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Pollywog

Pollywog is an arcade game devoted to raising tadpoles for the Apple II. The player's goal is to raise up 12 frog eggs into adulthood, and ultimately produce their own offspring. These tadpoles must eat algae…

31 December 1982

Pollywog is an arcade, released 31 December 1982 on Apple II and Commodore VIC-20.

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What Pollywog is

Pollywog was released in 1982. It was published by Softsmith Software. It is available on Apple II and Commodore VIC-20.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pollywog is an arcade game devoted to raising tadpoles for the Apple II. The player's goal is to raise up 12 frog eggs into adulthood, and ultimately produce their own offspring. These tadpoles must eat algae to get larger and turn into frogs. These frogs can then lay their own eggs in turn. One of these eggs will be a prince egg, which will grow up into a frog prince. The player controls the direction of the tadpole swarm, and whether they scatter or congregate. When a tadpole reaches adulthood, the player can also control their tongue and choose when to lay their own eggs.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Pollywog launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

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When did Pollywog come out?
Pollywog was released on 31 December 1982 for Apple II and Commodore VIC-20.

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