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Intellectual property dispute

There was a Game Gear version of Frogger that was finished, but never released. I know this because I own the prototype. What I was wondering is this... did Sega and Konami get into a legal battle over the Frogger intellectual property? It would explain why this finished game never hit store shelves, and why the arcade game Sega had based on Frogger was released with the name "Ribbit." M.Neko

Was the game really meant to be called "Highway Crossing Frog"? I thought that was just a joke in an MTV skit of 'The Matrix'.Smurrayinchester 09:16, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Preppie

One of the greatest Frogger clones was Russ Wetmore's Preppie. http://www.atarihq.com/reviews/atari8/preppie.html

Cleaning up Ports section

A bit of what I just did:

- I'm removing the POV that Parker Bros inadvertently neglected to scoop up magnetic-media rights to Frogger due to some kind of "innocence," though I understand the intended purpose of this line; Parker Bros. intentionally released only cartridge products, working with other companies (including Sierra on Frogger) who handled magnetic releases. (Though it is true that the Starpath release was one that was unintended... I'll try to work that in somehow.)

- Adding other licensed ports, along with country of release. (There are some odd-ball licensed releases-- who'd imagine a Timex/Sinclair release?)

- Putting licensed ports into some kind of order. Student Driver 17:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You may have missed one; I'm sure I remember playing Frogger on a BBC Micro when I was at school. Daibhid C 22:00, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I left off non-licensed ports. A company named A&F Software released a version actually called "Frogger" (for BBC and Spectrum), but from what I've been able to tell, it's unlicensed. I'm sure I missed some conversions somewhere, though; if nothing else, there's a huge time-gap in potential Japanese releases. Student Driver 02:59, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If anyone wants to add additional ports, please double-check that the port is licensed; I just did research on the Sharp MZ-700 release that was added a few months ago, and it turned out to be another unauthorized clone. To avoid stepping on toes, I moved it into the paragraph describing such unauthorized ports, but I'm wondering if the article is really in need of such a listing-- surely not every single Frogger clone that's been released is notable. Student Driver (talk) 19:03, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why are four screen shots about to be deleted?

Why are four screenshots from various game consoles about to be deleted? O_o --Logomachist 03:11, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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