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Road Frog

In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for home microcomputers by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, guide a small frog across a busy road, then across logs floating in a river, to reach safety on the other side.

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September 15, 2022
3 years and 321 days ago
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About the Game

Originally released in 1983, this was one of the very earliest releases from Ocean Software, which would go on to be one of Europe's biggest game developers and publishers of the 1980s/90s. Road Frog is a simple riff on an arcade classic, released for home microcomputers. Now, relive those days in this remastered emulated version.

Gameplay

Guide a small frog across a busy road, then across logs floating in a river, to reach safety on the other side.


This enhanced version introduces a number of modern features to this retro classic, including:

  • Saving/loading the game at any point
  • Support for most modern game controllers
  • Full control remapping
  • Image scaling and smoothing options