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1983 video game
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1983 video game
Publisher(s)Anirog Software
Programmer(s)Commodore 64
Jef Gamon
ZX Spectrum
S.J. Dann
Platform(s)VIC-20, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release1983: VIC
1984: C64, Spectrum
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Frogrun! (also Frog Run) is a Frogger clone published by Anirog Software for the VIC-20 home computer in 1983. A Commodore 64 version programmed by Jef Gamon was published in 1984 as Frogrun 64. A ZX Spectrum version by S.J. Dann was released with the name Frog Run.

Gameplay

The game follows the structure of Frogger: maneuver across a busy road, then hop on floating objects to reach the frog homes on the other side of a river.

Taken from the games instructions:

  • 10 points for moving frog forward.
  • 200 points for getting a frog home.
  • A bonus for all the frogs home.
  • A bonus for jumping on a lady frog.
  • There is a time limit of 25 seconds to get a frog home.

References

  1. ^ Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. ^ "Frog Run". SpectrumComputing.co.uk.

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