Frogger RX
A downloadable game
Frogger RX is a 'from scratch' conversion of the classic Konami arcade game from 1981. As one of the most popular golden age games, many clones exist for the ZX Spectrum, but none include all the features of the original. I decided to try and put that right.
Coding wise, this was a deceptively tricky challenge. Whilst gameplay is simple, the challenge is always to replicate the arcade experience in terms of speed and smoothness - but all in software! There's a lot moving around at once, and with no hardware sprites or scrolling support, I had to come up with plenty of tricks to pull it off. I hope you enjoy it!
Credits:
Game code, graphics, loading screen and beeper by Allan Turvey
AY effects and music by Lee Bee
Thanks for help and testing:
Andre Leao, Andy Johns, David Saphier, Michael Flash Ware, Tom Dalby, Gabriele Amore, Clive Townsend, Stuart Campbell and all my patreon supporters.
The game is also free to all those who kindly support me on Patreon. My full roster of more than a dozen games are included when you sign up.www.patreon.com/happycodingzx
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $4.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
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Excellent conversion
A excellent version of Frogger for the Spectrum. I've also included it in my new "Gameplay of New ZX Spectrum games from March 2025" video, along with other recently released games. I hope you enjoy the video.
Awesome!
Absolutely love it great game one of my go to's all the time, can not wait for full version its amazing
the game is very cool, but i can't load its .tap file from PlayZX (on android, i use it a lot) - where can we find a version with a simpler loader that might work there?
I'll see what I can do
the full version now includes a standard loader.
thanks!
Very nice Arcade conversion with very good playability. Our German-language review of the Demo can be found in our recorded livestream starting at 03:47:20. English subtitles are also available. Subscription to our YouTube and Twitch channel is welcome. 🙂
Congratulations, this demo already 'feels' exactly like the coin op. Hope you can add the missing parts keeping the good pace, reactivity and speed.
Yay! great adaptation :) And it supports UlaPlus? Interesting.
yes, although I haven't added the palette yet
you can actually make a preloader on zx-basic that changes all colors- I used it a lot on games from Mojon Twins and etc
Great game done a video for my channel,can't wait for full version
Very nice!
Awesome version !
Very nice!
Great game, thanks.
Awesome!
used QAOP emulator, gfx is very nice, runs very good, just no sound 48/128K.
Graphic is awesome !
Thank you happycodingzx. :)