Catcats vs. demons in Pitcat, a beautiful puzzle game for the Atari 2600

March 10, 2021, 01:07 Alexey Abrosimov ред.

Publisher Mashdy Games has released a puzzle game Pitkat for the Atari 2600. The gameplay is based on Pitman (Catrap) for the Game Boy, which in turn is based on a game for the Sharp MZ-700. This version has been developed by a team of three people since 2018 and is currently the latest iteration, working both through emulators and on real hardware in NTSC, PAL 60 and PAL formats.

In Pitkat, players will have to control two children who have been turned into cat-like creatures by a demon curse. To break the curse and return to their original appearance, the heroes will have to pass through the castle with hundreds of rooms and kill all the monsters on their way. To do it is not so easy, as it seems at first sight - koshkodets can go up and down the stairs, but they cannot jump. So in some places you have to push the stones to clear the way, and sometimes you have to use both characters at the same time. In case of error in the game feature rewind time.

You can download Pitkat from the game's thematic forum page or you can pick it up directly from "Perfect Pixel".