Frogs is a platform developed by Gremlin Industries, released 1 October 1978 on Arcade.
What Frogs is
Frogs is a platform game developed by Gremlin Industries and released in 1978. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Frogs is a single-player action / platform arcade game released by Sega-Gremlin in 1978. It is the first video game with a jumping character (predating Donkey Kong by 3 years), which by some definitions could make it the first platform game. The player controls a frog on lily pads and attempts to catch (with the frog's tongue and while jumping) various insects (butterflies and dragonflies) worth different amounts of points in a set amount of time. Frogs is one of the first arcade games to include a static background as part of the arcade cabinet.[citation needed] The game’s graphics are "projected" by laying the monitor flat on its back and reflecting the computer-generated graphics of the…
How it plays
Its themes are action.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Quick answers
Frogs — frequently asked questions
When did Frogs come out?
Frogs was released on 1 October 1978 for Arcade.
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