<s>
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Caught	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Act	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1995	B-Application
side-scrolling	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
the	O
Game	O
Gear	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
were	O
also	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Caught	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Act	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Caught	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Act	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
platform	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
titular	O
cat	O
across	O
levels	O
of	O
varying	O
themes	O
on	O
the	O
television	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
defeat	O
an	O
evil	O
electronic	O
being	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Glitch	O
and	O
escape	O
the	O
TV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
all	O
lives	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
,	O
though	O
players	O
have	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
resuming	O
progress	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
level	O
reached	O
by	O
using	O
continues	O
or	O
loading	O
a	O
saved	O
game	O
via	O
password	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
general	O
plot	O
summary	O
of	O
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Caught	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Act	I-Application
is	O
shared	O
between	O
each	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plans	O
for	O
a	O
Garfield	O
game	O
on	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
came	O
into	O
existence	O
with	O
the	O
rise	O
of	O
licensed	O
platform	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Disney	B-Application
's	I-Application
Aladdin	I-Application
by	O
Virgin	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Caught	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Act	I-Application
originally	O
began	O
with	O
programmer	O
Steven	O
Lashower	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
32X	I-Device
conversion	O
of	O
Star	O
Wars	O
Arcade	O
,	O
but	O
internal	O
development	O
issues	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
being	O
restarted	O
during	O
Christmas	O
1994	O
and	O
months	O
of	O
work	O
being	O
scrapped	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
with	O
Michael	O
Fernie	O
now	O
serving	O
as	O
lead	O
programmer	O
instead	O
alongside	O
Ala	O
Diaz	O
and	O
Pravin	O
Wagh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	O
Fernie	O
was	O
a	O
former	O
Absolute	O
Entertainment	O
member	O
who	O
left	O
the	O
company	O
and	O
joined	O
Sega	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
32X	B-Device
project	O
titled	O
Ratchet	O
and	O
Bolt	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
Sega	O
interActive	O
focusing	O
on	O
releasing	O
Eternal	B-Application
Champions	I-Application
:	I-Application
Challenge	I-Application
from	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Side	I-Application
,	O
his	O
team	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
made	O
no	O
progress	O
until	O
he	O
was	O
transferred	O
with	O
the	O
Star	O
Wars	O
Arcade	O
staff	O
and	O
was	O
asked	O
to	O
take	O
over	O
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Caught	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Act	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
facing	O
a	O
turbulent	O
creation	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Caught	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Act	I-Application
on	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
was	O
developed	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
that	O
worked	O
on	O
Star	O
Wars	O
Arcade	O
for	O
the	O
32X	B-Device
at	O
Sega	O
interActive	O
simultaneously	O
with	O
the	O
Game	O
Gear	O
port	O
by	O
Novotrade	O
International	O
,	O
with	O
Michael	O
Latham	O
and	O
Eric	O
Quakenbush	O
serving	O
as	O
producers	O
of	O
each	O
version	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
levels	O
in	O
varying	O
degrees	O
of	O
completing	O
were	O
also	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Alien	O
Landscape	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Evers	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
lava	O
lamp	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
minigame	O
that	O
involved	O
players	O
picking	O
cheese	O
from	O
a	O
mouse	O
hole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
the	O
sprites	O
and	O
hand-drawn	O
animation	O
in	O
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Caught	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Act	I-Application
were	O
created	O
by	O
Jim	O
Davis	O
and	O
the	O
artists	O
at	O
Paws	O
,	O
while	O
Sega	O
interActive	O
transposed	O
the	O
sketches	O
lent	O
by	O
the	O
studio	O
into	O
pixel	O
art	O
graphics	O
,	O
with	O
Fernie	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
person	O
who	O
did	O
the	O
process	O
was	O
a	O
subcontractor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Caught	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Act	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
in	O
1995	B-Application
by	O
Sega	O
and	O
featured	O
six	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	B-Application
Channel	I-Application
subscribers	O
could	O
download	O
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Lost	I-Application
Levels	I-Application
,	O
an	O
exclusive	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
service	O
that	O
featured	O
three	O
different	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
32X	I-Device
,	O
called	O
Garfield	B-Application
in	I-Application
TV	I-Application
Land	I-Application
,	O
was	O
planned	O
but	O
ultimately	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	O
Gear	O
version	O
of	O
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Caught	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Act	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Novotrade	O
International	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
,	O
includes	O
eight	O
levels	O
in	O
total	O
,	O
two	O
of	O
which	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
Lost	O
Levels	O
(	O
"	O
Bonehead	O
the	O
Barbarian	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Slobbin	O
Hood	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
original	O
,	O
the	O
Game	O
Gear	O
version	O
was	O
also	O
distributed	O
in	O
Brazil	O
by	O
Tectoy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
one	O
new	O
level	O
similar	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	B-Application
Channel	I-Application
's	O
Lost	O
levels	O
(	O
"	O
Alien	O
Landscape	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
remaining	O
levels	O
are	O
presented	O
in	O
a	O
different	O
order	O
than	O
on	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
port	O
was	O
also	O
re-released	O
in	O
the	O
Sonic	O
&	O
Garfield	O
Pack	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Sonic	B-Application
&	I-Application
Knuckles	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
and	O
Baku	B-Application
Baku	I-Application
Animal	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
is	O
titled	O
Garfield	B-Application
in	I-Application
TV	I-Application
Land	I-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Critical	O
reception	O
for	O
Garfield	B-Application
:	I-Application
Caught	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Act	I-Application
has	O
been	O
generally	O
mixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
the	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
animation	O
,	O
but	O
all	O
but	O
one	O
of	O
them	O
felt	O
these	O
were	O
outweighed	O
by	O
the	O
loose	O
controls	O
and	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
mandatory	O
hits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
AllGame	O
editor	O
Brett	O
Alan	O
Weiss	O
praised	O
the	O
"	O
cute	O
cartoon-like	O
"	O
graphics	O
,	O
furthermore	O
stating	O
"	O
Odie	O
,	O
Jon	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
gang	O
all	O
look	O
like	O
themselves	O
,	O
and	O
Garfield	O
is	O
as	O
orange	O
and	O
as	O
fat	O
as	O
ever	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
average	O
and	O
unimaginative	O
action	O
game	O
that	O
's	O
cute	O
but	O
not	O
very	O
funny	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
