It seemed as if Frogger was condemned to wander streams of traffic, turtles and logs for the rest of gaming eternity. But then He made the leap 3-D! Now armed with an array of advanced powers, Frogger must make his way through strange new worlds filled with nasty enemies and dangerous terrain. Help him save frog civilization! Same addictive gameplay as the original arcade game! Up to 4 players with multi-player split screen. Dozens of challenging new levels.
Compete over LAN, modem-to-modem, or Internet. It was your job to work your way from the bottom of the screen to the top of the screen and save the baby frogs. Sound simple enough? Well, it starts out easy enough, but things start to change the farther you progress through the levels. In your attempt to save the baby frogs, you must maneuver your frog through streets of heavy traffic and across a raging river, with only logs and the backs of various creatures keeping you from plunging to your death in the water I always thought frogs could swim, but what do I know?
Anyway, after you rescue the 5 baby frogs at the top of the screen, you move on to the next level. The next level adds more traffic, less time and less objects in the river. The game was very addicting and ultra-popular at the time. Set your clocks ahead about 12 years to the present and Hasbro's release of Frogger.
Unlike most retro games, this game has been completely redone. Usually, the idea behind retro games is to keep the original intact. People want the same graphics, music and gameplay.
Frogger deviates from this formula. The only thing that really carries over from the original title is the gameplay in the retro levels. Other than that, the graphics and, for the most part, sound is nothing like the original.
What is wrong with taking the addicting gameplay and updating the graphics and sound to today's standards? Not a thing. I really enjoyed the retro levels on this game. They felt like the good old arcade game if it were to be released in the 90's. You get that same feel that the old arcade machines gave you, right down to the rushing traffic and perfect timing required. It was a bit difficult to get used to guiding your frog with a control pad instead of a stick, but you will get the hang of it soon enough.
The multi-player mode was also fun on the retro levels. This has you and up to three friends battling to get to the top of the screen and save the most baby frogs. This mode resulted in more good-natured harassment than I can remember in a long time. You will get a few good hours of enjoyment out of this mode. The only drawback is that when playing with more than two players, the screen does get difficult to see.
So what is it that I didn't like about this game? First, and foremost, I did not like any of the new levels. In the retro levels it is clear and easy what the intended goal is. The new levels are very unclear on what the object is and where it is located. In the retro level, you know the object is to work your way from the bottom of the screen to the top of the screen.
Simple enough. The new levels have you going off in directions that you have no clue or indication if this is even the correct way to go. Since everything is on a time limit, you don't have the time to explore the level and locate your goal. It is also very easy to get lost and not have any clue where it is you are supposed to be going. This will leave you throwing the controller down in frustration. The other thing I did not like about the game was that it just gets boring pretty quick.
Like I said, the retro levels were fun, but you can only play them so many times before you get tired of doing the same things over and over again. Since the new levels have no direction and are basically a crap shoot on the object, you will find more frustration than fun. If you are like me, you don't mind challenge, but you at least want to know what the hell you are trying to do and have some idea of how to do it. The move to 3D has done our little froggie well. The updated graphics on the old levels look good and it makes you think about how much things have changed.
The cars, trucks, logs and alligators all look cool, and there is never a question of what items are. The only thing is, back in the old days, graphics did not matter much. So in the one area the new Frogger really shines, graphics, it really is just secondary because the gameplay on the new levels is not too enthralling.
For fans of the old classic, this game will be worth a rental to play the retro levels. This game could have been better if they would have just followed the same concept of the original game.
It must have gotten lost somewhere in the translation that the thing that made the original game fun was a test of reflexes and quick thinking. The new games just missed this completely, and that is why they just did not work for me. The 3D environment serves Frogger well, but this is only secondary to the gameplay. In the early s a company named Konami released a very popular video game named Frogger. Rather than being a standard platform game or an arcade shooter, you tried to get a frog to jump across a road without being flattened by onrushing cars and trucks to save its babies.
It was quite fun, despite the limitations of the primitive graphics in those days. Incorporating the very latest technology the game includes support for MMX and 3D video acceleration , the new Frogger springs us into a full 3D world incorporating 50 levels of play in ten new environments. If you haven't played Frogger or want to try this action video game, download it now for free! Published in by Hasbro Interactive Ltd. Screenshots from MobyGames. Short Stack 1 point. I downloaded the the RIP version.
Running the Video Setup Utility. I have Windows Asuna -4 points. How do I download it from this website? Where is the download link? VLvpvs 0 point. Having trouble with the resolution. No matter what my computer is at, the game stays incredibly small, any fixes? Duke Ptra 0 point. CB 0 point. Hi, thanks for the download, very nostalgic game for me :. I managed to get it to run on Windows I have one problem, I can't eat the flies, I have tried every button on my laptop, nothing works.
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