HSC Season 4 Week 70: Frogger

[Ze_ro]

Important Note: This weeks competition is over and no further scores will be accepted.

 

Leapin' Frogger! Home may look like it's only a hop, skip, and a jump away, but looks can be deceiving. First, there's a dangerous highway to hop across, full of fast-moving cars and trucks. Then there's a swirling river to leap, full of frog-eating creatures. How's Frogger going to get home safely? By letting you hop him on his way. Guide Frogger safely through this perilous journey, and you'll jump for joy!

 

This will be the last week of Season 4 by the way.

 

Game Information

• Game Name: Frogger
  
• Released By: Parker Bros, 1982
  
• Left Difficulty: A / Expert - Frogger dies when carried off screen
  
• Right Difficulty: N/A
  
• Game Mode: Game 1
  
• Chosen By: BSA Starfire
  

Post your scores right here in this thread, and I will add them to the list. Remember to play the game with the recommended game mode and difficulty settings as shown above so that your scores will be consistent with everyone elses. The deadline for posting scores is Thursday, Sept 6th at 1:30 AM (CST).

 

If you want to suggest a game for future weeks, please send me a private message and let me know! I will add your game to the list. One one game per person will be kept on the list, so you will not be able to suggest a game until your first game is played! (Please note that due to time constraints, I very rarely reply to private messages... but I do read them all!)

 

Anyone can play! Just post a score and I'll add you to the list! Please read the Rules & Information if you haven't already done so!

 

Current High Scores

1. 4204 (Deteacher) [+11]
   
2. 4028 (Rom Hunter) [+10]
   
3. 3707 (godzillajoe) [+9]
   
4. 3448 (Captain Beard) [+8]
   
5. 3399 (homerwannabee) [+7]
   
6. 2938 (BSA Starfire's girlfriend) [+6]
   
7. 2702 (Recycled) [+5]
   
8. 1762 (Goochman) [+4]
   
9. 1667 (SpiceWare) [+3]
   
10. 1591 (toymailman) [+2]
    
11. 1488 (Nathan Strum) [+1]
    
12. 1393 (midnight magician) [+1]
    
13. 810 (Artlover) [+1]
    
14. 809 (Blackjack) [+1]
    
15. 792 (Nognir) [+1]
    
16. 790 (Impaler_26) [+1]
    

Best Tips

• godzillajoe [+2]
  

Bounties and Challenges

• None yet posted
  

TwinGalaxies Top 3

(Game 1, Difficulty B)

• 31,070 (Dan Mowczan)
  
• 20,699 (Stephen R Riesenberger)
  
• 12,569 (Stephen Knox)
  

Current Standings

(Note: These scores reflect the standing as of the beginning of this week, and do not include points scored from this game.)

1. Rom Hunter [587]
2. Deteacher [475]
3. SpiceWare [472]
4. Nathan Strum [275]
5. LarcenTyler [235]
6. rheffera [221]
7. vdub_bobby [185]
8. keilbaca [175]
9. johnnywc [167]
10. Goochman [166]
11. toymailman [131]
12. Captain Beard [123]
13. scogey [122]
14. The MindMaster [115]
15. the 5th ghost [111]
16. Cybergoth [94]
17. shadow460 [92]
18. Recycled [88]
19. atari2600land [88]
20. JacobZu7zu7 [80]
21. BrianC [78]
22. Christophero Sly [74]
23. shawnb [71]
24. Malc74 [67]
25. Zoyx [66]
26. godzillajoe [62]
27. theKLT [59]
28. Nognir [40]
29. SeaGtGruff [36]
30. Crazy Climber [36]
31. RaRoss [35]
32. Impaler_26 [35]
33. doctorclu [35]
34. 128bytes [34]
35. ewing92 [32]
36. Jred [26]

