Video games with cats

[DigitalSpace]

That mine cart thread QOF did gave me the idea to make this thread. Cats may not be as prominent in video games as say, mine carts, but there are a lot of them out there.

So, what games have cats in them? Either as a playable character or background or whatever.

Here's a few to get things started:

Katamari Damacy - I'll give you one guess as to what you can do with them.
Chrono Trigger - In Chrono's house and the Millenium Fair.
Claymates - In this SNES platformer, you play a clay ball that can morph into different animals, including a cat. Speaking of that...
Clayfighter - Before a fight you'd see the cat from Claymates (or one of the other animals) scroll by on the screen.

[Kroogah]

Rockin' Kats on NES.
Chu Chu Rocket!
Wario Ware has a few minigames that revolve around cats.
Bubsy's a bobcat, that's close.

[undead455]

Mappy
City Connection
:)

[mr_nihilism]

Shadow Hearts: Covenant

There's a giant cat boss character named Andre in the Manmariana Island stage.

[autobotracing]

how about the game CATZ

[Arcade Antics]

< Buckner & Garcia >

"Muh muh muh MOUSETRAP, MOUSETRAP..."

< / Buckner & Garcia >

[qbertandernie]

arent there cats in the harvest moon games?

wing commander has humanoid type cats as a recall

the wizard of oz game :)

felix for nes

garfield for genesis

vaguely recalling saber toothed cats from joe and mac? maybe some other 'prehistorik' type game

leisure suit larry...

[Kroogah]

*forehead SMACK*

ANIMAL CROSSING.

[IntvGene]

Felicia is a playable character from the Darkstalker's series.

Alleycat is an amazing cat game from the Atari 8-bit, Apple II, PC computers. In the game you control the alleycat where have to jump into the fishbowl, knock over bird cages, and drink milk from saucepans in a room full of sleeping dogs. Your main enemy is a giant broom. Strange, but true, and it's very fun too.

http://www.krap.pl/atari/selection/TN_alleycat2.JPG

[maxlords]

Swatcats for SNES?

Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger (are the Kilrathi cats?)

Star Control 2 (with the suicidal cat species?)

[bargora]

Rat Attack (Playstation and other platforms)

Not that it's a very good game, mind you.

[DJ_DEEM]

super ninja pizza cats or whatever the hell its called

[RedHerring]

Puss 'n Boots on the NES
Kirby 3
Eek the Cat for Snes
Megaman on GB had a cat named Tango
The Nyankos from Rhapsody and La pucelle

[jajaja]

All the Hello Kitty games :)

[NeoZeedeater]

various Tom and Jerry games
the Phantasy Star series for Myau and his race
Tenchu and Deus Ex have some cats roaming around
Big the Cat in Sonic Adventure
Cheshire Cat in American McGee's Alice
Cait Sith in Final Fantasy VII
Alf for SMS has a cat in it I think
Caesar the Cat for C64

[imanerd0011]

Chip N Dales Rescue Rangers! Isn't the last guy called "Fat Cat" ? I also know that one of the enemies is a cat as well.

[qbertandernie]

i thought the suicidal beings in star control were dogs...

[qbertandernie]

from here: http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/sc2/aliens/shofixti.shtml

A Shofixti resembles a large marsupial carnivore - sort of a killer shrew - who exhibits furious aggressive behavior contained within a strong ethical framework. When the Yehat first found them in 2075, the Shofixti were living in fortified mud castles in a feudal society similar to medieval Japan. The Yehat had such admiration for these feisty little warriors that they immediately "adopted" them and took responsibility for the Shofixti's uplift, swearing that no "peace-loving" race would be allowed to dilute the Shofixti's noble warlike tendencies. During the war the primary responsiblity of the Shofixti starships was to act as advanced scouts, establishing mines, colonies, and fortifications throughout the stars.

[Jive3D]

super ninja pizza cats or whatever the hell its called

Samurai Pizza Cats. (Terrible Cartoon, Terrible game)

There's a PS1 game called "Kitty on your Lap." I have it, but have not played it yet.

[fergojisan]

Cat Trax on Emerson Arcadia.

[Cmosfm]

The Adventures Of Chat-Ran for Famicom Disk System.

Lovely game!

[Gapporin]

Nobody's said Blinx: The Time Sweeper yet? How obvious... :P

[Leo_A]

Zelda The Minish Cap.

[MegaDrive20XX]

Chrono Trigger, probably one of the first things you do is save a cat

[jajaja]

also pokémon, one creature called meow two (2) or something.

