@@setsers1 yeah! Its a game of memorization and high scores. Also i love frogs. Mastering this game makes you feel like a world record holder. Frogger 2 was way better though
Has this game just suddenly activated peoples nostalgia centers because I swear the past few months I've been seeing a surprising amount of people talk about this specific version, apparently the PC version also has a pretty active modding scene...
Yeah, was sort of hoping he would have mentioned that, guess it really was just a coincidence that he played this only a few weeks after I saw the video on the modding scene for the PC version.
12:02 *"Man, and I thought AAA was good at Donkey Kong, but you should see OOO play Frogger"* That was a good joke, I just wanted to appreciate it by leaving this comment.
Here it is, 7-year-old me's favorite game. Replaying it now, I have no clue how I got anywhere with it. As you said, the game just beats you over the head with difficulty.
It's a game designed for kids, really. Not by dealing with their age directly, but because it is the only age group that has the time to brute force their way through the game.
There's a reason older generation gamers like us are so hardcore. There was no easy difficulty and anything that wasn't trying to tell a convoluted story like JRPGs back then was mercilessly slaughtering you in the game until you either got it or quit it.
@@RotaAbyssian If you were lucky enough to have a parent that allowed you that time. There's probably quite many people like me who unironically have more time as adults than as kids because their parents are no longer around to strangle their freetime activity decisions.
@@Mayhzon also fair. It also doesn't help that the few games back then that DID have easy modes often required you to play on the harder difficulties to truly beat them...KONAMI.
@@RotaAbyssian we also had less games back then. So we made the best out of all the games we had. We may not be more hardcore, but we definitely were more patient.
Fun fact about Frogger 2: swampy’s revenge, the Gold mines music from that game was actually sampled and sped up to be used in the haunted ship level of Sonic Rush Adventure
Sonic Rush Adventure didn't sample Frogger 2, they both just happened to use the same beat that probably came from a third party music loop library. I remember hearing one of the same beats from that level in an episode of the Mythbusters years ago.
This is one of those games that I played when I was so young that I actually can't imagine not knowing the layout. The exploration must have been hell.
To this day, one of my greatest achievements when I was a kid was completing this game. For the record, I don't recommend anyone actually do that. I was a stubborn child. And apparently had the patience of a saint, considering the horror flashbacks I got just from the video.
@@BigHailFan *Wrong.* I still have my gameplay footage on hand from when I reviewed the game a few years ago, and the combined total of the 100% completion footage comes in at 2 hours and 53 minutes.
Actually owned this game YEARS ago and yes, I did beat it and yes, it was painful. What's more there's a special ending you get when you collect all the golden frogs in each world. Though playing the multiplayer mode with my sister was actually pretty fun, collecting frogs while doing everything you can to ensure your opponent loses.
My grandmother was obsessed with this game. I've never seen anyone discuss this gem (imo) from my childhood before. 2 player with grandma is the best way to play.
I fully get the criticisms had here. But this was one of my most favorite games as a kid. I have no idea why but I was just way too obsessed with finishing it. This was the first game that made me rage, I'd throw my controller and yell. Never did that prior, and honestly never did it so much after either. But I grinded out the game so much for maybe two years and eventually 100% finished it. I have no idea how I did it. Tried replaying it as a teen and I just had none of my former skill. But it still holds a fond place in my heart and I do want to master it again someday. I think I just love dumb difficulty.
From the Airshow Antics level: Imagine if you were on your way to a destination on a plane, and you suddenly fall asleep, you find out later that you've missed your destination. You tell the pilot, Hey why am I on the plane still? And they say, well you missed your spot you wanted to get off, so now you will die for your laziness and stupidity.
Despite the massive trial and error, I had a blast with this game. I owned the PC port and had a ton of fun trying to master it, even though it was relentlessly punishing.
Christ. When the notification for this popped up, my brain mixed the first part of “Nitro” and the last part of “Frogger” and I thought you were trying to cancel yourself.
Nicely done and thank you for the kind words (Paul Arnold and I wrote the music and sound designed it - although you would never know since the only way to see the games credits was to complete the game which be blooming impossible!).
Not sure if anyone has said this yet, but there's a reason why so many things in this game seem like they're moving too fast, it's because they actually are. Strangely despite debuting in North America, the game was actually programmed in the PAL format which runs at 50Mhz compared to 60Mhz in NTSC we actually played it on, and the devs somehow overlooked that. Thus, the entire game is running over 15% faster than it was designed to.
