Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales

Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales is a 2D single-player platform video game developed by Cryo Interactive and published by Sega under license from Warner Bros in 1995 for the Game Gear.

Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales
Box art for the Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales video game
Developer(s)Cryo Interactive
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Olivier Lebourg
Producer(s)Olivier Lebourg
Janicki Michel
Designer(s)Olivier Lebourg
Janicki Michel
Artist(s)Philippe Arbogast,
Hugues Cazel,
Dominique Sablons
Composer(s)David De Gruttola
Platform(s)Mega Drive, Master System, Game Gear
ReleaseMega Drive
  • EU: February 1, 1995
Master System
  • EU: February 1, 1995
Game Gear
  • EU: February 1, 1995
Genre(s)Action, Jump'n'Run platformer
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Sylvester's alter-ego, the dastardly Dr. Cheesefinger, has "kitnapped" the cheese supply and Speedy Gonzales' girlfriend, Carmel. This "speedy mouse" must outwit the callous cat and rescue both.

Reception

The four reviewers Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the Game Gear version a 5.5 out of 10, commenting that though the graphics and gameplay are both outstanding, the Game Gear hardware isn't powerful enough to handle them, and the resultant screen blurring whenever Speedy is in motion makes it virtually impossible to avoid taking hits.[1] GamePro made similar comments, but blamed the difficulty in avoiding hits on the fact that Speedy is always positioned at the center of the screen, even when running, thus cutting down the time the player has to react to hazards when they scroll onto the screen. They also gave Cheese Cat-Astrophe a more positive overall assessment, dubbing it "a fun little game."[2]

Notes
  1. Semrad et al. 1995, p. 40.
  2. GamePro staff 1995, p. 82.
gollark: That's not related.
gollark: There are multiple issues I can see:1. modded servers have fewer players, so less econofun2 (probably more significant). modded results in basically creative play for anyone and no trading3. specialization does not happen
gollark: I read https://www.alicemaz.com/writing/minecraft.html recently (a bit of writing on economic shenanigans) and thought "hmm, it's a shame no modded servers could work like this".
gollark: Not what I meant.
gollark: How does that need a pregenerated world?!

References
  • GamePro staff (July 1995). "ProReview: Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales". GamePro. No. 82. IDG. ISSN 1042-8658.
  • Semrad, Ed; Carpenter, Danyon; Manuel, Al; Williams, Ken, eds. (June 1995). "Review Crew: Cheese Cat-Astrophe: Starring Speedy Gonzales". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 71. Ziff Davis. ISSN 1058-918X.
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