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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 22nd of 81 entries we hold in the Frogger series. It arrived a year after Frogger. 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 Karateka.

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

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

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