Felix the Cat (AKA The Cat Felix 3) is an unlicensed platform game developed and published by Dragon Co. in 1998. It's unrelated to Hudson Soft's official Felix the Cat title, released in 1992, but the gameplay of the two games is very similar. This game would notably have multiple hacks created after its initial release.
Story[]
The plot of the story is based off a 1936 Felix cartoon called The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg, where a pirate dog called "Captain Kidd" captures Felix's golden goose, Goldie (Felie Goose in this game), which lays gold eggs that can be transformed into real gold Felix gives to the poor.
Gameplay[]
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Gameplay.
Upon starting the game, one can notice the poor controls. The D-pad moves, A is for jumping and B punches/shoots. By collecting hearts, Felix can transform into a knight, or have a car or a tank. Felix can also collect milk bottles or golden eggs which are equal to 10 milk bottles. After completing each stage, there's a cutscene that says "Felix makes up his mind to rescue his goose!" and Felix can be seen chasing Captain Kidd with the goose in his hands. Then the next level starts.
At the end of the first stage, there's a caveman boss that usually walks and jumps. Felix can stun it by hitting it several times until he defeats him.
After defeating Captain Kidd in the last stage and going to the right, a "The End" screen is shown with Felix and his goose, while the last stage BGM is still playing in the background.
Hacks[]
Three hacks of Felix the Cat were produced some time after the game's initial release: The Hacker, Super Hero, and Little Black Mask. These hacks were created by Nice Code Software, a Chinese game development company based in the same area as Dragon Co. (Xi'an) and initially consisting of staff from the company during its early years. The Hacker is based on The Matrix and stars Neo with a ponytail, Super Hero features a character that vaguely resembles Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story, and Little Black Mask features an original ninja-esque character. All three games were originally produced for use in plug & play systems and removed the cutscenes from the original game. The Hacker in particular would also be released standalone on cartridge by Shenzhen Nanjing Technology Co., Ltd., which like many of Nanjing's other releases of Nice Code's games, introduces unique Chinese-language cutscenes.
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