The game was originally going to be titled 'Highway Crossing Frog,' but the executives at Sega felt it did not capture the true nature of the game and was changed simply to 'Frogger'. After five levels, the game gets briefly easier yet again gets progressively harder to the next fifth level. When all five frogs are directed home, the game progresses to the next level, with increased difficulty. The player must avoid alligators sticking out at one of the five 'frog homes', snakes, and otters in the river, but may catch bugs or escort a lady frog for bonuses. The middle of the screen, after the road, contains a median where the player must prepare to navigate the river.īy jumping on swiftly moving logs and the backs of turtles and alligators except the alligator jaws, the player can guide his or her frog safely to one of the empty lily pads. On the bottom half of the screen, the player must successfully guide the frog between opposing lanes of trucks, cars, and other vehicles, to avoid becoming roadkill. The only player control is the 4 direction joystick used to navigate the frog each push in a direction causes the frog to hop once in that direction. Every level is timed the player must act quickly to finish each level before the time expires. The very top of the screen contains five 'frog homes' which are the destinations for each frog. The upper half of the screen consists of a river with logs, alligators, and turtles, all moving horizontally across the screen. The lower half of the screen contains a road with motor vehicles, which in various versions include cars, trucks, buses, dune buggies, bulldozers, vans, taxis, bicyclists, and/or motorcycles, speeding along it horizontally. The player guides a frog which starts at the bottom of the screen, to his home in one of 5 slots at the top of the screen. The game starts with three, five, or seven frogs (lives), depending on the settings used by the operator. The object of the game is to help your character (the frog) cross from the bottom of the screen to the top. Frogger is a classic arcade game, developed by Konami in 1981.

Frogger online