Frogger (Intellivision)

Frogger (Intellivision)

Frogger was released as an arcade game by Sega in 1981. This was one of the earliest video gaming classics and the gameplay for the time was unique. This was the era when most of the genres we think of today were created. Being one of the most successful arcade games of all time, of course there were a huge number of ports, sequels and remakes for various home systems over the years.

The licensing scheme for the home ports was kind of interesting early on. Parker Brothers obtained the rights to release cartridge ports of the game while Sierra obtained the rights for magnetic media (disks, tapes). This led to two different versions being produced for the Commodore 64 – a cartridge version by Parker Brothers and a disk version from Sierra. Everybody has their favorite version but the general consensus seems to be that all else being equal, the Sierra versions were better. As far as non-emulated versions, the Sega Genesis version seems to be thought of as the best but it was a much later port.

The above ad is from the May 1983 issue of BLiP and is for the Intellivision version (by Parker Brothers of course). I’m not sure how the sales break down per system but as of 2005, 20 million copies of Frogger had been sold worldwide in its various incarnations.




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