Rat Attack!
Rat Attack! — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Rat Attack! on?
- Rat Attack! was released on Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation.
- When did Rat Attack! release?
- Rat Attack! was first released on August 31, 1999.
About Rat Attack!
Play as one of the Scratch Cats, an elite superhero team, who are out to save the world from Washington and Jefferson, two evil mutant space rats who wish to enslave the world in rats. Explore each puzzle level and wipe out the rat threat. First you need to catch the rat, using the Eraticator. Then you must find the Destructor pad in each level in order for the rat to be taken out. Each level has a quota of rats you must remove, and if you fail to do so within the time limit (which, in this case, is when the rats destroy everything in the level), you lose.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
- Developer
- Pure Audio
- Publisher
- Mindscape
- Game modes
- Single player, Split screen
- Themes
- Action
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo 64 | 2000 | $152 | $704 | $853 | 4 reviews | Medium |
Release timeline
- PlayStationAug 31, 1999
- Nintendo 64Sep 12, 2000
- PC (Microsoft Windows)Jul 11, 2025
First release on each platform, from IGDB’s records of this game’s ports and editions. Remakes are separate games with their own pages, so they are not listed here.
We haven’t priced or authenticated the versions without a section on this page yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAL release | $123 | $1,999 | $2,477 |
How often it sells
- Loose: about once a week
- Complete: about 5 times a year
- Sealed: about 2 times a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $10.75 in Jan 2007, $52 five years ago, and $152 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2007 | $10.75 | — |
| Jan 2008 | $11.50 | — |
| Jan 2009 | $5.99 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $2.19 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $2.18 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $4.00 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $7.25 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $7.59 | $87 |
| Jan 2015 | $7.48 | $148 |
| Jan 2016 | $15.99 | $120 |
| Jan 2017 | $19.50 | $120 |
| Jan 2018 | $18.01 | $120 |
| Jan 2019 | $25 | $130 |
| Jan 2020 | $27 | $161 |
| Jan 2021 | $27 | $179 |
| Jan 2022 | $53 | $450 |
| Jan 2023 | $70 | $721 |
| Jan 2024 | $62 | $658 |
| Jan 2025 | $64 | $750 |
| Jan 2026 | $102 | $762 |
| Oct 2026 | $152 | $704 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Cartridge serial | Known board |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 12 September 2000 | NUS-NRTE-USA | NUS-01A-02 |
| Europe / PAL | 21 April 2000 | NUS-NRTP-EUR | — |
- Region
- NA+EU
- Released
- 2000
- Authenticity
- Med
A simple cat-versus-rat puzzler that is now one of the priciest cartridges in the library.
Rat Attack! is an arcade-style puzzle game in which a group of Scratch Cats stops an invasion of evil mutant space rats. Pure Entertainment developed it and Mindscape published it. It came out first on the PlayStation in 1999, and the Nintendo 64 version followed in 2000, in PAL regions in April and in North America in September.
The N64 version was slightly altered from the PlayStation original, with one character swapped, so the mysterious cat in King Scarab's clutches is Atomicat rather than Banubis, and a series of levels changed. N64 Magazine called it a simple, well-executed puzzle game with cats trying to catch rats. IGN's Fran Mirabella III compared the premise of catching and disposing of rats to Ghostbusters.
What the press said at the time
| GameRankings (aggregate) | 61% | |
| IGN | 5.5/10 | |
| N64 Magazine | 70% | |
| Nintendo Power | 6.3/10 |
Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Nintendo 64 version.
Also on other platforms
PlayStation · Windows
- PlayStation. The PlayStation original has the cat in King Scarab's clutches as Banubis, where the Nintendo 64 port uses Atomicat.
- Windows. A Windows port followed in 2005 in Italy and in July 2007 in the UK.
How the other versions reviewed
| PlayStation | GameRankings | 48% |
| PlayStation | AllGame | 4/5 |
| PlayStation | CNET Gamecenter | 5/10 |
| PlayStation | Computer and Video Games | 3/5 |
| PlayStation | Electronic Gaming Monthly | 5/10 |
| PlayStation | The Electric Playground | 5/10 |
| PlayStation | Game Informer | 6.75/10 |
| PlayStation | GameRevolution | B− |
| PlayStation | GameSpot | 2.7/10 |
| PlayStation | IGN | 5.8/10 |
These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.
Before you buy
This is among the priciest carts in the library, so fake risk is moderate: ask for a photo of the circuit board, which is the reliable check, because a cart that boots proves nothing. PAL copies cost somewhat less loose than the North American cart but far more complete. A complete copy costs many times the loose price, and sealed copies cost more again.
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