Alley Cat (video game)

Alley Cat
DeveloperSynapse Software
PublishersSynapse Software
IBM (IBM PC)
DesignersBill Williams
John Harris (concept)
ComposerBill Williams
PlatformsAtari 8-bit, IBM PC, IBM PCjr
Release1983: Atari
1984: IBM PC, PCjr
GenreAction
ModeSingle-player

Alley Cat is a video game created by Bill Williams and published by Synapse Software for Atari 8-bit computers in 1983. The player controls Freddy the Cat, who enters people's homes through open windows to perform various tasks in order to reach his love, Felicia. A port for the IBM PC as a self-booting disk and the IBM PCjr were published in 1984 by IBM. These use four-color CGA graphics.

Alley Cat was based on a one-screen prototype by John Harris. Harris had become unhappy with the direction of the game and handed it over to Williams who expanded the concept into a finished game.