Software:Frogs and Flies
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| Developer(s) | APH Technological Consulting |
| Publisher(s) | Mattel Electronics |
| Platform(s) | Atari 2600, Intellivision |
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | One player vs AI-controlled opponent Two players |
Frogs and Flies is a 1982 video game by Mattel Electronics, initially released as Frog Bog for the Intellivision, it was converted and released for the Atari 2600 later that year. In both games, each player controls a frog sitting on a lily pad, attempting to eat more flies than the other.
Gameplay
Each game starts out in the morning with a light blue sky. If there is not a second player, the system will automatically take control of the red frog within a few seconds. Each frog jumps from one lily pad to the other. During each hop, a number of flies fly around the screen. The player pushes the fire button, which causes the frog's tongue to stick out. If the frog is in the right spot ahead or behind a fly, it catches and eats the fly. Each time a fly is captured it is worth two points. The game progresses throughout the day, with the sky turning a darker shade of blue, and eventually turning black as the day ends. About a minute after the sky turns black, the two frogs leave the screen – the green frog exits to the left, and the red frog to the right. A firefly then comes on to the screen carrying a "The End" message, which it leaves in the center of the screen. The frog who has captured the most flies at that point is the winner.
There are two different levels to Frogs and Flies that players can select. On the first level, the jumping off and landing points are fixed, the user needs to time their jumps to catch any flies who may come into the frog's flight path. On the second level, the frogs are free to move about the ground to catch flies as the jumping and landing points are not fixed. A player can even cause a frog to jump into the water – in that case, the frog will swim back on to the nearest pad. Generally this is to be avoided since it takes several seconds for the frog to swim back to the pad.
Versions
Frogs and Flies is similar to the 1978 Sega-Gremlin arcade game Frogs.
Mattel released the game for its Intellivision with the name Frog Bog, and an Atari 2600 version under its M Network label with the name Frogs and Flies, both in 1982.[1]
In 1997, a version for the Commodore 64 was released by Loadstar on its magazine cover disk. It was programmed by Robin Harbron, who was paid US $250 for the game.[2]
Starting circa 2005, Rastersoft released a version call Frog Feast for a number of fourth generation consoles.[3]
Starting circa 2009, EntwicklerX released a version under the name A Frog Game for a number of game platforms, mobile platforms and AmigaOS 4.[4]
In 2020, Intellivision Entertainment announced updated version of the game for the forthcoming Intellivision Amico.[5] As of June 2022, the console was yet to be released.[6]
References
- ↑ Goodman, Danny (Spring 1983). "Home Video Games: Video Games Update". Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games: 32. http://www.atarimagazines.com/cva/v1n1/vgupdate.php.
- ↑ (in en) My First Paid Game Dev: Code Walkthrough of Frogs And Flies on the Commodore 64, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Oswij6kh4, retrieved 2022-06-12
- ↑ "Frog Feast (2005)". https://www.mobygames.com/game/frog-feast.
- ↑ "A Frog Game (2009)". https://www.mobygames.com/game/a-frog-game.
- ↑ "Intellivision® Reveals Initial Details For The Upcoming Amico™ Home Video Game Console!". https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/intellivision-reveals-initial-details-for-the-upcoming-amico-home-video-game-console-300734998.html. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ↑ "Intellivision is trying to save the Amico by severely cutting staff and licensing out its IP" (in en-GB). 2022-06-08. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/intellivision-is-trying-to-save-the-amico-by-severely-cutting-staff-and-licensing-out-its-ip/.
External links
- Frogs and Flies at GameFAQs
- The Atari 2600 version of Frogs and Flies can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive
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