1997 · Adventure · Puzzle

DogDay

PlayStation console exclusive

In this 1st-person, point and click adventure game, you play a dog (in a dog's universe) living under the brutal and corrupt regime of a dictator named Chegga. Chegga has full control of the media and has placed his friends in positions of power.

Released: 1997
Platforms: PlayStation Windows
Genres: Adventure Puzzle
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: First person
Country: Japan Australia
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

DogDay is a 1997 graphic adventure game developed by Australian studio Asylum Productions, later known as Eyst and published by Infogrames Europe SA for the PlayStation and Windows. The Japanese PlayStation title translates in English as "Curiosity kills the cat?".

›Story

A first-person point and click adventure game. The player takes the role of a dog. They are living under a corrupt regime caused by a dictator named Chegga. The player must find evidence of Chegga's crimes and sell it to a group called C.A.T.S. (Coalition Against Totalitarian Society), who will give him enough money to buy a train ticket to escape.

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Story

The title plays as a 1st-person point and click adventure game. The narrative sees the player take the role of a dog (in a world where dogs are people). They are living under a corrupt regime caused by a dictator named Chegga. The player must find evidence of Chegga's crimes and sell it to a group called C.A.T.S. (Coalition Against Totalitarian Society), who will give him enough money to buy a train ticket to escape.

Development

The game was published by Impact Interactive Publishing (USA), Bomico Entertainment Software (Germany) and Hyper Force (Netherlands). In late 1998 the game was ported on the PlayStation by the studio Something Good as a Japan-only title, re-titled Curiosity kills the cat?.

Dog Day II was tentatively scheduled for release in the third quarter of 1999, but this never came to fruition.

Reception

Just Adventure praised the "great graphics, music, and wonderful puzzles", and noted its replay value. Hardcore Gaming praised the game's atmosphere and mise-en-scène. Tap Repeatedly wrote the game was visually impressive by 2003 standards. PC Joker felt the title embodied "solid mediocrity" and "all around average[ness]".