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Monday, November 06, 2006

Frogger - aka Highway Crossing Frog

The original version of Frogger was actually developed in 1971 at the University of Washington’s Psychology Department and called “Freeway.” The game was utilized as the "reward" part of a project related to studies of human short-term memory using an early graphics computer workstation called the IMLAC PDS-1.

Apparently, someone at Konami saw the game, copied it, and named it “Highway Crossing Frog.” The game was a hit, but the suits at Sega felt that the name did not seize the true spirit of the game, so they changed in to Frogger.

In addition to inspiring numerous clones, Sega also released an unofficial sequel (1991) called Ribbit which featured improved graphics and simultaneous two-player. If you’ve never heard of Ribbit, don’t worry. Ribbit never caught the public’s attention like Frogger.

Today, Frogger is considered a classic arcade game and remains one of the “Top 10 Videogames” of all time according to the Killer List of Videogames (KLOV).

Try your luck at crossing the street…

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