The Story
In the year 3122, humankind has conquered space and has taken their favourite pets
with them: Cats.
Did you know that the favourite toys of cats in space are flying saucers? Even better,
chasing mice while flying around! They are the only ones that can go into the narrow
spaces and capture the SpaceRats, an evolved species that keeps annoying the
crew of the spaceships.
It may not be easy, but cats are provided with expert training on the SpaceCat
facility. Every kitty deserves a chance to pilot a spaceship.
Do you have what it takes to drive your Spaceship along the SpaceCat training
deck?
Because the world will be a better place with more cats in flying saucers.

The Game Play
SpaceCat combines gameplay aspects of lander and platform games.

You are a new student at the SpaceCat academy. Make it through the training deck,
and you will be rewarded with an official certificate. With that, you can go into space
as a SpaceCat pilot.
The SpaceCat manual is a bit sparse. It is just 6 pages and there are not many
words on it. After all, cats can’t read.

Dodge walls, avoid lasers, pilot through narrow passages, catch the floating mice
and more.
Prove that you are worthy of being called a SpaceCat.

About SpaceCat
We published the original SpaceCat game for Android in 2011. Back then it pushed
what a mobile phone GPU could do. We were always putting as many polygons on
screen as we could without compromising gameplay.

I was already looking into creating a lander for MSX when I got the idea of a port (or
more precisely, a demake) of SpaceCat, to see how far I could push the MSX.
This version tries to recreate the original as much as possible, including gameplay,
levels and art style. Obviously, many things have been left out, but I hope you enjoy
this demake of SpaceCat.

Credits
Development: Raul Portales (@sla_shalafi)
Original design for Android: Juan Soler (@ailantd)
Most game tiles and sprites are based on the work of Vector Pixel Star
(@vectorpixelstar) https://vectorpixelstar.wordpress.com/

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This product is to be used with MSX computers.
Make sure the power is OFF when removing or inserting the cartridge.
This is a precision device and should not be disassembled.
This game is Free Software and you can get its source code from GitHub
(https://github.com/plattysoft/MSX/tree/develop/spacecat).