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[Ikrananka]

Frogger





It's tough to be a frog! Life isn't all lazy days and lily pads - it abounds with dangers. In fact, every leap Frogger takes could be his last! Can you help Frogger survive his perilous journey home to safety?

Game Information

Game Name: Frogger
Released by: Parker Brothers, 1983
Original arcade game by: Sega/Gremlin, 1981
HSC High Score: 53,150 by duncantoml (HSC1 - Mar 2008)
TwinGalaxies High Score: 53,150 by Tom Duncan (Mar 2008)
Settings: Slow - 1 Player
This game was suggested by: Yurkie


Contest Ends

Saturday, 30 July 2011 at 1:00AM EST


Quick-Start-Bonus-Info and HSC Rules


Final High Scores

1. ed1475 29,110 [+10] [+3]
2. jblenkle 21,220 [+9]
3. chuckwalla 19,420 [+8] [+1]
4. ColecoDan 17,130 [+6]
5. Mangia-Boy 16,560 [+4]
6. atariron82 15,480 [+2]
7. patbb 15,110 [+1]
8. NIAD 13,220 [+1]
9. Ikrananka 12,510 [+1]
10. Yurkie 12,450 [+1]
11. JacobZu7zu7 11,520 [+1]
12. cmart604 10,960 [+1]


Leaderboard

1. patbb [13] (1) 1
2. purenergy [9] (1)
3. Mangia-Boy [8] (1)
4. Ikrananka [6] (1)
5. ed1475 [4] (1) 1
6. jblenkle [2] (1)
7. JacobZu7zu7 [1] (1)
7. roadrunner [1] (1)

[ ] = Points
( ) = Rounds Played
BLUE = Rounds Won
GOLD = Seasons Won

Edited by Ikrananka, Sat Sep 10, 2011 1:37 PM.

[Yurkie]

Awesome summertime game! Thanks for choosing this one.

[Ikrananka]

Yurkie, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:00 PM, said:

Awesome summertime game! Thanks for choosing this one.

No problem. I'm trying to balance between games that haven't been played for a while, have been requested for this season, as well as previously requested as per the games index list. I know I can't please everyone but I'll do my best to strike a balance.

Plus I love Frogger

Edited by Ikrananka, Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:41 PM.

[jblenkle]

I used to play Frogger in the arcades so much that the music is permanently embedded in my head.

Ikrananka, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:41 PM, said:

Yurkie, on Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:00 PM, said:

Awesome summertime game! Thanks for choosing this one.

No problem. I'm trying to balance between games that haven't been played for a while, have been requested for this season, as well as previously requested as per the games index list. I know I can't please everyone but I'll do my best to strike a balance.

Plus I love Frogger

[chuckwalla]

What a great game. I play this a lot on the CV and 2600.

19,420

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[jblenkle]

Frogger - 10,750



*%&*@ Snakes!!!

Edited by jblenkle, Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:03 PM.

[Ikrananka]

My personal best so I'm happy: 12,510. Hoping to better this with a few more plays.

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[Mangia-Boy]

12.250

[patbb]

15,110


Ikrananka: Just wondering if I should get a +3 for the quick start bonus in Jumpman?

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Edited by patbb, Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:05 AM.

[Ikrananka]

patbb, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:04 AM, said:

Ikrananka: Just wondering if I should get a +3 for the quick start bonus in Jumpman?

My bad Yes, you should have received the quick start bonus. I have corrected the Jumpan final scores as well as the Leaderboard shown here in this thread. I'll be more careful in the future.

Thanks for pointing out my error - if anyone else spots anything wrong then please let me know and I will correct it. Hopefully, I will get better at this as I progress.

Edited by Ikrananka, Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:33 AM.

[cmart604]

Time for me to branch out from the INTV HSC and play a little CV. Yurkie's ball topped sticks work nicely for this one. 10,960

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[ed1475]

21,770

Ikrananka, I should have a gold 1 for winning season 3.

Edited by ed1475, Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:08 PM.

[Ikrananka]

ed1475, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:06 PM, said:

Ikrananka, I should have a gold 1 for winning season 3.

Sorted. Sorry for the error. This is helping to debug my spreadsheet so hopefully once an error has been fixed it shouldn't occur again.

[JacobZu7zu7]

7,590 on my 2nd try...

[patbb]

Ikrananka, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:26 AM, said:

patbb, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:04 AM, said:

Ikrananka: Just wondering if I should get a +3 for the quick start bonus in Jumpman?

My bad Yes, you should have received the quick start bonus. I have corrected the Jumpan final scores as well as the Leaderboard shown here in this thread. I'll be more careful in the future.

Thanks for pointing out my error - if anyone else spots anything wrong then please let me know and I will correct it. Hopefully, I will get better at this as I progress.

Thanks.
I have a suggestion: Adding the players that are eligible for the quick start bonus in the first post (after the 3 day deadline).

[Ikrananka]

patbb, on Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:27 AM, said:

Ikrananka, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:26 AM, said:

patbb, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:04 AM, said:

Ikrananka: Just wondering if I should get a +3 for the quick start bonus in Jumpman?

