garfield: Saving Arlene" "Garfield and His Nine Lives" "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties" (Consoles) (Handheld) "Garfield's Nightmare" "Garfield: Lasagna World Tour" "Garfield's Fun Fest" "Garfield Gets Real" 2010s "Garfield's Flipping Mad" "Garfield Bird Crazy" "The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna" "My Puzzles with Garfield" "Garfield's Diner" "Garfield's Defense" "Garfield's Diner: Hawaii" "Garfield's Gem" "Garfield's Defense 2: The Food Invaders Strike Back" "Garfield's Escape" "Garfield Coins" "Garfield Zombie Defense" "Garfield's Pet Hospital" "Garfield Cookie Dozer" "Talking Garfield" "Garfield’s Wild Ride" "Garfield Cookie Dozer" "Garfield Kart" "Garfield: Survival of the Fattest" "Garfield: My BIG FAT Diet" "Garfield Kart - Furious Racing" 2020s "Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl" "Nickelodeon Extreme Tennis" "Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway" "Garfield: Lasagna Party" "Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2" "Nickverse" Unreleased games "Garfield (Atari 2600)" "Atari 5200 video game" "Garfield in TV Land" (Sega 32X version of "Caught in the Act") "Garfield: Bound for Home"