Frogs (video game)
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| Publisher(s) | Sega-Gremlin |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | 1978 |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Arcade system | Sega VIC Dual |
Frogs is a single-player action arcade game developed by Sega-Gremlin in 1978. It is the first video game with a jumping character (predating Donkey Kong by 3 years).[1] The player controls a frog on lilypads and attempts to catch (with the frog's tongue and while jumping) various insects (butterflies and dragonflies) worth different numbers of points in a set amount of time.
The game's graphics are "projected" by laying the monitor flat on its back and reflecting the computer-generated graphics of the frogs and flies toward the player via a mirror at a 45-degree angle. (The game's graphics were actually generated and shown backward, so the mirror reflection would show letters and numbers properly.)[1]
Legacy
In 1980, Adventure International published a clone with varying names–Frog, Frogs, Frog on a Log–for the TRS-80. Mattel released Frogs and Flies for the Atari 2600, which was renamed Frog Bog for the Intellivision version. Both were released in 1982.
References
External links
- Frogs at mamedb.com
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