The coolest, rockin'-est kat is about to hit town, and he goes by the name Willy. Join Willy as he heads to New York City in pursuit of Mugsy, a local crime lord who's just kidnapped or is it catnapped? Willy's girl Jill. In order to find Jill, you'll have to wander the streets of New York and face off against Mugsy's gang of thugs in the back alleys, duel some dangerous dudes in the wild west, engage in dogfights with Ace Pilots, and try to survive the perils of an amusement park. If you're able to make it through all this in one piece, you'll take on Mugsy in a showdown. Rescue Jill, and you'll be a local hero fail, and you'll just be a zero.

In this side scrolling game, you must help Rockin' Kat Willy to save his girlfriend through 7 stages. Each stage is a TV show broadcast through different channels of a TV set, and you must thus choose which channel you want to play. Through the channels Willy it will be sent to different themed shows such as western movies, gangster movies, etc, as well as some bonus channels.

Willy can walk and jump around, and carries as a weapon a spring-load Super Punch Gun, which he can put in diverse uses: -Knock his enemies: by pressing A. -Perform higher jumps: by jumping (B) and pressing down + A. -Spin Attack: by grabbing a ledge (A) and rotating with the d-pad. -Spin Jump: by grabbing a ledge (A), rotating with the d-pad and jumping (B). -Catch and Trow: by holding A, grabbing an object and releasing A.

He can also buy attachments that will make his gun more powerful, such as the Bomber, the Twin Balls, the Hammer Punch and the Jet Sneakers.

Source.

Alternative Titles

NY Nyankies, ニューヨークニャンキーズ

Platform

Nintendo NES

Developer(s)

Atlus

Publishers(s)

Atlus

Genres(s)

Platformer

NA Release Date

September 1, 1991

JP Release Date

April 5, 1991

EU Release Date

November 19, 1992

MVGL User Score

8.4 by 7 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

-

Composer(s)

Tsukasa Masuko

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11 User(s)

This game also exists on:
Arcade

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