I guess I’m a wacko, because I mastered this game. I played it so many times through that I memorized all the patterns, all the shortcuts, every level’s idiosyncrasies. Yes, this game can be hard, but once you get the feel of a level, you will own it. Even watching these brief gameplay clips again after all these years, I can feel the rhythm. That said, I had the PC version growing up, which apparently had a more forgiving timer on most levels (e.g. Big Boulder Alley, one of the most challenging levels in the game, gave you 99 seconds on PC but much less on PlayStation). Why that is, I will likely never know.
This game is my childhood, I played it for hours on our old family PC. I love the OST, especially... the only problem is the game is hard as heck, but with the infinite lives cheat it was really a much better experience- "no more road splats"
I remember when I had this for my PS1, unforgivably hard. I didn't even make it past world 2, gave up and played crash bandicoot instead. Never really went back to it.
Lol I had a blast with this game. I had some levels down so good, I could do them in my sleep. The only level that roadblocks and I haven't finished till this day (sadly because I no longer have a way to play this game) was the final boulder and sewer level which were insanely difficult due to 1 particular frog is each level I could never get the timing right in order to get them
"Frogger 2 is next" YES! My only problem with the sequel is that it is REALLY short. If you know what you're doing the game can be finished from the first to the last level in 40 minutes!
This game was easily one of my childhood favorites, I used to play it religiously. I've been playing it again recently, and I'm surprised at how much harder it seems to play now, its like 8 year old me was a god of this game or something. I think I might've beaten the game 100% in just a few hours once, but I could never do that now lol
I felt like an idiot when I was 8 years old and was unable to beat the last level. Now that I've seen this video though I feel like I was some kind of child savant for getting so far. I loved this game for its atmosphere, game feel, and exploration. It felt menacing and expansive at the time and it still gives me nostalgia.
Found your channel cos i wanted to just watch someone talk bout scaler and i dunno why but watching your old and newer vids it all just feels the same and its really Great.
Swampy’s Revenge’s main theme has been in my playlist for many years now, and I thought I was the only one who, not only played these games, but also, enjoyed them. The first one was also extremely underrated. It’s a breath of fresh air to hear more about these games tbh.
I remember an old frogger game in an 8 bit techno style on my dad's old I pad. One of the soundtracks was a instrumental remix of that famous daft punk song. I enjoyed it. Edit: I remember a few more games, I could tell y'all.
this is bringing back SOOOOOO much childhood anxiety - I thought I was struggling cause I had been a kid playing it but no! it's actually as brutal and stressful as I remember!
DUDE, my nostalgia levels are tripping right now! This game was my jam as a little kid. I never played the original arcade titles, so this was my introduction to the series. My family had it for our PC, and I can't count how many times I played it on that old cube monitor (I feel old, knowing my generation will be the last to remember those). The 3D animated intro was something I always looked forward to. I don't remember ever beating it though, I think the farthest I got was the factory level. Sigh, memories...
This was the first video game that I've ever played in my life. While I do agree that this game is frustratingly challenging, I still truly believe this game did show good efforts into showing the platforms and the obstacles that Frogger has to face on each level. I also thought the 3D animation for its time was pretty cool and the gameplay was pretty decent, despite how frustrating it is to complete.
I used to play the Frogger GBA games on repeat as a kid. I don't know why, but man did I play those a lot. I hope to review them on my channel some day...
This game obviously offer much more than the original, and I find it very enjoyable to this day, may I say even more enjoyable than the original. The multiplayer was a blast too.
Nitro Rad thank you so much. I have been searching for Spare Parts for years. I played when I was little and I tried to find it for so long. Thank you so much for finding my long lost game.
Childhood favorite right here making it to the end is so rewarding it was for me as a kid and more so as a adult...oh one thing sometimes you can hop so fast going over the baby frogs like in the factory level and can completely skip them. Still love this game to death.
Oh yeah i remember the Tv show for Ghostly adventures i liked up until the second season were it became nothing but fart jokes and i really hated that the main "mystery" just turned into a running joke like "Ohh here is a new antagonist character maybe they'd had something to do with Pac's parents!!!" sorry for the tangent.
@@daredrogers3884 I'm still glad Super Smash Bros was nice enough to give Pac (along with a few others) there one design yet and I'm still surprised out of all character Frogger himself Isn't In Smash at all.
