''Garfield's Nightmare'' is a
platform game
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for the
Nintendo DS
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, based on the popular comic strip ''
Garfield
''Garfield'' is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis (cartoonist), Jim Davis. Originally published locally as ''Jon'' in 1976 (later changed to ''Garfield'' in 1977), then in nationwide Print syndication, syndication from 1978, it chro ...
''. The game follows
Garfield
''Garfield'' is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis (cartoonist), Jim Davis. Originally published locally as ''Jon'' in 1976 (later changed to ''Garfield'' in 1977), then in nationwide Print syndication, syndication from 1978, it chro ...
traveling through 16 levels trying to escape a nightmare.
Plot
Garfield devises a plan to combine breakfast, lunch, and dinner to free up more time for his other activities. He stuffs several pizzas, lasagnas, and bags of jelly donuts into a massive sandwich and consumes it. However, this proves to be too much for him, and he gradually falls asleep, initiating his nightmare.
Garfield suddenly wakes up in a haunted castle. Instead of the real world, he has entered a surreal dream realm inhabited by monsters from his sub-conscious. Complicating matters further, Garfield had smashed his alarm clock in the real world. Now, his only hope of waking up lies in his ability to locate the shattered pieces and reassemble them.
Gameplay
''Garfield's Nightmare'' is a 2D platform game. The levels are divided into four sections, with each section having its own theme and a boss battle at the end.
Bosses need to be terminated during these timeless fights, gradually enhancing the difficulty level. Each level has a bonus door, leading to a bonus game to collect extra lives, as well as a secret area in each level which contains an extra life.
Reception
The game received "average" reviews according to the
review aggregation
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website
Metacritic
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.
See also
A ride that shared the game's name was opened at
Kennywood Park
Kennywood is an amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, just southeast of Pittsburgh. The park opened on May 30, 1898, as a trolley park attraction at the end of the Mellon family's Monongahela Street Railway.
It was purchased in 1906 b ...
near
Pittsburgh
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in 2004. The boat ride was originally called "The Old Mill", but was rebranded with a Garfield theme until 2020 when it was changed back to The Old Mill.
References
External links
Official website (US)*
Shin'en Multimedia's catalog page
{{Shin'en Multimedia games
2007 video games
The Game Factory games
Nintendo DS games
Nintendo DS-only games
Platformers
Shin'en Multimedia games
Single-player video games
Video games about nightmares
Video games based on Garfield
Video games developed in Germany