ROAD FROG
ZX SPECTRUM, 1983
Arcade clones were rife on the ZX Spectrum during its early days, and Ocean, under the guise of Spectrum Games, joined the fray with this unsubtle Frogger clone. Coded within just 16K, there’s a distinct lack of polish – for example, the player’s frog is a static image, lacking any animation whatsoever – but as simple arcade-style games go, it does the job despite some frustratingly sticky controls. In its short lifetime, Spectrum Games released many similar clones, notably Caterpilla (Centipede), Monster Muncher (Pac- Man) and Rocket Command (Scramble).