I have a lot of memories playing this game as a kid. I didn't own it, but my cousins did and we would play it every chance we got. I remember being frustrated with some of the levels... Especially the sewer level. The original copy they had broke, so we were left without playing Frogged for a while. Many years later, they got it back as a Christmas present and we played it some more.
Seeing all the Frogger games and realizing you're going to talk about all or most of them really excites me. No one talks about those later ones in any detail.
So....so much childhood. I remember playing this on the pic for so many hours. His complaints about the difficulty is NOT over-exaggerated. This is one of the few games I just couldn't beat. I may tackle it again soon. But man is this game a ball crusher. If you like hard games, play this. While it can be frustrating, it IS rewarding too. So I wouldn't say it isn't fun. Depends on your view on it.
Oh my god, this was possibly my very first video game. Our computer came with Sonic 3, but I recall playing this even more than that one. Seeing that level where you’re in the dark, as well as the factory/magma one, the birds you fly on the backs on, the excessively difficult enemy layout, the oil slick level, as well those fuckin’ lawn mowers...man, the memories as a 7-10 year old are coming back hard! You know, I never realized how much jank it had, but I do remember it taking me several years to beat lol with not much else to play, I didn’t really register the trial and error as being problematic. Childhood perception is something I sorely miss.
Can you make a video on Star Fetchers, it's a game that I think deserves more attention. Only the pilot (episode 1) is out, so your video would bring more people to know about it.
Okay, but imagine Frogger as an isekai anime where he gets hit by a truck, but it takes him to the world of the side scrolling platformer Frogger games.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE, NOT ONLY MAKING A VIDEO ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR FROGGER GAME BUT ALSO INCLUDING THAT SPECIFIC SPACE INVADERS GAME IN YOUR INTRO!?! You've earned a proud sub from me, my friend.
OK man... You absolutely have a lot of valid criticisms on Frogger's game design, buuuut... being someone who played it a lot as a kid, there was definitely an appeal to the whole "trial and error" format for a kid who had a lot of free time to burn. The gameplay was satisfying enough that I'd keep coming back to it, and the harder levels would take loads and loads of attempts, but that wasn't a bad thing as a kid. It just felt all the more satisfying when you finally did conquer one of those harder levels. Just the Uncanny Crusher and Big Boulder Alley levels were totally impossible then (and still are now). Also the high score system was fun for families with lots of siblings. But I realize I'm not in the majority here. Can't wait to hear you talk about Frogger Beyond. For once, I don't feel so alone anymore.
I grew up on Frogger 2 for the pc and that game really improved on everything. It was the first game that I ever 100% as a kid and it felt really good getting to unlock all the cheats/characters/concept art. As well how good it felt to master the levels to get a gold metal for time trails. Multiplayer on one keyboard was a chaotic blast.
9:33 "It becomes a matter of getting lucky enough"...Me and 10-year-old me would like to kindly tell you Git Gud seriously, this game is not a difficult as your complaints make it seem...
Perhaps its the nostalgia glasses, but I loved this game as a kid. Figuring out where the frogs were and having to rush there made the challenge so much more rewarding to finish. Once you played a level you unlocked the next, and really didn't have to go back to the old ones, except to beat your hs. It was good that the game was so hard, as it added a lot of playtime to it. Not every game is gonna be easy. That being said, the game timings that forced you to die if it didnt line up were bs. That much I'll give you. Other than that, it was a phenomenal game that deserves praise for the time it came out in.
There was this odd educational solo and coop version of frogger, where you had a theme and had to finish the level picking the correct word. It was my jam back in primer school. When crossy road came out I was also pretty absorbed by it. I guess it's just my type of arcade game.
Man. I remember playing this specific frogger game when I was young, and I can say that it's just as hard as he said it is. I wasn't able to beat any of the levels..
Man, I'm so glad you covered one of my most nostalgic games from the PS1! I'd love to see you look at that Space Invaders game (or maybe even Tetris Plus for PS1 as I think it's one of the more interesting iterations of Tetris).
so many retro reviewers do the "putting the game in the console action shot" and then fizzle off of doing it, im so glad you havent stopped including those shots, despite being so small, it's so satisfying every time lol
Just ordered it for my PS2 haven't played it since 99 or 2000 lol. Remember staying at my grandma's with my cousins on a rainy summer morning and switching between Frogger and Resident Evil 2 on the PS1. Miss those days so much.
