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Frogger (1997)

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Frogger
Frogger cover
Developers
SCE Studio Cambridge
Publishers
Hasbro Interactive
Release dates
Windows September 30, 1997
Frogger (1997) guide on StrategyWiki
Frogger (1997) on MobyGames
Frogger (1997) on Wikipedia
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Key points

Also titled Frogger: He's Back!
Active modding community.

General information

Highway Frogs - A community dedicated to modding and collecting information on the Frogger Franchise

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Official Frogger Patch to Version 3.0u/3.0e download.
This installer will automatically detect whether or not you have an older version of the game installed and will update it to either version 3.0u or 3.0e depending on which version you have installed.

FrogLord

FrogLord forum post and download.
An all-in-one tool that allows for the exploring and modification of Frogger's game assets.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Hasbro Interactive\Frogger\Save[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Hasbro Interactive\Frogger\Save[Note 1]

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
US versions only contain an English language option.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Versus
Split-screen.
LAN play
4 Versus
Online play

Issues fixed

Improve Performance & Fix Soundtrack Play Back Issue (Windows 7 or Later)

Improve Performance & Fix Soundtrack Play Back Issue[citation needed]
  1. Download dgVoodoo2 and a patch for Frogger.
  2. Extract dgVoodooSetup.exe, DDraw.dll (from the "MS" folder) & D3DImm.dll, (also from the "MS" folder) and place these files into the installation folder.
  3. Open dgVoodooSetup.exe; click on the "DirectX" tab and change the following: Videocard needs to be changed to "dgVoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card" if it isn't already selected.
  4. Click "Apply" and close dgVoodooSetup.exe.
  5. Open "frogger.rar" and extract all contents to the Frogger folder.
  6. (Optional) Run Frogger's "Video Setup" and change the video resolution to 1024x768.
  7. Run Frogger (Not from the CD-ROM).

Note: If the music doesn't loop correctly, just pause/unpause the game to start the soundtrack again.

Note: Using dgVoodoo2 will require Windows 7 or greater and a video card capable of DirectX 10.1 or greater.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 5
Glide 2.43
Software renderer
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98SE or newer
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 166 MHz Intel Pentium 266 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) 3D Video Card with DirectX 5 or 3Dfx Voodoo
1 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Applications writing to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details.

References