Frogs

Frogs is a single player arcade game in which the player controls a frog and tries to catch bugs with the frogs tongue while jumping.

Also:

- Published by: Gremlin Industries
- Developed by: Gremlin Industries
- Platform: Arcade
- Year Released: 1978
- Genre: platform game
- Other Games in Series: none

History

Frogs is considered one of the early platform genre games and is one of the first games to include a projected color background.

Gremlin Industries entered the mark in 1977 and marketed six games that year. In '78 they marketed 3 games including Frogs. In '79 they merged with SEGA.

Game Design Elements

Gameplay

You can move you frog left and right, you can make your frog jump up and catch bugs.

Controls

- Four way joystick
- Single button

Characters

You play as a frog.

Art

Visual

The bugs and frog are white in color and are animated. The frog had animations for hopping, jumping up, falling down, catching a bug and even falling in the water!

The field of play included a projected full color static background.

Sound

The game had sound for the frog when it jumped, as well as when it caught a bug.

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