I saw a video called "Investigating the Frogger Modding Community
" and it opened my eyes to how much of an intense fanbase this game has.
That's Pretty Good!!😃😁😊
Frogger is a game i love. I dont care about the difficulty as it means longer gameplay and more satisfaction
@@SharonisCarin321 🤨Really?
@@setsers1 yeah! Its a game of memorization and high scores. Also i love frogs.
Mastering this game makes you feel like a world record holder. Frogger 2 was way better though
@@SharonisCarin321 Sequels most of the time, are always better.🙄😠😆BUT YEAH!!
Has this game just suddenly activated peoples nostalgia centers because I swear the past few months I've been seeing a surprising amount of people talk about this specific version, apparently the PC version also has a pretty active modding scene...
Really? What kinds of Mods are there?
Yeah, was sort of hoping he would have mentioned that, guess it really was just a coincidence that he played this only a few weeks after I saw the video on the modding scene for the PC version.
@@TommyDeonauthsArchives New Levels, texture changes, music... There is a LOT of things done for this game
@@Specter053 Anything with the camera?
The modding scene of frogger is even more advanced than that of super mario 64's one
Now here's a franchise's 3d entry I never hear anyone talk about.
It was one of the first PSX games I played when I was a kid.
@@Metalwario64 i hate when peaple say psx
@@megamichael4021 why?
Really I can't wait to see bring up Centipede
@@kawaiizombiegal it feels weird
Frogger: He's back with a vengeance and he's gonna kill all of us.
It's just frogger with a fucking gun.
@@possumballs2020 Even better, it's the BFG from Doom
The Frog from Frogger sits at the nuclear center of all creation
I think the proper term is "back with a REVENGANCE"
*Rules of Nature intensifies*
Frogger: He's back, a position none of us will have the luxury of ever being in again, Frogger will make sure of that.
"The hardest part is turning it off!"
-Frogger PS1 Commercial
HAH! Hahaha. Haaaa. hahaha. haha. ha.
For how hard it is, it is surprisingly addictive; something about it always had me trying again and again. I never got anywhere though.
My dentist's office had this hooked up to one of their TVs as recently as 2012-2013. I never had much fun with it, but something kept me coming back.
Cavities perhaps?
TheCartoonGamer8000 Heyyo same here! I was wondering if anyone else played this on that thing haha
I'm pretty clean in that department!
@@TheCartoonGamer8000 Hey, It's that guy that was on the Pizza Party Podcast! Nice to see ya here
The Dark Lord of Cats Hey, thanks!
12:02 *"Man, and I thought AAA was good at Donkey Kong, but you should see OOO play Frogger"*
That was a good joke, I just wanted to appreciate it by leaving this comment.
OOO:(exist)
AAA: Finally a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary
Has anyone heard of POO?
Michalander man this guy called ASS is good at dig dug 2.
What about EEE?
Here it is, 7-year-old me's favorite game. Replaying it now, I have no clue how I got anywhere with it. As you said, the game just beats you over the head with difficulty.
It's a game designed for kids, really. Not by dealing with their age directly, but because it is the only age group that has the time to brute force their way through the game.
There's a reason older generation gamers like us are so hardcore. There was no easy difficulty and anything that wasn't trying to tell a convoluted story like JRPGs back then was mercilessly slaughtering you in the game until you either got it or quit it.
@@RotaAbyssian
If you were lucky enough to have a parent that allowed you that time. There's probably quite many people like me who unironically have more time as adults than as kids because their parents are no longer around to strangle their freetime activity decisions.
@@Mayhzon also fair. It also doesn't help that the few games back then that DID have easy modes often required you to play on the harder difficulties to truly beat them...KONAMI.
@@RotaAbyssian we also had less games back then. So we made the best out of all the games we had.
We may not be more hardcore, but we definitely were more patient.
I am suprised by how many fricking frogger games there are
Crash Schwarzenegger hi crash
God, what's the count
And they're all bad
Yeah it's ridiculous.
(We need him in Smash!)
Just like Tetris
Fun fact about Frogger 2: swampy’s revenge, the Gold mines music from that game was actually sampled and sped up to be used in the haunted ship level of Sonic Rush Adventure
Sonic Rush Adventure didn't sample Frogger 2, they both just happened to use the same beat that probably came from a third party music loop library. I remember hearing one of the same beats from that level in an episode of the Mythbusters years ago.
