Rockin' Kats
Rockin' Kats
Rockin' Kats

Rockin' Kats

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Click the dial, pick a channel and the show begins. Rockin' Kats, Atlus's 1991 NES platformer, presents each level as an episode of an old-time cartoon on a vintage television set, complete with stock villain lines like “I'll get you next time!” and an ending card that types out END one letter at a time. Its star is Willy, a hip jazz cat trying to make it in the New York music scene with his girlfriend Jill, until bulldog crime boss Mugsy kidnaps her and drags her all over the country.

Willy's Punch Gun is what makes the game. The big fist that springs out of it is a weapon, a grappling hook and a pogo stick all at once: punch gangster dogs in the face, latch onto a platform and swing across a gap, or bounce along much as Scrooge McDuck does with his cane in DuckTales. Mastering the swing, especially backward swings and swing-into-bounce combinations, is where the real skill lies. Between levels, a shop on the TV menu sells upgrades such as the spiky Hammer Punch, the ranged Twin Shot, Bomb Blasts, and Jet Sneakers that let Willy float gently down after a jump.

Four channels are open from the start, each packed with set pieces. Downtown Street sends Willy up skyscrapers while zoot-suited hounds open fire with tommy guns, Sky Ace puts him atop a biplane against squadrons of bomb-dropping dog pilots, Playland pits him against plate-spinning pandas around Ferris wheels and a sky ride, and Western Adventure brings a showdown in an Old West town. The bosses are gloriously silly, from the Bull Band, a jazz trio whose singer barks painful notes as he pops out of holes, to Mugsy's swanky ape bodyguard, Mr. Kong. Clear all four and a fifth channel, “I Love New York!”, opens for a long final run through the Big Apple, and patient players who wait after the credits find one more secret challenge. Bonus games like Basketball, Roulette and Pipe Toss let you gamble your cash for extra lives.

Rockin' Kats arrived just as the Super NES was launching in North America, and it slipped past many players who were already looking ahead to 16-bit. That makes it a lovely find now: a colorful, generous platformer with unlimited continues, an inventive central mechanic and real Saturday-morning-cartoon personality, from the company best known today for Shin Megami Tensei and Persona. If DuckTales and Tiny Toon Adventures hold a special place on your shelf, Willy belongs right beside them.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
1991
Publisher
Atlus
Players
Single player
About the game

It's a Dance with Danger when Willy tries to rescue Jill! The hippest cool Kat in New York, Willy, is hot on the tail of local crime boss, Mugsy. The fur's gonna fly 'cause Mugsy just cat-nabbed Willy's girl, Jill, and stashed her away. To find her, Willy has to face hoods on the streets of the Big Apple, duel desperados in the wild west, dog-fight Ace Pilots at 40,000 feet, and avoid being de-railed at an amusement park. But he's not called the Rockin' Kat for nothing, and when he starts break dancin' and body slammin' his enemies, make room on the dance floor!

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