Frogger

Sinclair User

ADDICTIVE FROGGER Frogger is an arcade game which has caused a good deal of interest among Sinclair users and the software industry in general. The attitude seems to be that if you are a big software house you must have a version of this amphibious game. The version produced by DJL Software for the 16K ZX-81 is a good example. The frog hops across the road and then across the river to the safety of the home enclosure. When the last jump is made a large smiling frog plops into view on the far side of the river. The dangers facing the frogs and their offspring include the cars on the road and the logs, turtles, diving turtles and alligators of the river. There are five frog homes to fill but a player can score points just by moving a frog forward. You have three to move and if one is hit by a car or drowned you lose a frog. If, however, you manage to get one home safely you will get an extra hopper. If, by some miracle, you get 5,000 points, you will be given an extra life. Frogger is very addictive and the membrane keyboard in no way hampers play. The program can be obtained from DJL Software, [redacted]. It costs £5.95.

Sinclair User

FROGS ON THE MOVE Moving frogs across a busy road and fast-flowing river into their homes can be a hazardous business. The DJL Software game Frogger is a fairly straightforward obstacle-avoidance trek from the bottom of the screen to the top, where five frog homes await their occupants. The journey is aided by handy logs and turtles in the river on to which the frogs can jump but beware staying too long on the turtles - they have a habit of diving and that is the end of your frog. Points are earned for each frog which reaches home and the arrival of all five leads to increased hazards - including more traffic on the road, alligators and snake patrols on the river banks - for the next game. The hazards continue to increase two more levels, so life for the frogs becomes more and more precarious. The cassette costs £5.95 from DJL at [redacted].