@@NovaXP Frankie ''O'' Generator - Dance To The Rhythm (1990)
Nice.
This is one of those games that I played when I was so young that I actually can't imagine not knowing the layout. The exploration must have been hell.
To this day, one of my greatest achievements when I was a kid was completing this game.
For the record, I don't recommend anyone actually do that. I was a stubborn child. And apparently had the patience of a saint, considering the horror flashbacks I got just from the video.
Man, was hoping he'd go over the ice skating level. XD
It only takes around a couple hours to finish this game. The brutality here is rather exaggerated.
@lugbzurg
yeah, as someone who grew up with this game, that is HEAVILY false.
@@BigHailFan *Wrong.* I still have my gameplay footage on hand from when I reviewed the game a few years ago, and the combined total of the 100% completion footage comes in at 2 hours and 53 minutes.
@@Lugbzurg sure, that's great if you're a Frog God. Some of us are Mortal.
I could never beat this terrifying monster of a game.
Yep, as a kid I never beat it. It was still one of my favorite games, but for the love of god, "Frogger Goes Skiing" is the bane of my existence.
NicoBBQ
If you want to play a good Frogger game, try Zapper: One Wicked Cricket. It’s a great game.
WHAT?! DUDE, YOU WATCH NITRORAD? AWESOME.
This game was the abyss that Nietzsche was talking about
Actually owned this game YEARS ago and yes, I did beat it and yes, it was painful.
What's more there's a special ending you get when you collect all the golden frogs in each world.
Though playing the multiplayer mode with my sister was actually pretty fun, collecting frogs while doing everything you can to ensure your opponent loses.
My grandmother was obsessed with this game. I've never seen anyone discuss this gem (imo) from my childhood before. 2 player with grandma is the best way to play.
I fully get the criticisms had here. But this was one of my most favorite games as a kid. I have no idea why but I was just way too obsessed with finishing it.
This was the first game that made me rage, I'd throw my controller and yell. Never did that prior, and honestly never did it so much after either.
But I grinded out the game so much for maybe two years and eventually 100% finished it. I have no idea how I did it.
Tried replaying it as a teen and I just had none of my former skill. But it still holds a fond place in my heart and I do want to master it again someday.
I think I just love dumb difficulty.
You are completely valid in enjoying a poorly designed game. It looks like an awesome challenge.
From the Airshow Antics level: Imagine if you were on your way to a destination on a plane, and you suddenly fall asleep, you find out later that you've missed your destination. You tell the pilot, Hey why am I on the plane still? And they say, well you missed your spot you wanted to get off, so now you will die for your laziness and stupidity.
Despite the massive trial and error, I had a blast with this game. I owned the PC port and had a ton of fun trying to master it, even though it was relentlessly punishing.
I'm surprised that frogger survived so long.
I re-watch your Frogger reviews from time to time.
Really well made stuff.
I figured Frogger would be reviewed sooner or later. I remember playing this one on PC and now currently own it on PS1
I remember playing it on my dad's PC too.
This is one of those games that gets much less painful as you get good at it. Thankfully i was a masochist as a child.
Gotta love that Hasbro interactive.
Hasbro was the shit back then.
The PC version of Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge was my childhood, so I'm hoping you enjoy it!
Lol same! Never got past that desert level
Same, probably one of the first games I ever played
Loved this game... Getting chased by lawnmowers that chopped you up if you got close horrified me as a young child though
Christ. When the notification for this popped up, my brain mixed the first part of “Nitro” and the last part of “Frogger” and I thought you were trying to cancel yourself.
Frogro
Not cool man
If Nitrorad ever got cancel cultured I will fight everyone like it was an unholy child of Battle Royale and the Thunderdome.
@@redundantfridge9764 Nitro getting canceled? Perish the thought
Frogger is our word but you can say frogga
Nicely done and thank you for the kind words (Paul Arnold and I wrote the music and sound designed it - although you would never know since the only way to see the games credits was to complete the game which be blooming impossible!).
Not sure if anyone has said this yet, but there's a reason why so many things in this game seem like they're moving too fast, it's because they actually are. Strangely despite debuting in North America, the game was actually programmed in the PAL format which runs at 50Mhz compared to 60Mhz in NTSC we actually played it on, and the devs somehow overlooked that. Thus, the entire game is running over 15% faster than it was designed to.
