Control this one with the mouse, and fire an unlimited barrage of fireballs by holding the mouse button. The second character is an indestructible, multi-talented, and well-armed blue guardian owl. Steer the cat's lazy lard butt with or the keys, and fire the mega-laser-burp with. The catch is that the laser is fueled by food pick-ups, which tend to appear only just before they are needed. His lone attack is a doozy-a screen-devouring burp-powered laser that crushes certain wall tiles and shreds even the toughest enemy battleships. Your goal is to keep him alive through 21 levels, including 3 boss fights and a truly astounding volume of cannon fodder enemies.
First is the titular Fat Cat, a sanguine purple feline blimp who moves slowly and explodes if he gets hit three times by enemies or bullets. You control two characters simultaneously. It wears the face of an exacting bullet-fest such as The Last Canopy or Pararalyzer, but underneath, its heart pumps the blood of a tightly choreographed puzzle game. They've been very busy being amazing, and Fat Cat is the strange hybrid product of their amazingitude. Been wondering what Nitrome creative duo Simon Hunter and Aaron Steed have been up to since the release of Final Ninja? Well, here's your answer.