Tom & Jerry: The Ultimate Game of Cat and Mouse!, also known as Tom & Jerry (and Tuffy) or simply as Tom and Jerry, is a video game developed by Software Creations.
The game was first released in 1991 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and ported to MS-DOS computers in 1993. Broadly based on the series, it has a unique plot centered around Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy.
Overview[]
The player controls Jerry, who must navigate several levels of a house to rescue his ward Tuffy from a cage in the attic, where Tom has locked him.
The game is divided into five worlds set in different locations of the house, with three stages each. After working his way through each obstacle-ridden stage, Jerry and Tom face off in a fight at the end of each world (resulting in five fights in total).
Jerry has an unlimited supply of marbles to throw at enemies, although he can also use limited weapons including a hammer, bubble gum, a drill, and a cleaver, amongst others.
These enemies are unique and challenging; they will respawn almost immediately after they are killed, once the screen has scrolled into a new area.
The game has a total of five soundtracks, all of which were arranged by Geoff Folin, based on Scott Bradley's compositions for the original Hanna-Barbera shorts.
Gameplay on the MS-DOS port is identical. Although it does not have a soundtrack (only some basic sound effects), the MS-DOS version has redone, higher quality graphics.