A charming and well-made Garfield platformer by Sega. Polished animations and humour faithful to the comic strip, pleasant for fans of the orange cat.
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Platformer1 player3+
Description
Garfield rescues his animal friends from Dr Aziz's clutches in this Sega Mega Drive platformer. Published by Sega, released in Europe in 1995. Colourful platformer with Garfield in varied costumes, humorous themed levels and character-inspired bosses.
Garfield - Caught in the Act review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
The cat is animated with cartoon suppleness, yawns, falls, grimaces, and keeps exactly the proportions of the comic strip. The levels parody film genres, horror, western, science fiction, each with its own visual charter, giving the game an unusual graphic variety.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾1,1 MB📅01/01/1995
Published by Sega
Garfield - Caught in the Act (Mega Drive) price, value & rarity
Garfield Caught in the Act is the USA/EU edition of the Sega/Paws Inc game, a platformer adapted from the Jim Davis comic strip. Its collector value comes from the rarity of the official Garfield segment on Megadrive and from the fact that the cartridge remains one of the rare official Paws Inc video game adaptations of the 16-bit era.
Is Garfield - Caught in the Act still worth playing in 2026?
A 2D platformer by Sega starring the famous orange cat in an adventure across different parodic films, Garfield Caught in the Act offers humour faithful to the comic strip and solid handling. The successful cartoon art direction, thematically varied levels and offbeat soundtrack make this title a pleasant surprise of the Mega Drive catalogue. For Garfield fans or lovers of humorous 2D platformers, a valid recommendation today still on the Sega console here truly indeed for any returning fan.
