Frogs (video game)
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| Publisher(s) | Sega-Gremlin |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | Arcade 1978 |
| Genre(s) | Action / Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Arcade system | Sega VIC Dual |
Frogs is a single-player action[1] / platform[2] arcade game released by Sega-Gremlin in 1978.[1][3] It is the first video game with a jumping character (predating Donkey Kong by 3 years), which by some definitions could make it the first platform game.[4] 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 amounts of points in a set amount of time.
Frogs is one of the first arcade games to include a static background as part of the arcade cabinet.[citation needed] 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.)[4]
Clones
Mattel released Frogs and Flies for the Atari 2600, which was renamed Frog Bog for the Intellivision version. Both were released in 1982.
A homebrew clone named Frog Feast was published by OlderGames in 2005 for the Neo Geo (MVS and CD), Sega Genesis, Sega CD, SNES, Atari Jaguar and CD-i.[5]
References
- ^ a b Template:Allgame
- ^ Frogs at the Killer List of Videogames
- ^ Template:Allgame
- ^ a b Frogs, Earl Green, Phospher Dot Fossils, retrieved 2010-2-16
- ^ Frog Feast
External links
- Frogs at mamedb.com
- Flash video of the game
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