Nyan cat game which is also known as pop tart cat game is an animated game of 8-bits featuring a cat with a cherry pop tart body and whose movement leaves behind a trail of rainbow. The game is inspired by an animated gif which is very popular.The humour behind the nyan cat game has captured the attention of many people on you-tube and on line art communities.

In April 2011, the nyan cat received a full stream coverage. The pop tart cat animation was first posted on the daily comics' site on April 2011, called LOL-COMICS run by Chris Torres known also as Prguitarman. On April 5th 2011, Sarajoon , a you-tuber posted a video titled the nyan cat which used Chris Torres' pop tart cat while playing a Japanese song called Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya by Japanese artist Daniwell-P, on the background. Just within the weeks of its upload the video gained more than a million views. It was also picked up by many of the top social networking sites.

Hence, because of its popularity, there has been many games developers who have created nyan cat games loke Nyan Cat Sushi Fighter, Scratch Nyan Cat the Game, Nyan Cat 3D Hyperspace Adventures, Tac Nyan Game-Demolition Nyan, Nyan Cat Lost in Space, Original Non- Stop Nyan Cat, Nyan Cat Meteor Flight, Nyanon-Nyan Evolution Game and Nyan Cat Match Game.

They also have Snake Nyan Cat, Nyanicorn, Nyan Cat Fly, Eat and Grow Nyan Cat Fever Game, Nyan Cat Shooting Game etc. Nyan cat game also works in the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES.

Although the nyan cat game is a simple game, it is very amazing to play. The nyan cat flies in space with a rainbow trail behind it eating all the ice creams and candy on the path and avoids all the green vegetables. To play this game, all you need is the arrow keys to control the movement of the nyan cat. It is an all- age game and very interesting to play.