▁the ▁artists ▁at ▁P aws , ▁while ▁S ega ▁inter Active ▁trans posed ▁the ▁sketch es ▁l ent ▁by ▁the ▁studio ▁into ▁pixel ▁art ▁graphics , ▁with ▁Fern ie ▁stating ▁that ▁the ▁person ▁who ▁did ▁the ▁process ▁was ▁a ▁sub cont ractor . ▁The ▁game ▁drew ▁insp iration ▁from ▁Davis ' ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁book ▁Gar field : ▁His ▁ 9 ▁L ives . ▁Davis ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁concept ▁for ▁his ▁book ▁allowed ▁them ▁to ▁port ray ▁Gar field ▁as ▁more ▁" kin etic " ▁than ▁his ▁usual ▁newspaper ▁strip ▁character , ▁facil it ating ▁the ▁book ' s ▁adaptation ▁into ▁an ▁hour - long ▁TV ▁special , ▁and ▁reason ed ▁that ▁a ▁similar ▁prem ise ▁would ▁allow ▁a ▁more ▁effective ▁translation ▁of ▁Gar field ▁into ▁the ▁video ▁game ▁medium . ▁Davis ▁also ▁stated ▁he ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁creating ▁both ▁the ▁cover ▁art ▁and ▁the ▁introduction ▁sequence . ▁ ▁Release ▁ ▁Gar field : ▁C aught ▁in ▁the ▁Act ▁was ▁first ▁released ▁for ▁the ▁S ega ▁Gen esis ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁by ▁S ega ▁and ▁featured ▁six ▁levels . ▁This ▁version ▁was ▁also ▁distributed ▁in ▁Brazil ▁by ▁T ect oy . ▁S ega ▁Channel ▁subscri bers ▁could ▁download ▁Gar field : ▁The ▁Lost ▁Level s , ▁an ▁exclusive ▁release ▁for ▁the ▁service ▁that ▁featured ▁ 3 ▁different ▁levels . ▁A ▁port ▁for ▁the ▁S ega ▁ 3 2 X , ▁called ▁Gar field ▁in ▁TV ▁Land , ▁was ▁planned ▁but ▁ultimately ▁cancel led . ▁ ▁Game ▁G ear