• RJ [24]
• phaxda [21]
• keitaro [21]
• Lord Helmet [19]
• Thomas Jentzsch [17]
• Krytol [17]
• mojofltr [17]
• Mindcircus [16]
• Random Terrain [15]
• Lord Thag [15]
• LS_Dracon [13]
• JimboGames [12]
• rjchamp3 [11]
• ResOGlas [11]
• Shannon [11]
• midnight magicman [11]
• Omegamatrix [10]
• accousticguitar [10]
• jonfin826 [10]
• MickG [9]
• Gabriel [8]
• Zeptari1 [7]
• gospeedde [7]
• Hiryu [7]
• Shroo-man [6]
• supercat [5]
• GamerInThailand [5]
• codyr783 [5]
• fire!fire! [5]
• madbutscher [4]
• oldric [3]
• Biter [2]
• mightymage [2]
• aofl [2]
• D. Yancey [2]
• Dan Iacovelli [1]

Scoring Points in Frogger

• Successfully jumping Frogger forward - 1 point
  
• Successfully jumping Frogger home - 5 points
  
• Successfully jumping 5 frogs home - 100 points
  
• Taking a lady frog home - 20 points
  
• Eating a fly - 20 points
  
• Extra points for time left - 2 points per remaining second
  
• Every time you score 1,000 points and have fewer than 4 frogs left, you'll get another Frogger
  

Hints and Tips

As always, you really should read the manual. In case you don't have the manual, AtariAge has a typed copy available, though it doesn't contain any specific hints.

On the advanced levels, don't waste your time trying to get the lady frog, ESPECIALLY if you're trying to get your frog into the leftmost cave. You'll need those extra seconds when you're trying to work the timing down to get him home.

 

Here's a tip that will hopefully help with that leftmost cave:

 

Take a few seconds at the beginning of a new stage to see which turtle you need to be on to get in that leftmost cave. It'll be the same one throughout the entire stage. Then, when you're finally ready to tackle that cave, you won't waste precious time jumping back and forth. Sometimes it might require that "leap of faith" so to speak, but trust that the log will be there.

The snakes and crocs can't hurt you unless you land on their mouths so don''t be afraid to jump on their backs

 

The croc in the home bays can only eat you when fully visible so go ahead and jump into it's partially visible jaws if you need to

 

Learn to time the cars so you can quickly double or triple jump through small openings or run with them sideways until you get to an opening.

 

Forget about the lady frog and the flies and get that froggie into the first "home" right away, it takes all the pressure off. Then you can screw around a bit and go for points without panicing to get him in there with no open bays as a plan b and time running out

 

Watch the snake on the log and only ride that log when he's off, it's clear every second pass, you don't wanna get stuck on it if some turtles you were hoping to catch suddenly submerge

 

Follow deteatcher's advice!

 

It takes two seconds to size up the situation. "OK blue turtles on their way down, croc's back" or "blue turtles coming up, use the log" etc.

My tip: Screw the lady and the bug - go for speed. As you can see, my score increased by over 1000 points once I stopped dicking around waiting for other bonuses.

 

--Zero

[Crazy Climber]

Sweet, I have the next 2 days off from work and a nice minty copy of Frogger. I am so down

[shadow460]

We're talking Parker Bros, right? I may play one or two. If we're talking Starpath, I'm definitely in.

[Captain Beard]

This will be the last week of Season 4 by the way.

Sweet.

It should be no problem to score 450+ points this week to propel myself into the lead, right?

[Goochman]

1119

[Deteacher]

3,328.

 

My big tip: On the advanced levels, don't waste your time trying to get the lady frog, ESPECIALLY if you're trying to get your frog into the leftmost cave. You'll need those extra seconds when you're trying to work the timing down to get him home.

 

"Go, froggy go!

You gotta keep on hoppin' 'till you get to the top.

Go, froggy go!

You gotta' keep on hoppin', you can never stop.

Go! Go froggy go!"

 

Edited August 31, 2007 by Deteacher

[Captain Beard]

2206 for my first attempt.

