The original version of this game was written by Synapse for the Atari 800. Synapse was one of the best 800 developers - they also wrote Atari's word processor for them, Atariwriter, which at the time (1982 or 83) was probably the best word processor available for a home computer.
The Atari 800 version of this game looks much, much better than the cruddy CGA PC version, and the gameplay is much smoother too. You can download Atari 800 emulators off the Internet, and there are sites with whole libraries of Atari 800 games. When it comes to these old games - pre-1986 or so - the Atari 800 and Commodore 64 versions are virtually always superior to the PC versions. The PC was generally an awful game system until the widespread adoption of VGA graphics and standardized soundcards.
I've always thought this was just about the wittiest videogame ever made. That little 30 pixel cat has more personality than you'll find in many of today's high definition XBox or PS2 titles. I can't believe nobody has remade it.
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