Alley Cat (video game)

Alley Cat
Developer(s)Synapse Software
Publisher(s)Synapse Software
IBM (IBM PC)
Designer(s)Bill Williams
John Harris (concept)
Composer(s)Bill Williams
Platform(s)Atari 8-bit, IBM PC, IBM PCjr
Release1983: Atari
1984: IBM PC, PCjr
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Alley Cat is a video game created by Bill Williams and published by Synapse Software for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. The player controls Freddy the Cat, who enters people's homes through open windows to perform various tasks in order to reach his love, Felicia.[1] A port for the IBM PC as a self-booting disk and the IBM PCjr were published in 1984 by IBM. These use four-color CGA graphics.

Alley Cat was based on a one-screen prototype by John Harris. Harris had become unhappy with the direction of the game and handed it over to Williams who expanded the concept into a finished game.[2]

  1. ^ The Software Encyclopedia 1996: A Guide for Personal, Professional and Business Users. R R Bowker Publishing. May 1996. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-8352-3733-8.
  2. ^ Hague, James (2002). Halcyon Days: Interviews with Classic Computer and Video Game Programmers.