2:25 pfft
"Like Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Frogger, and there is another big series that has done this... Frogger!"
Apparently there are two series called frogger. Who knew?
Stu Stu series is so big it has to be mentioned twice.
I guess I’m a wacko, because I mastered this game. I played it so many times through that I memorized all the patterns, all the shortcuts, every level’s idiosyncrasies. Yes, this game can be hard, but once you get the feel of a level, you will own it. Even watching these brief gameplay clips again after all these years, I can feel the rhythm.
That said, I had the PC version growing up, which apparently had a more forgiving timer on most levels (e.g. Big Boulder Alley, one of the most challenging levels in the game, gave you 99 seconds on PC but much less on PlayStation). Why that is, I will likely never know.
This game is my childhood, I played it for hours on our old family PC. I love the OST, especially... the only problem is the game is hard as heck, but with the infinite lives cheat it was really a much better experience- "no more road splats"
I remember when I had this for my PS1, unforgivably hard. I didn't even make it past world 2, gave up and played crash bandicoot instead. Never really went back to it.
You know something's HORRIBLY hard when you go play the first Crash Bandicoot because it's easier.
Lol I had a blast with this game. I had some levels down so good, I could do them in my sleep. The only level that roadblocks and I haven't finished till this day (sadly because I no longer have a way to play this game) was the final boulder and sewer level which were insanely difficult due to 1 particular frog is each level I could never get the timing right in order to get them
I always call it "Frogger: He's Back!" because it sounds funny
Frogger: He's Back... And Dead 5,000,000 Times
Everyone else: Sonic movie
Nitro Rad: *FROGGER*
Frogger 2 Swampy's Revenge is such a nostalgic game for me. Underrated Gem.
Why does "frogger: He's back" feel like a threat
I beat this game when I was 9 can't believe so many people struggled with it so much
"Frogger 2 is next"
YES! My only problem with the sequel is that it is REALLY short. If you know what you're doing the game can be finished from the first to the last level in 40 minutes!
The game boy version of Frogger was the very first video game I ever owned. Got it and my game boy color for my birthday.
At first I thought "This game shouldn't be that bad." And then I played it... should’ve listened.
I like to imagine that somewhere there's a guy named Alan Albert Anderson who runs around claiming high scores on arcade games across the world!
No matter what though: Olsen Ostler Osprey's got him beat in Frogger.
This game was actually my entire childhood
This game was easily one of my childhood favorites, I used to play it religiously. I've been playing it again recently, and I'm surprised at how much harder it seems to play now, its like 8 year old me was a god of this game or something. I think I might've beaten the game 100% in just a few hours once, but I could never do that now lol
With how well the modding community is doing I expected this to happen eventually
Frogger he's back ,resident evil and croc were my childhood
I felt like an idiot when I was 8 years old and was unable to beat the last level. Now that I've seen this video though I feel like I was some kind of child savant for getting so far.
I loved this game for its atmosphere, game feel, and exploration. It felt menacing and expansive at the time and it still gives me nostalgia.
The only guy who can talk about Frogger for 16 minutes
I DARE you to talk about Frogger: The Great Quest
MistahKrabs55 yes!
Youre not so tough! Don't make me mad!
@@gamursnek I know frog-fu!
@@mistahkrabs5544 *unintelligible high pitched 1990's eske groans*
I was secretly hoping that's what this video was
Found your channel cos i wanted to just watch someone talk bout scaler and i dunno why but watching your old and newer vids it all just feels the same and its really Great.
Frogger 2 Swampy's Revenge was one of the first Playstation Games I owned, along with Star Wars Ep 1 and Legend of the Dragoon
Swampy’s Revenge’s main theme has been in my playlist for many years now, and I thought I was the only one who, not only played these games, but also, enjoyed them.
The first one was also extremely underrated.
It’s a breath of fresh air to hear more about these games tbh.
I remember having fun with game, vaguely.
But Frogger Goes Skiing gave me trauma.
I remember an old frogger game in an 8 bit techno style on my dad's old I pad. One of the soundtracks was a instrumental remix of that famous daft punk song. I enjoyed it.
Edit: I remember a few more games, I could tell y'all.
