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Both me and my girlfriend share a soft spot for felines. We consider cats to be one of the nature's more successful creations (as for humans, well, not so much). Terry Pratchett once said that cats only tolerate humanity until someone invents can-opener that can be used with a paw and there's something in it. So it comes as no surprise that the new Flash game from ever-excellent Photon Storm tickled my fancy. Entitled Cat Astro Phi (read it out loud, please), it is a tribute to felines, Gameboy games and movies about aliens, not necessarily in that order.
The graphics are of sweet pixel art variety in all four levels of green, sprites are 8x8 pixels in size and everything is encased in Gameboy-like console box. Sound is also retro, using just 3 channels, and music tracks were prepared by talented Disasterpeace, whom we know from Rescue The Beagles game. The whole experience just feels like something taken out from the late eighties, with greenish hues, oldschool gameplay and quotes from numerous sci-fi movies. Oh, and the cat that astronaut is trying to save is called Jonesy, just like in Alien.
After you complete Cat Astro Phi, which frankly, you should, there is a lengthy outro with a lot of personal comments from game's author - I particularly liked the comment about the tribute to Gameboy, only twenty five years later. Play the game on Newgrounds and have a lot of retro fun!
[ via IndieGames ]
