Garfield: A Winter's Tail

Template:Infobox Garfield: A Winter's Tail is an action game that was developed and released by The Edge upon the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and Commodore Amiga, in 1989; as the name suggests, it is a follow-up to Big, Fat, Hairy Deal, which was released in the previous year, and again based upon the United Feature Syndicate cartoon strip of the same name (and to a lesser extent the Film Roman television series it had also begat in 1988, that was into its second season by this time).

Story

This is from the back of the cassette's (or disk's, in the case of the Commodore Amiga version) inlay card, the front of which is shown in that image to the right (Garfield wears a ski jacket, and goggles); it also has an alternative title, "A Midsupper Night's Dream" (a pun on A Midsummer Night's Dream):

The world's favourite feline is back... as the Ski Animal! GARFIELD has fallen asleep in front of the ice box and starts to dream. He dreams of the Alps, and that reminds him of Northern Italy - which reminds him of LASAGNA! (hum, sounds like lunch...). As the dream unfolds GARFIELD remembers that just round the other side of the Alps is Switzerland - reminds him of Chocolate! (hum...sounds like dessert). But once in the chocolate factory he discovers the legendary "Chicken that Lays the Chocolate Eggs"...and from there the chase to catch the chicken is on! This superb sequel to "Big, Fat, Hairy Deal" is really four games in one. With GARFIELD skiing, skating, and facing the trials of dealing with Odie (the world's dumbest dog) in this unique blend of both pure arcade-style and adventure/puzzle solving game. Yet another must for computer game playing GARFIELD fans everywhere! © United Feature Syndicate Inc. 1989

It is also worth noting that that "Chicken that Lays the Chocolate Eggs" is not Roy, who once referred to himself as the "prankster gangster" in the second part of the show's twenty-second episode (which was new at the time of the game's release); it is not Booker or Sheldon either (as the latter was just a chick who had not completely hatched, and he happened to have another shell under his initial one!).

Table of Contents

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• Gameplay
• Walkthrough

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Garfield series

• Big, Fat, Hairy Deal
• A Winter's Tail
• Garfield no Isshukan
• Garfield Labyrinth
• Caught in the Act
• Garfield (2004)
• Garfield (2005)
• The Search for Pooky
• Saving Arlene
• Garfield and His Nine Lives
• A Tale of Two Kitties
• Lasagna World Tour
• Garfield Gets Real
• Train your Brain
• The Garfield Show: Threat of the Space Lasagna
• Garfield (2011)
• Garfield Kart
• Survival of the Fattest