Achieved at : 2023-08-13
Rank : 2
(54% worse)
Lups : 127
Approved :
Yes
Voting completed : 2023-09-04
| General Rules: |
Play with default settings unless otherwise specified. No use of trainers, cheats, saved game files, auto-fire (when not default present in-game), emulator save states, or other emulator advantages. No use of code modifications that give the player an advantage over other players. 1 player only. No continues. It is discouraged and may lead to voters not accepting your score to - excessively point farm - use glitches or other game exploits |
| Specific Rules: |
The game was released by Add-On Electronics as Phrogger, but in-game it is called Road Toad and was intended to be released by Kayde. The author is Warren Wander. Play the game at Level 9 (Easy). |
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@Ray2222 🇺🇸
TGP
Thanks, it sure is tricky - Medium and Hard skills are about to be uploaded 😲
I guess you could say the truck and frog are to scale!
I guess you could say the truck and frog are to scale!
Ray2222
Looks like the toughest frogger. I'm suprised this is easy setting!
Small frog big truck!
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Small frog big truck!
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TGP
Phrogger is a 1984 arcade game for the Aquarius with 16K RAM expansion by Warren Wander. It was released by Add-On Electronics. The games title gives it away as a Frogger-clone, but the game itself has a bit of an identity crisis. The inlay calls it Phrogger, the tape calls it Froggy and the game itself calls it Road Toad! The game itself reports that it was released by Kayde (and the lorries in the game also display the name). Kayde went bust in 1983, so it is likely the game was intended for them originally. After they collapsed it must have been picked up by
Add-On, but the references in the software were never updated. This probably also explains the various versions of the games name.
The game itself is quite a basic version of Frogger. There are two lanes of traffic, both featuring very large vehicles and a few rows of very small logs on the river. Controls are limited to left, right and forward - there is no going back!
Each attempt to cross to safety is split into two halves. Crossing the road comes first. Getting past the red cars is relatively simple and there is a safe zone between the cars and the lorries, where you psych yourself up for the next part. There only appears to be one gap in the larry section that is safe enough to cross - and that is only just about possible, so timing is critical. Get past the lorries and you have another safe spot on the bank of the river. Crossing the river is similar, with alternating safe zones and killer logs - yes, in this version you have to keep off the logs, not jump on them. There is no time limit, so you are free to line yourself up for the final sprint to the homes and get your timing right.
Controls are ok, but moving forward can often result in you going too far or not far enough, almost always with fatal consequences. There is no time available for correction and no going backwards, so key control is actually the main challenge of the game. Overall the game is quite frustrating and this is another game illustrating that the Aquarius could be quite challenging to produce a good game on.
There are 9 skill levels and these control the speed of play. The fastest level is quite, shall we say, challenging.
This run was made on the 13th August 2023. Skill level 9 - the easiest - was selected and the final score was 644 points. The emulator used is Virtual Aquarius 0.72A, running at PAL settings as this is a UK game.
Time stamps:
00:30 Title screen and showing system timings set at PAL.
00:39 Level select screen. 9 chosen, which is the easiest (slowest).
01:00 First life lost.
01:16 A frog makes it home - quite a challenge in this game.
01:33 Second life lost.
03:00 Third life lost. Game Over! Final score 644 points.
Add-On, but the references in the software were never updated. This probably also explains the various versions of the games name.
The game itself is quite a basic version of Frogger. There are two lanes of traffic, both featuring very large vehicles and a few rows of very small logs on the river. Controls are limited to left, right and forward - there is no going back!
Each attempt to cross to safety is split into two halves. Crossing the road comes first. Getting past the red cars is relatively simple and there is a safe zone between the cars and the lorries, where you psych yourself up for the next part. There only appears to be one gap in the larry section that is safe enough to cross - and that is only just about possible, so timing is critical. Get past the lorries and you have another safe spot on the bank of the river. Crossing the river is similar, with alternating safe zones and killer logs - yes, in this version you have to keep off the logs, not jump on them. There is no time limit, so you are free to line yourself up for the final sprint to the homes and get your timing right.
Controls are ok, but moving forward can often result in you going too far or not far enough, almost always with fatal consequences. There is no time available for correction and no going backwards, so key control is actually the main challenge of the game. Overall the game is quite frustrating and this is another game illustrating that the Aquarius could be quite challenging to produce a good game on.
There are 9 skill levels and these control the speed of play. The fastest level is quite, shall we say, challenging.
This run was made on the 13th August 2023. Skill level 9 - the easiest - was selected and the final score was 644 points. The emulator used is Virtual Aquarius 0.72A, running at PAL settings as this is a UK game.
Time stamps:
00:30 Title screen and showing system timings set at PAL.
00:39 Level select screen. 9 chosen, which is the easiest (slowest).
01:00 First life lost.
01:16 A frog makes it home - quite a challenge in this game.
01:33 Second life lost.
03:00 Third life lost. Game Over! Final score 644 points.