As someone who grew up with this game, here’s my review:
Base game: its tough-as-nails and borderline unfair at times
Multiplayer: surprisingly fun
Classic Frogger was the first game I ever played.. Good times.
this is bringing back SOOOOOO much childhood anxiety - I thought I was struggling cause I had been a kid playing it but no! it's actually as brutal and stressful as I remember!
Man this takes me back. Owned this for pc when I was young. I loved it back then. great times!
I fear the day he addresses Frogger: The Great Quest.....
The memories... *they haunt me...*
DUDE, my nostalgia levels are tripping right now! This game was my jam as a little kid. I never played the original arcade titles, so this was my introduction to the series. My family had it for our PC, and I can't count how many times I played it on that old cube monitor (I feel old, knowing my generation will be the last to remember those). The 3D animated intro was something I always looked forward to. I don't remember ever beating it though, I think the farthest I got was the factory level. Sigh, memories...
6:57
And you are telling me, this is rated E for everyone
yeah really, if that were ps2 tier graphics it would at least be T for sure.
One of my favorite games of all time, Frogger He's Back and one of my favorite gaming soundtracks
It's even from the same composers as Medievil (plus one more guy)!
Cool to see you talk about this after boundary break just looked at it. Cambridge is pronounced came-bridge by the way.
This was the first video game that I've ever played in my life. While I do agree that this game is frustratingly challenging, I still truly believe this game did show good efforts into showing the platforms and the obstacles that Frogger has to face on each level. I also thought the 3D animation for its time was pretty cool and the gameplay was pretty decent, despite how frustrating it is to complete.
Ah yes, one of my childhood games. The game that made me realize I was a masochist.
I used to play the Frogger GBA games on repeat as a kid. I don't know why, but man did I play those a lot. I hope to review them on my channel some day...
This game obviously offer much more than the original, and I find it very enjoyable to this day, may I say even more enjoyable than the original. The multiplayer was a blast too.
Nitro Rad thank you so much. I have been searching for Spare Parts for years. I played when I was little and I tried to find it for so long. Thank you so much for finding my long lost game.
"Well I'll be go to hell."
Childhood favorite right here making it to the end is so rewarding it was for me as a kid and more so as a adult...oh one thing sometimes you can hop so fast going over the baby frogs like in the factory level and can completely skip them. Still love this game to death.
You meantioned Space Invaders, Space Invaders Extreme on PSP and DS is a great game.
space invaders extreme 2 is even better
I like how your hairstyle is reflecting your earlier videos, Brings me back man!
Does anyone remember Frogger’s Adventure: Temple of the Frog? I had it as a kid
same
I love that game! The music is very memorable.
I beat this game as a 5 year old in 2000 for PC and I still don't know how I did it.
Frogger truly deserves a comeback out of all of this! Just try not to end up how Pac-Man made his comeback with Ghostly Adventures.
Oh yeah i remember the Tv show for Ghostly adventures i liked up until the second season were it became nothing but fart jokes and i really hated that the main "mystery" just turned into a running joke like "Ohh here is a new antagonist character maybe they'd had something to do with Pac's parents!!!" sorry for the tangent.
@@daredrogers3884 I'm still glad Super Smash Bros was nice enough to give Pac (along with a few others) there one design yet and I'm still surprised out of all character Frogger himself Isn't In Smash at all.
I haven’t seen Frogger on PS1 in 20 years and as soon as I saw that level select menu all the memories came rushing back.
15:00 Hey James, you ever play a little game called Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes?
I have a lot of memories playing this game as a kid. I didn't own it, but my cousins did and we would play it every chance we got. I remember being frustrated with some of the levels... Especially the sewer level. The original copy they had broke, so we were left without playing Frogged for a while. Many years later, they got it back as a Christmas present and we played it some more.
NitroRad: The controls are tight and responsive, the level variety is good, the music is pretty great and the menus are cool!
Also NitroRad: 15:13
I mean, none of that really matters when the level *design* is atrocious.
Seeing all the Frogger games and realizing you're going to talk about all or most of them really excites me. No one talks about those later ones in any detail.
So....so much childhood. I remember playing this on the pic for so many hours. His complaints about the difficulty is NOT over-exaggerated. This is one of the few games I just couldn't beat. I may tackle it again soon. But man is this game a ball crusher.
If you like hard games, play this. While it can be frustrating, it IS rewarding too. So I wouldn't say it isn't fun. Depends on your view on it.
