Why did the frog cross the road?
Because the player successfully navigated the lower half of the screen.
- — The Unauthorized Frogger Joke Book: Over 400 Pages of Hoppin' Hilarity, p. 357
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The FROG signature resource immortalizes a date from early in development.
Frogger Version 1.0 - 1 Mar 1984
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If the aspect ratio of the main menu illustration looks off to you, you're not mistaken. Compare the actual PICT data to the in-game rendering, and notice how the fine shading on the windshield is all but destroyed by downscaling it.
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A magazine preview indicates that something similar happened to all the art in the game.
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Arcade |
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Magnavox Odyssey² |
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Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family |
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Mac OS Classic |
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Game Gear |
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Genesis |
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SNES |
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PlayStation |
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Dreamcast |
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Windows |
Frogger (Prototype) • Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge • The Great Quest • Frogger: Ancient Shadow • Frogger Beyond |
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Game.com |
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Game Boy Color |
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Nintendo 64 |
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Game Boy Advance |
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GameCube, Xbox |
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PlayStation 2 |
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Plug & Play |
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Nintendo DS |
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PlayStation Portable |
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Xbox 360 |
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WiiWare |
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DSiWare |
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Nintendo 3DS |
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