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Frogger

Your task in this arcade game is to guide a frog across a treacherous road and river, and to safety at the top of the screen. Both these sections are fraught with a variety of hazards, each of which will kill…

31 December 1984

Frogger is an arcade developed by Sierra On-Line, released 31 December 1984 on Mac.

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What Frogger is

Frogger is an arcade game developed by Sierra On-Line and released in 1984. It is available on Mac only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Your task in this arcade game is to guide a frog across a treacherous road and river, and to safety at the top of the screen. Both these sections are fraught with a variety of hazards, each of which will kill the frog and cost you a life if contact is made.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Frogger series

Frogger is the 23rd of 81 entries we hold in the Frogger series. The next entry was Frogger in 1984.

See all 81 Frogger games in release order →

What it launched against

Frogger launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.

Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.

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When did Frogger come out?
Frogger was released on 31 December 1984 for Mac.

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