Frogger (Parker Brothers)

The title of this article is ambiguous. Frogger (Disambiguation).

Frogger (Parker Brothers)

Game No.	231
Voting	6.67 points, 24 votes
Company	Sega
Publisher	Parker Brothers, Human Engineered Software
Release	1983
Platform	C64, VC20, Atari, TI99/4a, ColecoVision, Intelvision, Philips Videopac
Genre	Jump & Run, Arcade
Gamemode	Single player 2 players (in turns)
Operation
Media
Language
Information	Follower: Frogger II: ThreeeDeep!

Description[edit | edit source]

In the game Frogger you have to let frogs hop over a street with much traffic and over logs and turtles in a floating stream to one of the five free spaces at the upper rim of the screen. Dangers are always there: Cars drive over the frog and he does also not survive leaving the screen or jumping into water, and so on.

Each frog needs to reach its aim within a given time. The time that is left is added to your score. When all 5 places are occupied, the next level starts. In higher levels the traffice gets more. Crossing the stream is aggravated by missing logs, submerging turtles and other small scurvinesses as crocodiles, water snakes and beavers. Furthermore, the available time is shortened and the speed rises. There are bonus points when pinching flies and the toad.

Design[edit | edit source]

The game always shows the same background, in which in the lower parts move animated cars on the street and in the upper part in the stream animated logs, turtles, crocodiles, water snakes and the frog itself. There are music jingles at the start and end of each level. In between simple sound effects are played.

Hints[edit | edit source]

Controls

You play with joystick in port#1 in the single player mode or with 2 joysticks in both ports
F1 Start game
F3 Game speed: Slow/Fast
F5 Single player or Multiplayer

Points

Forward jump: 10 points
Frog in the goal: 50 points
Frog in the goal with toad: 200 points
Frog in the goal with fly: 200 points
all 5 frogs in the goal: 1000 points
In the goal for each time unit left: 10 points

Tip

you get an extra life each 10.000 points

Solution[edit | edit source]

Tips:

Do not jump onto the mouth of an alligator (only on the back)!
Do not jump into a cave in which there is an alligator!
If you jump into a cave in which a fly sits, this gets you extra points (200 points).
Collecting and then "bringing home" a green female frog sitting on a log also gets you bonus points (200 points).

Cheats[edit | edit source]

Voting[edit | edit source]

Voting of the C64-Wiki users (10=the best vote):
6.67 points at 24 votes (rank 562). You need to be logged in to cast a vote.
C64Games	6	25th July 2008 - "good" - 9127 downs
Lemon64	7,3	25th July 2008 - 49 votes

Reviews[edit | edit source]

Werner: "The Parker version is at the beginning a bit more difficult than the Sierra version, as the speed is a bit higher and the goal needs to be hit more precise. Unfortunately, the game gets in the mode "Slow" surprisingly easier again from level 5 or 6! and with this more boring. Therefore only 6.5 points."