Oh my god, this was possibly my very first video game. Our computer came with Sonic 3, but I recall playing this even more than that one. Seeing that level where you’re in the dark, as well as the factory/magma one, the birds you fly on the backs on, the excessively difficult enemy layout, the oil slick level, as well those fuckin’ lawn mowers...man, the memories as a 7-10 year old are coming back hard!
You know, I never realized how much jank it had, but I do remember it taking me several years to beat lol with not much else to play, I didn’t really register the trial and error as being problematic. Childhood perception is something I sorely miss.
Can you make a video on Star Fetchers, it's a game that I think deserves more attention.
Only the pilot (episode 1) is out, so your video would bring more people to know about it.
Okay, but imagine Frogger as an isekai anime where he gets hit by a truck, but it takes him to the world of the side scrolling platformer Frogger games.
My Frogger: Toy Trials for the Nintendo DS is pretty great, IMO
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN MY WHOLE LIFE, NOT ONLY MAKING A VIDEO ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR FROGGER GAME BUT ALSO INCLUDING THAT SPECIFIC SPACE INVADERS GAME IN YOUR INTRO!?! You've earned a proud sub from me, my friend.
OK man... You absolutely have a lot of valid criticisms on Frogger's game design, buuuut... being someone who played it a lot as a kid, there was definitely an appeal to the whole "trial and error" format for a kid who had a lot of free time to burn. The gameplay was satisfying enough that I'd keep coming back to it, and the harder levels would take loads and loads of attempts, but that wasn't a bad thing as a kid. It just felt all the more satisfying when you finally did conquer one of those harder levels. Just the Uncanny Crusher and Big Boulder Alley levels were totally impossible then (and still are now).
Also the high score system was fun for families with lots of siblings. But I realize I'm not in the majority here.
Can't wait to hear you talk about Frogger Beyond. For once, I don't feel so alone anymore.
I played frogger 2: swampys revenge on my parents big goofy gateway so much back in early 2000s.. and some how it was blocked from my mind until now
I grew up on Frogger 2 for the pc and that game really improved on everything. It was the first game that I ever 100% as a kid and it felt really good getting to unlock all the cheats/characters/concept art. As well how good it felt to master the levels to get a gold metal for time trails.
Multiplayer on one keyboard was a chaotic blast.
How do you make anything seem interesting?
For real, he can talk about the history of bread and I'd be like "Damn it, I wanna know more"
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I always had a soft spot for this game, even though it was too hard for me.
remember when they said he was gonna be in smash?
I... I probably would have preferred that to be honest.
I remember making up a moveset for him years ago. That was quite a phase of mine.
Just seeing the gameplay of Frogger brought back so much nostalgia. I used to play this game a lot when I was a kid.
9:33 "It becomes a matter of getting lucky enough"...Me and 10-year-old me would like to kindly tell you Git Gud seriously, this game is not a difficult as your complaints make it seem...
Perhaps its the nostalgia glasses, but I loved this game as a kid.
Figuring out where the frogs were and having to rush there made the challenge so much more rewarding to finish.
Once you played a level you unlocked the next, and really didn't have to go back to the old ones, except to beat your hs.
It was good that the game was so hard, as it added a lot of playtime to it. Not every game is gonna be easy.
That being said, the game timings that forced you to die if it didnt line up were bs. That much I'll give you.
Other than that, it was a phenomenal game that deserves praise for the time it came out in.
There was this odd educational solo and coop version of frogger, where you had a theme and had to finish the level picking the correct word. It was my jam back in primer school. When crossy road came out I was also pretty absorbed by it. I guess it's just my type of arcade game.
Man. I remember playing this specific frogger game when I was young, and I can say that it's just as hard as he said it is. I wasn't able to beat any of the levels..
you evoked something deep within my childhood i long forgot about
Bruh, Frogger Helmet Chaos on PSP was so fun
Man, I'm so glad you covered one of my most nostalgic games from the PS1! I'd love to see you look at that Space Invaders game (or maybe even Tetris Plus for PS1 as I think it's one of the more interesting iterations of Tetris).
so many retro reviewers do the "putting the game in the console action shot" and then fizzle off of doing it, im so glad you havent stopped including those shots, despite being so small, it's so satisfying every time lol
Just ordered it for my PS2 haven't played it since 99 or 2000 lol. Remember staying at my grandma's with my cousins on a rainy summer morning and switching between Frogger and Resident Evil 2 on the PS1. Miss those days so much.