Proto:Frogger (1997)

This page details one or more prototype versions of Frogger (1997).

This is a development build of the Windows version of Frogger which appeared online in 2017. It was distributed to one of Hasbro Interactive's partners in the late 90s. It is fairly unstable and buggy, and contains a fair number of differences from the retail release.

Setup Instructions

Instructions for setting up this prototype are available here, or alternatively, here.

Map Changes

The prototype version contains small changes in many levels, but there is one level which was drastically changed: VOLM, The multiplayer industrial/volcanic level.

Prototype	Release

Command Line Arguments

• frogger.exe -M mapid,zoneid This would load any map. For instance: 10,3 loads 'Platform Madness'.

• frogger.exe -R <0-5> Allowed setting the screen resolution

• frogger.exe -C Seemingly this functionality was #ifdef'd out at compile time, and it only sets a variable to true, which is never accessed.

• frogger.exe -P <1-4> Specify how many players are playing.

Multiplayer Menu

The multiplayer menu is different in the prototype version from the final game.

Prototype	Release

Unused Animations

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  Name: GEN_FROG_BOUNCE

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  Name: GEN_FROG_COMPLETE

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  Name: GEN_FROG_DEATH
  A rather odd "death" animation.

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  Name: GEN_FROG_HOPLEFT

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  Name: GEN_FROG_HOPRIGHT

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  Name: GEN_FROG_LCARTWHEEL

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  Name: GEN_FROG_RCARTWHEEL

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  Name: GEN_FROG_LEAPFROG

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  Name: GEN_FROG_PANT2

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  Name: GEN_FROG_PIPESLIP

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  Name: GEN_FROG_SINK
  This may have been used for when Frogger drowned while swimming.

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  Name: GEN_FROG_SLIPLEFT

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  Name: GEN_FROG_SLIPRIGHT

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  Name: GEN_FROG_START1

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  Name: GEN_FROG_SUPERHOP

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  Name: GEN_FROG_SUPERSTART

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  Name: GEN_FROG_SWIM
  Used by scrapped swimming gameplay.

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  Name: GEN_FROG_SWIMPANT
  Used by scrapped swimming gameplay.

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  Name: GEN_FROG_WAIT2

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  Name: GEN_FROG_WAIT4

Early Models

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  Model: DES_CRACK
  The retail version does not fall, and does not have the cracked texture.

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  Model: JUN_MONKEY
  The monkey's tail is broken, unlike the retail release.

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  Model: JUN_PLANT
  The plant has a dirt mound at its base, which the retail version lacks.

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  Model: SWP_WEIR
  The retail version procedurally rotates this through code, instead of using a model animation.

Other Differences

To do: Document menu changes, and check if there are any changes in demo files. Demo order, debugging features.

Early VIDSETUP.EXE

This is an early version of VIDSETUP.EXE, offering much more debug-tailored options than the final program.