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Felix the Cat (AKA The Cat Felix 3) is an unlicensed and pirate platform game developed and published by Dragon Co. in 1998. It is unrelated to Hudson Soft's official Felix the Cat title, released in 1992, but the gameplay of the two games is very similar. The plot of the story is based off an o...

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Developer
Dragon

Released on
1998

Size
1 Player

Version
NES

Requirements
Nintendo Entertainment System

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Action

ESRB Rating
Not Rated

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Felix the Cat (AKA The Cat Felix 3) is an unlicensed and pirate platform game developed and published by Dragon Co. in 1998. It is unrelated to Hudson Soft’s official Felix the Cat title, released in 1992, but the gameplay of the two games is very similar.
The plot of the story is based off an old Felix cartoon called “The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg”, where a pirate dog called “Captain Kidd” captures Felix’ golden goose, Goldie (Felie Goose in this game), which lays gold eggs that can be transformed into real gold Felix gives to the poor.

This game was later hacked into The Hacker, released standalone by Nanjing and on some plug-&-play Famiclone systems, and then into “Super Hero”, found exclusively on plug-&-play systems, such as DreamGEAR’s 75-in-1 controller.

Felix the Cat (Dragon)

Overview & History

Released during the twilight years of the NES, Felix the Cat (Dragon) stands as a fascinatingly obscure pirate-adjacent or heavily modified bootleg variant of Hudson Soft’s classic 1992 platformer. Capitalizing on the enduring, elastic charm of the silent-era cartoon icon, this particular iteration introduces bizarrely themed sprite swaps, notably injecting dragon motifs, erratic palette shifts, and altered level progressions into the feline’s magical bag of tricks. While the original game was praised for its vibrant, animation-accurate aesthetics and forgiving difficulty, this 'Dragon' edition twists the familiar narrative of rescuing Kitty from the mad scientist Professor into a surreal, fire-breathing fever dream. Navigating through modified stages—ranging from pastel-hued clouds to cavernous, pseudo-medieval fortresses—players experience a quirky alternate-history artifact of the 8-bit era's grey-market software scene, offering novelty value for hardcore NES collectors.

Gameplay Features & Mechanics

At its core, the game retains the whimsical platforming mechanics of its predecessor, centering on Felix’s reliance on his bottomless Magic Bag. Collecting cubic hearts scattered throughout the stages allows Felix to upgrade his transformation states, morphing him into a tank, a pirate in a shooting galleon, a winged fairy, or the titular dragon-esque vehicle depending on the power-up tier. These transformations drastically alter the gameplay loop: ground-based melee attacks give way to projectile-firing artillery, granting temporary invincibility and altered jump physics. The level design emphasizes horizontal momentum and vertical exploration, rewarding players who thoroughly scour every nook for hidden items. However, the 'Dragon' modifications introduce erratic collision detection and unbalanced enemy spawn rates, elevating the challenge far beyond the standard retail release and requiring precise timing to master the floating jump arcs and aggressive boss encounters.