Alley Cat is a video game created by Bill Williams and published by Synapse Software for the Atari 8-bit family in 1983, and later as a PC booter and for the IBM PCjr in 1984 by IBM. The player controls "Freddy the Cat," whose objective is to perform certain tasks within the homes of people in order to reach his love, Felicia.[1] Alley Cat was based on a one-screen prototype by John Harris. Harris had become unhappy with the direction that the game was headed in and handed it over to Williams who expanded the basic concept into a finished game.[2]