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''Frogger'' is a 1981 Arcade Game licensed for U.S. distribution by Sega /Gremlin, and developed by Konami . The game is regarded as a classic and was very popular for its novel gameplay and theme. OVERVIEW The object of this game is to guide a Frog to its home. To do so, the player must get frogs to successfully dodge cars and navigate a River full of hazards. The skillful or lucky player may obtain bonuses along the way. DESCRIPTION The game starts with three or six frogs. The player guides a Frog which starts at the bottom of the screen. The lower half of the screen contains a road with Motor Vehicle s, which in various versions include Car s, Truck s, Bus es, Taxi s, and/or Motorcycle s speeding along. The upper half of the screen consists of a river with logs, Alligator s, and Turtle s. The very top of the screen contains five "frog homes"—the goal for each frog. Each level is timed, so the player must act quickly to finish each level before the time expires. The only control the player has is navigating the direction for the frog to hop with the Joystick . Each push in a direction causes the frog to hop once in that direction. On the bottom half of the screen, the player must successfully guide the frog between opposing lanes of trucks, cars and other vehicles, to avoid becoming Roadkill . The middle of the screen, after the road, contains a Median where the player must prepare to navigate the river. The frog will drown if it lands directly in the river. By jumping on swiftly moving logs and the backs of turtles, the player can guide his frog safely to one of the empty "homes". The player must avoid alligators, Snake s and Otter s in the river, but may catch Bug s or escort a lady frog for bonuses. When all five frogs are directed home, the game progresses to the next, harder level. ''Frogger'' is available as a standard upright or cocktail cabinet. The controls consist solely of a 4-direction joystick used to guide the frog's jump direction. The number of simultaneous players is one, and the game has a maximum of two players. LEGACY The game was originally going to be titled "Highway Crossing Frog," but the executives at Sega felt it did not capture the true nature of the game and was changed simply to "Frogger." In addition to inspiring numerous clones, this game spawned a sequel in 1991 called '' Ribbit '' which featured improved graphics and simultaneous two-player action. ''Frogger'' is regarded as one of the "Top 100 Videogames" of all time by the Killer List Of Videogames (KLOV). The original "Highway Crossing Frog" was actually an exact copy of an earlier game called "Freeway", developed in 1971 at the University of Washington psychology department on an IMLAC PDS-1 graphics minicomputer, as the "reward" part of a project related to studies of human short-term memory using this early graphics computer workstation. Apparently, someone at Konami saw it and commercialized it. PORTS Like many games of the era, ''Frogger'' was Ported to several home systems for personal use. In 1983 ''Frogger'' was ported to the PC ( Booter ), Apple II , Atari 2600 , Atari 5200 , Atari 7800 , Commodore 64 , ColecoVision , Intellivision , and Magnavox Odyssey&2 . Hasbro Interactive released a new version for Microsoft Windows and the PlayStation in 1997 (in this one, Frogger is green with an orange stripe). A port to the Mega Drive/Genesis was the last game released for the system. |
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