Alley Cat - Atari XL/XE gameplay and music

[@andrewmoser5539]

There's something that's startlingly psychedelic/avant garde about the flow of this game. Bill Williams had a talent for making video games that, to this day, feel like nothing else ever made by anyone. Mindwalker is dying for a playable modern version, but I honestly don't think it's possible to "remake" the game without losing the unique character that Bill put into things. The man was an auter before his time.

[@Bartnick81]

sound effects and dynamics of the game is amazing

[@visual_Memories]

In fewest words, Bill was a genius.

[@TanCoyer]

was one of my fave games! spent so long playing this!

[@fomobull4187]

What a nice game, I wish he had ported it to the C64.

[@Oldlard]

This was such an imaginative game.

[@TMS5100]

some of the funkiest and strangest sound effects to ever come out of a pokey chip.

[@HELLHAMMERHANDHIX]

one of my fave atari games ever !!!

[@JB-xg7io]

I always thought when the the stuff gets thrown out the window at the cat the voice was saying "shut up". What do you think?

[@Kimbohism]

Intro music is 1/2 speed. Play video at 2x speed to hear the theme song properly

[@GadZombie]

it's because PAL system was used. You mean the NTSC system, where the speed is on 60Hz, and for PAL is 50Hz.

[@Kimbohism]

@@GadZombie I used to play on PC, the theme tune is double speed compared to this version

[@MelanieLaurentFan]

I love everything about this game from the intro great gameplay humour and endind. Such an underrated game. My top 3 with Boulder Dash and River Raid.

[@robthenorm]

good choice. archon vs my sister was tough. i was 5 she was 8

[@Lisohlavek]

I loved Agent USA. It had perfect theme song. And what I played a lot with my brother was Spy vs. Spy and M.U.L.E. By the way, MULE have modern version. www.mulereturns.com/

[@Aleinikov65]

Boulder dash °!

[@unclejerry486]

awesome choices for the top 3 my friend!

[@RadicaL3RuN]

get remeowed edition then and play versus mode with friends, it's even better :)

[@gedzior84]

I just loved his MEOW in the intro as a kid :)

[@tuxipops]

Played MSDOS version as a kid ..never knew an atari version existed !pretty cool looking

[@Dronetek]

I was playing this on my Atari computer at the age of 7 or 8. I had no idea WTF I was doing.

[@adny02]

For the love of GOD....Please remake this game! Me and my brother loved this game back on the Atari 800XL.

[@ArttuTheCat]

There is remake version of this game. It's called, ALLEY CAT REMEOW. 😺👍

[@JB-xg7io]

Easily one of the most creative games not only of the 80's but of all time!

[@stevenpavelish6017]

This game is purrfect!

[@marcins6071]

we want more Atari games every week ok ?

[@mikem4696]

Man I love this game

[@felipeherrera6507]

I just loved this great game back in the days, along with ollie's follie's, Bruce Lee, archon,

[@LaurenJoyStudio]

OMG I played Bruce Lee with the guy who mooed, and I forgot about Ollies Follies!

[@kirbyculp3449]

I used to play Archon with my sister. She was deadly with the basilisk.

[@erfman2633]

I used to play this

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

How the hell did Bill get these sound effects from the Pokey? The Bubbly water, shock effects, miawing etc etc. I've never heard anything like it on an Atari, since.

[@GadZombie]

Bill was the master!

[@Heaven-dy9lj]

@@GadZombie certainly!

[@ArttuTheCat]

I remember playing this on IBM PC. And if i ever get myself the Atari 800XL computer, then i better hope that i could also find this classic game. =)

[@Jack-dp3ug]

Damn, I had no idea this was an Atari game. I remember playing the DOS version so so many years ago. This looks fantastic! Really genius and orignal game for its time. Especially compared to the so many generic games that were available.

[@MediaFilter]

This was so funny and entertaining, I loved this as a kid, but I didn't get all the humour. Like how cats need clothes or fabric to be able to stick, or like the literal "falling out of love" @6:40. (The kitty love is so adorable when it happens.)

[@seven0929]

Oh this version is a faster than the MSDOS! This is just crazy lol

[@GadZombie]

+Seven09 Yeah, it is much faster and far better than PC version. Excellent game!

[@MelanieLaurentFan]

The best version was on Atari XE sharpest graphics, faster and joystick is better than keyboard or pads. Playing it You feel like You are controlling a cat on speed lol

[@seven0929]

Seba Sea Ooh, faster? Lol the cat used to be real fast on the PC, I can't imagine how crazy is to control it faster than this :)

[@ZylonBane]

And this is running at the sluggish PAL frame rate. Really murders the peppy theme song.

[@janoroosecotaquispe9061]

Este juego es 10 de 10. Incluso sus gráficos son muy graciosos para esta época y su audio no se lo cambiaría tampoco. Aún lo juego en mi psp con un emulador de Atari800xl

[@alexanderteuman7273]

Very heavy.

[@krzysztofherdzik1500]

Dźwięki tak samo mordercze jak 40 lat temu :D

[@markl7743]

This game right here, though😉

[@hgjf3]

the message "remember amigo, keep dog in leash" seem to be removed

[@fszron]

Gameplay starts at 3:00

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

purrrrrrrrrrrrrr😺

[@carlosbarreto4695]

I played the MSDOS version. This version is better.

[@Ayanami3rd]

Although the 16 color graphics are amazing, the sound makes my ears bleed. What are these frequencies?

[@ZwamTekMusic]

MY CAT DOESNT LIKE THIS AT ALLL

[@GadZombie]

+ZwamTek Did you let him play it? ;)

[@mikem4696]

Lol

[@Dragonfire511]

1.25x speed for NTSC

[@zeliard79]

weird

[@PrimeRibb69]

I'm surprised this was never released on the C64.