Tom & Jerry: The Ultimate Game of Cat and Mouse/Gameplay

The game is divided into 15 levels which are played in succession. In each level you have to advance, defeating the enemies you meet along the way and collect various useful items to proceed, until you reach the finish line. By defeating enemies and collecting the pieces of cheese that you find, you will earn points. At first Jerry can only attack enemies by throwing marbles (the supply of marbles is unlimited), but as the adventure progresses you will also find other defensive items, which can be selected in place of marbles and used a certain number of times. Every three levels, you will have to fight against Tom, who will attack you in a different way each time. After defeating him the fifth time, you can finally free Tuffy and complete the game.

You will start the game with three lives available. Jerry's life energy is represented by the hearts in the lower left. Whenever Jerry is hit by an enemy, he touches something dangerous or falls from an excessive height, he loses a heart of energy. There are also some non-aggressive enemies who, in case of contact, will trip Jerry, but without causing him to lose hearts. Losing all hearts, Jerry loses a life. He also immediately loses a life if he falls into the water. In the levels it is however possible to recover items that allow Jerry to restore his hearts. Plus, every time Jerry accumulates 50.000 points, he is rewarded with an extra life. Losing all lives is game over. You will have the opportunity to continue the game from the last level reached by selecting the "Continue" option. You can do this twice, after which you will be forced to restart the game from the beginning.

The game screen is shown below:




 * 1) Action screen
 * 2) Your score
 * 3) Hearts of energy
 * 4) Defensive item selected
 * 5) Number of times you can use the defensive item selected (when marbles are selected, the highest score achieved is shown)
 * 6) Lives available

The game has no password system: every time you play you will have to start the adventure from the beginning.