Frogs (video game)
| Industry | Video games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1978 |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Products | Frogs (video game) |
Frogs is a solo action video game launched in arcades by Gremlin in 1978. This title showcased a frog character capable of jumping, arriving three years prior to Donkey Kong. Its visuals were distinctively presented by positioning the screen horizontally and reflecting the image through a 45-degree angled mirror, with the graphics rendered in reverse to display correctly. The game's distribution in Japan was managed by Sega.
Gameplay
The player maneuvers a frog situated on lilypads, attempting to capture various insects such as butterflies and dragonflies using the frog’s tongue while leaping, accumulating points before the timer runs out.
Legacy
In 1980, Adventure International introduced a comparable title named Frog, Frogs, or Frog on a Log for the TRS-80, where the gameplay involved guiding a frog along a log. Subsequently, Mattel released Frogs and Flies for the Atari 2600, which was later rebranded as Frog Bog for Intellivision; both versions debuted in 1982.
External links
- Frogs at mamedb.com