[BSA Starfire]

 

 

2938 by my girlfriend, Lucy

[Dan Iacovelli]

We're talking Parker Bros, right? I may play one or two. If we're talking Starpath, I'm definitely in.

good question,I also have both versions.

[+SpiceWare]

and both versions use the difficulty switch the same way.

[homerwannabee]

Ok, I feel this is a good time as any to go back to posting scores. After a couple of hours of playing here is my first score

3196

Edited September 1, 2007 by homerwannabee

[Captain Beard]

OK, I played this for several hours today and I swear, there are some games where it is simply impossible to get into the furthest left base on some levels. I'm not talking about it being a tight squeeze, I'm talking absolutely impossible. Sometimes, the only way the timing works out is to be on a row of diving turtles, but about once in every four games, I hit a level where no matter how many times you ride around, the turtles are always underwater when they hit the far left. Am I just making excuses here or has anyone else had this problem?

[godzillajoe]

OK, I played this for several hours today and I swear, there are some games where it is simply impossible to get into the furthest left base on some levels. I'm not talking about it being a tight squeeze, I'm talking absolutely impossible. Sometimes, the only way the timing works out is to be on a row of diving turtles, but about once in every four games, I hit a level where no matter how many times you ride around, the turtles are always underwater when they hit the far left. Am I just making excuses here or has anyone else had this problem?

 

Is it on a particular level every time?

[Captain Beard]

Is it on a particular level every time?

Nope. That's part of what's so frustrating.

[+SpiceWare]

Guess we're going with Parker Brothers -

 

1,488

Edited September 2, 2007 by SpiceWare

[Blackjack]

Howdy! Thought I'd rejoin things after more than 2 years absence.

 

First couple..... 809

 

 

Hmmm.... can't just upload screenie? Gotta upload it to webspace and then point to it?

 

I'll wait 'til I get a respectable score

[godzillajoe]

Howdy! Thought I'd rejoin things after more than 2 years absence.

 

First couple..... 809

 

 

Hmmm.... can't just upload screenie? Gotta upload it to webspace and then point to it?

 

I'll wait 'til I get a respectable score

 

You can upload a screenshot. Click browse then upload then click on manage current attachments and the green icon to add it to the post

[Artlover]

810

 

Using emulation, game 1, difficulty A.

 

[Blackjack]

You can upload a screenshot. Click browse then upload then click on manage current attachments and the green icon to add it to the post

 

 

Thanks...... I never even looked below the text area.

Edited September 2, 2007 by Blackjack

[godzillajoe]

2495 so far

 

CB,

 

I haven't seen your problem yet but there ARE boards (like the first snake on the log one) where it is ridiculously tight.

 

I mean you gotta ride to almost the exact edge of the screen and then jump though you don't see a log there but it will catch you right on the edge of the one that's coming from the other side and then jump AGAIN immediately to get into the first bay.

 

Some obvious tips:

 

The snakes and crocs can't hurt you unless you land on their mouths so don''t be afraid to jump on their backs

The croc in the home bays can only eat you when fully visible so go ahead and jump into it's partially visible jaws if you need to

Learn to time the cars so you can quickly double or triple jump through small openings or run with them sideways until you get to an opening.

[Nognir]

oh well... to bad but this is my first attempt here:

 

792

 

[homerwannabee]

This took longer than I wanted to but I took over the high score

3399

[Captain Beard]

2319 - slightly better

 

 

godzillajoe - you're probably right - I'm just being a pansy and not jumping before the log appears.

[Deteacher]

4,204! Here's a tip that will hopefully help with that leftmost cave:

 

Take a few seconds at the beginning of a new stage to see which turtle you need to be on to get in that leftmost cave. It'll be the same one throughout the entire stage. Then, when you're finally ready to tackle that cave, you won't waste precious time jumping back and forth. Sometimes it might require that "leap of faith" so to speak, but trust that the log will be there.

[+Nathan Strum]

Never been a big fan of Frogger... I'd rather control the cars and run over the frog.

 

So this week, I'm going for "most artistic screenshot".

 

1,086