Alley Cat v1.3

Changes

• Fullscreen mode. The game now starts in fullscreen by default, scaled to your screen with sharp pixels.
  • Toggle between fullscreen and window with Alt-Enter or F11 (Cmd-Enter or Cmd-F11 on macOS).
  • Your choice is remembered for the next start.
  • Start with --window to open in a window.
• Ctrl-R now takes you back to the title screen instead of to the menu screen.
• Ctrl-M (back to the options menu) has been removed.

Downloads

• Windows: alleycat-1.3-windows-x86_64.zip: unzip it and run alleycat.exe. Keep SDL2.dll in the same folder.
• Linux: alleycat-1.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: it needs SDL2 - sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0.
• MacOS: alleycat-1.3-macos-x86_64.zip: unzip it and run alleycat. Keep SDL2.framework in the same folder. On Apple Silicon it runs under Rosetta 2. The app is not signed, so on first start allow it under System Settings → Privacy & Security, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine <folder>.

Alley Cat v1.2

Changes

• Lower CPU usage: the game no longer keeps a CPU core busy all the time, especially on Windows and Linux platforms.
• Invincibility: press Ctrl-I during play to toggle it. The dog can't catch you, the cat head in the garbage cans no longer trips you, the rival cats in the hearts room don't knock you down, and nothing is thrown from the windows.
• IBM PCjr colors: press Ctrl-P to switch between the classic CGA and BM PCjr colors. Each room has its own color palette. The game remembers your choice for the next start. You can also start with the PCjr colors by running the game with -pcjr command line parameter.
• In-game help: Updated the options menu now lists Ctrl-L, Ctrl-I and Ctrl-P.

Downloads

• Windows: alleycat-1.2-windows-x86_64.zip: unzip it and run alleycat.exe. Keep SDL2.dll in the same folder.
• Linux: alleycat-1.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: it needs SDL2 - sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0.
• MacOS: alleycat-1.2-macos-x86_64.zip: unzip it and run alleycat. Keep SDL2.framework in the same folder. On Apple Silicon it runs under Rosetta 2. The app is not signed, so on first start allow it under System Settings → Privacy & Security, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine <folder>.

Alley Cat v1.1

Changes

• Infinite lives (Ctrl-K): press Ctrl-K during play to stop losing lives. The lives counter shows 0 while it's on, and you can die without losing a life.
• Now uses SDL2 instead of SDL3. The game runs on more Linux systems: Linux Mint 21+, Ubuntu 22.04+ and Debian 12+.

Downloads

• Windows: alleycat-1.1-windows-x86_64.zip: unzip it and run alleycat.exe. Keep SDL2.dll in the same folder.
• Linux: alleycat-1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: it needs SDL2: sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0.
• MacOS: alleycat-1.1-macos-x86_64.zip: unzip it and run alleycat. Keep SDL2.framework in the same folder. On Apple Silicon it runs under Rosetta 2. The app is not signed, so on first start allow it under System Settings → Privacy & Security, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine <folder>.

Alley Cat v1.0

Changes

• Initial release. Graphics, sounds, gameplay - everything seems to work fine.
• Added Ctrl+L cheat to increase life count in-game.
• To run on Ubuntu first install libSDL3, e.g., sudo apt install libsdl3-0.

Downloads

• Windows: alleycat-1.0-windows-x86_64.zip: unzip it and run alleycat.exe. Keep SDL3.dll in the same folder.
• Linux: alleycat-1.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz: it needs SDL2: sudo apt install libsdl3-0.
• MacOS: alleycat-1.0-macos-x86_64.zip: unzip it and run alleycat. Keep SDL3.framework in the same folder. On Apple Silicon it runs under Rosetta 2. The app is not signed, so on first start allow it under System Settings → Privacy & Security, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine <folder>.