My bad Yes, you should have received the quick start bonus. I have corrected the Jumpan final scores as well as the Leaderboard shown here in this thread. I'll be more careful in the future.

Thanks for pointing out my error - if anyone else spots anything wrong then please let me know and I will correct it. Hopefully, I will get better at this as I progress.

Thanks.
I have a suggestion: Adding the players that are eligible for the quick start bonus in the first post (after the 3 day deadline).

I like the idea but I can't guarantee that I'll be around to update the high scores that often and so could easily not be able to put up a player's eligibility for the quick start until the round is almost over. I'd rather player's keep track of their elibibility and I will do an end of round check myself.

My reluctance is also partly to do with automation. I have setup a fairly complex spreadsheet for the scoring and tracking system but it is currently a manual entry for the quick start bonus (i.e. a Y/N box for each player). To fully automate this would mean that I would have to enter not only each players score but also the date and time of the score submission. I'm just not willing to add that additional overhead to the time I spend on this.

Edited by Ikrananka, Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:42 AM.

[ColecoDan]

patbb, on Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:27 AM, said:

Ikrananka, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:26 AM, said:

patbb, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:04 AM, said:

Ikrananka: Just wondering if I should get a +3 for the quick start bonus in Jumpman?

My bad Yes, you should have received the quick start bonus. I have corrected the Jumpan final scores as well as the Leaderboard shown here in this thread. I'll be more careful in the future.

Thanks for pointing out my error - if anyone else spots anything wrong then please let me know and I will correct it. Hopefully, I will get better at this as I progress.

Thanks.
I have a suggestion: Adding the players that are eligible for the quick start bonus in the first post (after the 3 day deadline).

Besides the work that Ikrananka described, if you put the score up right away after 3 days you have to remember to take it down if someone beats the score.

Edited by ColecoDan, Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:13 AM.

[patbb]

ColecoDan, on Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:12 AM, said:

patbb, on Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:27 AM, said:

Ikrananka, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:26 AM, said:

patbb, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:04 AM, said:

Ikrananka: Just wondering if I should get a +3 for the quick start bonus in Jumpman?

My bad Yes, you should have received the quick start bonus. I have corrected the Jumpan final scores as well as the Leaderboard shown here in this thread. I'll be more careful in the future.

Thanks for pointing out my error - if anyone else spots anything wrong then please let me know and I will correct it. Hopefully, I will get better at this as I progress.

Thanks.
I have a suggestion: Adding the players that are eligible for the quick start bonus in the first post (after the 3 day deadline).

Besides the work that Ikrananka described, if you put the score up right away after 3 days you have to remember to take it down if someone beats the score.

You will just have to compare the two list when the contest is over.
I see this just as a reminder, to know who's eligible + the score to compare to the final result.
I don't think it's necessary to update the quick-start list every time a new score is entered.

[Ikrananka]

patbb, on Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:33 AM, said:

ColecoDan, on Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:12 AM, said:

patbb, on Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:27 AM, said:

Ikrananka, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:26 AM, said:

patbb, on Mon Jul 18, 2011 11:04 AM, said:

Ikrananka: Just wondering if I should get a +3 for the quick start bonus in Jumpman?

My bad Yes, you should have received the quick start bonus. I have corrected the Jumpan final scores as well as the Leaderboard shown here in this thread. I'll be more careful in the future.

Thanks for pointing out my error - if anyone else spots anything wrong then please let me know and I will correct it. Hopefully, I will get better at this as I progress.

Thanks.
I have a suggestion: Adding the players that are eligible for the quick start bonus in the first post (after the 3 day deadline).

Besides the work that Ikrananka described, if you put the score up right away after 3 days you have to remember to take it down if someone beats the score.

You will just have to compare the two list when the contest is over.
I see this just as a reminder, to know who's eligible + the score to compare to the final result.
I don't think it's necessary to update the quick-start list every time a new score is entered.

I understand, but I will very likely be unavailable to update the list shortly after the first 3 days (I might be able to do it occasionally but not every round) - it may well be after 7 days or 10 days in which case I suspect the benefit of highlighting the eligibility will be lost.

[Mangia-Boy]

16.560

[NIAD]

First attempt in years!

13,220

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[JacobZu7zu7]

10,360 after 5 tries, still in last...

this is my least favorite Frogger, level 3 is truly HELL.
There's rarely any logs to jump on!

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[Yurkie]

12,450 (pic on iphone)

I thought I had made it to level 5 before.

I was reading through the manual and there are only 4 levels and then 4 repeats till you run out of Frogs.

I can make it to level 4 without dying, but can only manage to get 2 or maybe 3 frogs home in level 4. I love this game, just wish I could figure out level 4.

[Ikrananka]

Yurkie, on Fri Jul 22, 2011 7:00 AM, said:

12,450 (pic on iphone)

I thought I had made it to level 5 before.

I was reading through the manual and there are only 4 levels and then 4 repeats till you run out of Frogs.

I can make it to level 4 without dying, but can only manage to get 2 or maybe 3 frogs home in level 4. I love this game, just wish I could figure out level 4.

Looks like you and I have the same problem.

[jblenkle]

Frogger - 11,750