▁The ▁general ▁plot ▁summary ▁of ▁Gar field : ▁C aught ▁in ▁the ▁Act ▁is ▁shared ▁between ▁each ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁game . ▁Od ie ▁sc ares ▁Gar field ▁while ▁he ▁is ▁watching ▁television , ▁and ▁he ▁ends ▁up ▁falling ▁on ▁the ▁television . ▁In ▁a ▁r ushed ▁effort ▁to ▁repair ▁the ▁television ▁before ▁Jon ▁catch es ▁them , ▁Gar field ▁and ▁Od ie ▁attempt ▁to ▁put ▁the ▁b anged ▁up ▁and ▁broken ▁pieces ▁together . ▁Without ▁so ▁much ▁as ▁a ▁sc rew driver , ▁Gar field ▁quickly ▁re ass emb les ▁the ▁television , ▁minus ▁a ▁part ▁or ▁two . ▁As ▁Gar field ▁throws ▁away ▁the ▁spare ▁pieces , ▁they ▁become ▁an ▁electronic ▁mon ster ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Gl itch . ▁The ▁Gl itch ▁trans ports ▁Gar field ▁into ▁the ▁television ▁and ▁now ▁he ▁must ▁defeat ▁the ▁Gl itch ▁to ▁make ▁his ▁way ▁out . ▁ ▁Production ▁ ▁Background ▁▁ ▁Pl ans ▁for ▁a ▁Gar field ▁game ▁on ▁S ega ▁Gen esis ▁came ▁into ▁existence ▁with ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁lic ensed ▁platform ▁titles ▁such ▁as ▁Disney ' s ▁Al add in ▁by ▁Virgin ▁Games . ▁Development ▁on ▁Gar field : ▁C aught ▁in ▁the ▁Act ▁originally ▁began ▁with ▁programmer ▁Steven ▁L ash ower , ▁who ▁worked ▁on ▁the ▁S ega ▁ 3 2 X ▁conversion ▁of ▁Star ▁Wars ▁Ar cade , ▁but ▁internal ▁development ▁issues ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁project ▁being ▁restart ed ▁during ▁Christmas ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁and ▁months ▁of ▁work ▁being ▁scra pped ▁as ▁a ▁result , ▁with ▁Michael ▁Fern