[rayearthknight]

Cat Trap! (an early game boy game)
Keith Courage in Alpha Zones (cats fly and drop down, kill them for coins)
Garfield--obvious
City Connection (good call!)
Mega Man 2--I beleive has a giant robotic cat in one of the boss stages.
Sailor Moon: Another Story--Luna and Artemis

[DynastyLawyer]

Phantasy Star.
Lunar.

[hydr0x]

super ninja pizza cats or whatever the hell its called

Samurai Pizza Cats. (Terrible Cartoon, Terrible game)

There's a PS1 game called "Kitty on your Lap." I have it, but have not played it yet.

hey the series is absolutely awesome :D

[hydr0x]

oh and if noone has mentioned it yet, Chip&Dale 1/2

[pragmatic insanester]

suikoden 4 has a cute trio of cat-people with bowler hats on. at least, from a picture i saw in various magazines.

[Kroogah]

Evil the Cat from Earthworm Jim.

[davidleeroth]

Parodius has a pirate kitty-cat as a boss.

[Raccoon Lad]

Captain Silver (SMS) has Cheshire cats in the first level, and panthers in one of the later lavels.

[Matt-El]

Mega Man 2--I beleive has a giant robotic cat in one of the boss stages.


Mega Man 3. In Top Man's Stage. My fave game. :-P

[aaron7]

I had a game for my IBM PC that was mostly pink and white in color, and you were a cat. You'd have to jump up the trash cans, onto the fence, and avoid dogs and such. Anyone remember that?

[jajaja]

I had a game for my IBM PC that was mostly pink and white in color, and you were a cat. You'd have to jump up the trash cans, onto the fence, and avoid dogs and such. Anyone remember that?

The game is called alleycat and are mention earlier in this topic, even a small screenshot there :) Great game tho!

[Steven]

In the obscure import Saturn 2D fighter "SONIC COUNCIL" one girl fights with her cat... this cat can turn into a saw blade among other things.

In yet another obscure import Saturn game, a puzzler "COIN PUZZLE MOUJIYA" the game centers around 8+ cats who play a puzzle game of consolidating japanese money (yen)

[o2william]

Mousing Cat for the Philips Videopac

There's a catlike race in Master of Orion... Mrrshan is the name I believe. Perhaps the worst race in the game to play as.

[Jive3D]

There is the large Japanese Cat of good luck at the begining of Wipeout XL....

(ooh this topic will go on forever...MEOW.

[Rogmeister]

There's been at least a couple of Tom & Jerry games...one called simply that on the SNES and one called, I believe, Tom & Jerry: War of the Whiskers for one of the current consoles...PS2? I haven't gotten to play it yet but I would be surprised if Dog's Life didn't have a few cats in it. There's also the NES game Felix the Cat and I believe there's at least one Sylvester game out there...on the Genesis, I think. He probably also shows up on some other multi-character WB games...Looney Tunes B-Ball, perhaps? And if you count the PC, don't forget The Sims: Unleashed in which you get to adopt pets.

[CartCollector]

also pokémon, one creature called meow two (2) or something.
It's Mewtwo. Also, there is a cat creature called Mew, which was only attainable by a glitch in the Red version, using a Game Genie or similar device, or by going to a Mew giveaway by Nintendo (never came to the states.)

Anyway, my submissions:
1. The Garfield and Pink Panther protos fo Atari 2600.
2. Mappy. (I can't believe no one thought of that.)
3. Foxy Roxy from Brutal: Paws of Fury.

[Steven]

There is the large Japanese Cat of good luck at the begining of Wipeout XL....

(ooh this topic will go on forever...MEOW.

MANEKI NEKO it's known as. There is a member here by that name (haven't seen him post in a while though...) and his avatar is that of a version of Maneki Neko.

Go here for all the 411:

http://www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/~mono93/cat/english/what_e.html

Basically a cat statue to bring good fortune and riches.

[Rogmeister]

Mappy. (I can't believe no one thought of that.)
Actually, I thought someone did mention it. Maybe you missed it? And speaking of Garfie;ld, don't forget his Genesis game. Also, has anyone mentioned SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron on the SNES?

[hydr0x]

I had a game for my IBM PC that was mostly pink and white in color, and you were a cat. You'd have to jump up the trash cans, onto the fence, and avoid dogs and such. Anyone remember that?

oh yeah, i LOVED that game, thx for reminding me of it, gotta find it now :)

[E Nice]

Keio Flying Squadron. The last boss is a giant cat head that meows everytime you shoot it.

[Aswald]

ColecoVision Frantic Freddy.

[qbertandernie]

pink panther has games on snes, gen and psx too

i have them all...my GF is a freak for the color...

