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Frogger (1997)

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This page is for the 1997 remake. For the original 1980s game, see Frogger.

Frogger
Frogger cover
Developers
SCE Studio Cambridge
Publishers
Hasbro Interactive
Release dates
Windows September 30, 1997
Taxonomy
Series Frogger
Frogger (1997) guide on StrategyWiki
Frogger (1997) on MobyGames
Frogger (1997) on Wikipedia
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Frogger: The Great Quest 2002
Frogger Beyond 2003
Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue 2003
Frogger: Ancient Shadow 2006
Frogger's Crackout 2013
Frogger in Toy Town 2019
Frogger and the Rumbling Ruins 2022

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

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped at 25 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions.

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 Playback Issue (Windows 7 or Later)

Improve Performance & Fix Soundtrack Playback Issue[citation needed]
  1. Download dgVoodoo 2 and a patch for Frogger.
  2. Extract the dgVoodoo x86 DLL files from the "MS" folder and place these files into the installation folder.
  3. Open "frogger.rar" and extract all files into the installation folder.
  4. Run Frogger's "Video Setup" and change the video card to "3D card (dgVoodoo DirectX Wrapper)" if it isn't already selected.
  5. Run Frogger (Not from the CD-ROM).
If the music doesn't loop correctly, just pause/unpause the game to replay the soundtrack again.

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
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 166 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