Garfield's Nightmare
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Garfield's Nightmare is a Nintendo DS
video game based on the popular cartoon strip Garfield
. The game follows Garfield travelling through 16 levels trying to escape this nightmare, by dodging enemies and negotiating complex terrain. The 16 levels are divided into sections of 4, with each section having its own theme and a boss battle at the end.
Garfield suddenly wakes up in a haunted castle – this is not the real world but a strange dream world populated by the monsters of Garfield's sub-conscious. Unfortunately Garfield smashed his alarm clock in the real world and now his only chance at waking up soon depends on his ability to find the shattered pieces and put them back together.
Each level will lead Garfield to engage in a final battle that will transform his nightmare into a dream. Bosses need to be terminated during these timeless fights, gradually enhancing the difficulty level.
in 2004. The boat ride was originally called "The Old Mill", but was rebranded with a Garfield theme.
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
video game based on the popular cartoon strip Garfield
Garfield
Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis. Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield ; his owner, Jon Arbuckle; and Arbuckle's dog, Odie...
. The game follows Garfield travelling through 16 levels trying to escape this nightmare, by dodging enemies and negotiating complex terrain. The 16 levels are divided into sections of 4, with each section having its own theme and a boss battle at the end.
Story
Garfield comes up with the idea to combine breakfast, lunch and dinner to have more time for his other activities. He crams a couple of pizzas, some lasagnas and two bags of jelly donuts into one big sandwich. However, this proves to be too much, and he slowly falls asleep and his nightmare begins.Garfield suddenly wakes up in a haunted castle – this is not the real world but a strange dream world populated by the monsters of Garfield's sub-conscious. Unfortunately Garfield smashed his alarm clock in the real world and now his only chance at waking up soon depends on his ability to find the shattered pieces and put them back together.
Gameplay
Garfield's Nightmare is a traditional 3D platform-puzzle game. The game does not make heavy use of the touch screen features of the Nintendo DS, instead uses it to display game statistics. 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.Each level will lead Garfield to engage in a final battle that will transform his nightmare into a dream. Bosses need to be terminated during these timeless fights, gradually enhancing the difficulty level.
Amusement park ride
A ride that shares the game's name was created for Kennywood ParkKennywood
Kennywood is an amusement park located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. The park first opened in 1898 as a "trolley park" at the end of the Monongahela Street Railway. The park was purchased in 1906 by F. W. Henninger and Andrew McSwigan and thus began the Kennywood...
in 2004. The boat ride was originally called "The Old Mill", but was rebranded with a Garfield theme.
Levels
- Haunted Castle: Chapter 1
- Haunted Castle: Chapter 2
- Haunted Castle: Chapter 3
- Haunted Castle: Chapter 4
- Haunted Castle Boss: Warren Batty
- Lava World: Chapter 1
- Lava World: Chapter 2
- Lava World: Chapter 3
- Lava World: Chapter 4
- Lava World Boss: Patrick Sweaty
- Cloudy Realm: Chapter 1
- Cloudy Realm: Chapter 2
- Cloudy Realm: Chapter 3
- Cloudy Realm: Chapter 4
- Cloudy Realm Boss: Jean Cloud
- Winter Wonderland: Chapter 1
- Winter Wonderland: Chapter 2
- Winter Wonderland: Chapter 3
- Winter Wonderland: Chapter 4
- Winter Wonderland Boss: Franz Coughka
Bosses
- Warren Batty: An enchanted fruit batFruit BatFruit Bat can refer to:* Megabats, a species of bat which eats fruit* Les "Fruitbat" Carter, guitarist of Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine* Fruit Bats , an American band...
, who will vanish in defeat after being jumped on too many times. - Patrick Sweaty: A giant dragonDragonA dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
, who sinks into the lavaLavaLava refers both to molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption and the resulting rock after solidification and cooling. This molten rock is formed in the interior of some planets, including Earth, and some of their satellites. When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at...
due to being bounced on too much. - Jean Cloud: A balloon animal that came alive years ago, and must be jumped on three times to be sent flying.
- Franz Coughka: A snowmanSnowmanA snowman is an anthropomorphic snow sculpture. They are customarily built by children as part of a family project in celebration of winter. In some cases, participants in winter festivals will build large numbers of snowmen...
who will disintegrate after being jumped on a lot.
Other Characters
- Zed Scaly: A half lizard half dog half man creature.
- Carmelita Magic: Half-woman, half-rabbit witch with a eyepatch and a lack of hair.
- Bianca Magic: Carmelita's sister.
- Elliot Beard: A ghost pirate.
- Penelope Coughka: An icy witch.
- Maxwell Ghostly: A Manticore rider with a octopus for a head.
- Count Kitula: A vampire cat.
- Aberham Crabby: A Man-Crab.