Gotcha!

Gotcha! is an unreleased party video game that was in development by The Dome Software Developments and originally planned to be published by Atari Corporation on a scheduled 1996 release date for the Jaguar. It was also intended to be released for the IBM PC compatibles. In the game, players fight against each other with close-quarter or weapon attacks in an attempt of turning on all of their respective colored light bulbs to be the victor, while also managing to avoiding the dangers and havoc by the gimmicks that change the dynamic course of the matches each stage bring upon. First announced in mid-1995, the project was part of an effort by Atari Corp.'s UK division to incite independent developers to work with the Jaguar on original titles. Gameplay Gotcha! is primarily a side-scrolling action-platform party game with fighting and run and gun elements similar to The Outfoxies and Soldat where the main basic objective of players is to turn on all of their respective colored light bulbs before AI-controlled opponents manage to do the same by performing close-quarter attacks or picking up weapons and items scattered across the stage to harm them. Multiplayer is a heavy focus of the game, as up to four players with the Team Tap adapter can compete against each other on a split screen to turn all their light bulbs. The game features several stages to choose from, which are large and contain multiple platforms and obstacles players can run and jump to move around, while their environments also employ thematic events and scenarios which can damage players and dynamically change the playing field over the course of the matches.