[DigitalSpace]

I've heard of Tom and Jerry games on the Genesis and N64 as well.

I'm sure Snowball II had to be in at least one of the Simpsons games.

[jajaja]

Itchy & Scratchy was in Bart's Nightmare for SNES, also a cat :)

[Rogmeister]

I'd forgotten about Itchy & Scratchy...and don't forget, I think they got their own game, didn't they?

We fight...and fight...and fight and fight and fight...

I mentioned earlier in this thread that there was a Sylvester game for the Genesis. Looking in my trusty DP guide, I see the official title was Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers. Also, don't forget about all those Ren & Stimpy games...

[hydr0x]

I'd forgotten about Itchy & Scratchy...and don't forget, I think they got their own game, didn't they?

yep they did, funny game :D

[DigitalSpace]

Here's another one that just came to mind - there's a cat in Mario Paint.

[Rogmeister]

I would also imagine there would be a cat or two in the Harry Potter games if they follow the plots of the movies...

[jdc]

Hmmm.....

Not many with cats as central characters. There's the two Blinx games on XboX. There's also the Fur Fighters games on DC and PS2.

[Rogmeister]

That makes me think of another animal-style fighter, Brutal: Paws of Fury...

[Tatsu]

There's also a cat in Dark Cloud on the PS2. If I remember right you meet it in one of the dungeons, bring it home (or meet it again there) and then it transforms into the second character (girl) from the game.

[Ruffie]

Ultima Online has all sorts of cats in it, from alley cats wandering around towns to fire-breathing hellcats in dungeons.

http://uo.stratics.com/hunters/Pics/transpar/hellcatsmall.gif

There's also a sabretooth cat in BC Racers for the Sega Genesis CD.

Ruffie

[Rogmeister]

Don't forget that fighting tiger in the Tekken series...is that a real tiger?

[vultar]

Sly Cooper 2 and Pyscho Fox both have tigers, there are cats in Legend of Legia 2 (Actually, there seem to be cats wandering around town in just about any Japanese style RPG from at least Chrono Trigger on up.)

[Rogmeister]

One that was announced but never officially released was the SNES game Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill...and another game with Sylvester was Looney Tunes Space Race...

[Crush Crawfish]

Shadow Hearts Covenant has you fight a giant pink fluffy kitten named Andre. And there's Megaman's robot cat Tango from Megaman V.

[Keir]

There are so many....

One that comes to mind which hasn't been mentioned yet is One Piece Mansion (Playstation). One of the tenants you can get is a nice old cat lady who has a bunch of (you guessed it) cats!

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

http://www.thelogbook.com/earl/hizzouse/thumb-9/chloekic.jpg

Oh, you said cats in games, not cats on games.

Uhh....there's a goofy-lookin' tiger who chases you through the jungle in stage 4 of Fantasy. All you have to do to evade him is get above or below him, and double back behind him and let him get ahead of you. Problem solved!

[hydr0x]

Oh, you said cats in games, not cats on games.


LOL fantastic, you made my day!

[DigitalSpace]

I thought of another one earlier today - my sister got Barbie The Princess and The Pauper for GBA for Christmas, and I recall seeing her play as a cat in it.

[DDCecil]

Parodius has been mentioned, and the same cat appears on both sequels (Gokujyou - Sub and Jikkyou Oshaberi - Train). Speaking of JOP, Mike and Ran are Male and Female Cat team.

Koban and Kurobei Cat on Legend of the Mystical Ninja

[Rogmeister]

I forget...has Animal Crossing been mentioned? There's a number of cats in that, obviously...

[cracked8ball]

Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle and Birthday Blowout on NES has Sylvester. Rabbit Rampage on SNES has him as well.

Other games with cats

Radar Rat Race (commodore 64)

[hydr0x]

Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle and Birthday Blowout on NES has Sylvester. Rabbit Rampage on SNES has him as well.


i think Sylvester has also got his own GB game ;) or has Tweety?

[Tatsu]

At the start of FF II (the one on the GBA Dawn Of Souls game) you see a cat walking through the streets of the town.

[Tron 2.0]

Samurai Shodown 2

Cham Cham

[SirDrexl]

The Incredible Machine
I suppose the Shrek 2 game has the Puss 'N Boots character in it.
any game based on The Lion King and its "sequels"
The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland is in Kingdom Hearts

[hydr0x]

The Incredible Machine
I suppose the Shrek 2 game has the Puss 'N Boots character in it.
any game based on The Lion King and its "sequels"
The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland is in Kingdom Hearts

well if you count Lions as cats than of course also the Tony the Tiger Kellogs PC game and the game "Lion" for PC