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Frogger (developed by Konami in 1981 and distributed by Sega/Gremlin), is a classic arcade game noted for its novel gameplay and theme. The object of the game is to help your character (the frog) cross from the bottom of the screen to the top. The only player control is the joystick used to navigate the frog; 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. As the player progresses from level to level, the cars become faster and more difficult to navigate. The middle of the screen, after the road, contains a median where the player must prepare to navigate the river. In the early levels, the median is safe from danger, but as the player progresses in levels, a snake may appear in the median. By jumping on swiftly moving logs and the backs of turtles, the player must avoid alligators, snakes, and otters in the river, guiding his/her frog safely to one of the empty lilypads. The player may also earn bonuses by catch bugs or escorting a lady frog. When all five frogs are directed home, the game progresses to the next, harder level. 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 inspired an unofficial sequel by Sega in 1991 called Ribbit which featured improved graphics and simultaneous two-player action. Sequals The original game has been ported to a wide variety of home systems for personal use over the years. Official sequals to the original game are all listed below:
Frogger 3D (1997) Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (2000) Frogger: The Great Quest (2001) Frogger's Adventures: Temple of the Frog (2001) Frogger Advance: The Great Quest (2002) Frogger Beyond (2001) Frogger's Adventures 2: The Lost Wand (2002) Frogger's Journey: The Forgotten Relic (2003) Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue (2003) Frogger: Ancient Shadow (2005) Frogger: Helmet Chaos (2005) Frogger for Prizes (mobile game) (2005) [1] Frogger's 25 Anniversary (Xbox 360) (2006) [2] Frogger 25th, Frogger Evolution (mobile game) (2006) [3] My Frogger Toy Trials (Nintendo DS) (2006) Frogger 2 (Xbox 360) (2008), the third game to call itself "Frogger 2", for Xbox Live Arcade In the United States, Frogger was licensed by Sega to multiple companies for conversion: Parker Brothers held ROM-cartridge rights, while Sierra On-Line held magnetic-media rights. Several platforms were capable of accepting both ROM cartridges and magnetic media, thus these systems received multiple versions of the game. Sierra also sublicensed their magnetic-media rights to developers who published for systems not normally supported by Sierra; because of this, even the Atari 2600 received multiple releases: a cartridge from Parker Bros. and a cassette for the Supercharger from Starpath. |
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