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Frogger

Help Frogger across the river in this official port of the popular arcade game. It's quite playable, but watch out for some of its quirks...

1. After every game, the application quits - and since it's the startup application, immediately relaunches itself.
2. The default movement keys are capital I, J, K, and L - which means you have to have Caps Lock on in order to use them.
3. You can change the controls, but the app will forget them as soon as it quits... which, remember, is after every single game. Much easier to give in and turn on Caps Lock.
4. Mouse control is also available, which I'll let a contemporary reviewer describe:

The frog doesn't point where it's aimed — it points in the last direction it moved. You have to look at that little arrow you see below to find out which direction the frog will go on its next jump.

Needless to say, it's just a little distracting to have to keep looking down at that arrow. Common sense tells you the frog will jump in the direction it's pointing in, and it's frustrating beyond belief to be watching logs go by in one direction and turtles in another, and looking out for lady frogs and insects, and worrying about when the turtles will decide to dive (they do that) and dump you in the water, and then - when you push the button at just the right moment - have the frog jump left, or right, or backwards, because you happen to have subconsciously moved the mouse a micron or so in that direction.

- Arthur Naiman, MacBook

Important: This game is not compatible with the Macintosh Plus (or anything newer). To emulate it, you will need the Mac 128K or 512K variation of Mini vMac (and a matching ROM.)

Also important: If playing in Mini vMac, you will need to set the emulator's speed to 1x. While holding the Control key, type the letters S Z.

Version: Unknown

Compatibility
Architecture: 68k

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