Gizmodo: frogger

Konami Releasing Silent Hill, DDR and Frogger for iPhone, Too

Mark Wilson — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:30:00 EST

While Konami's announcement of Metal Gear Solid for the iPhone is tough to be topped, the company will also be releasing a few of their other big franchises as well, including Silent Hill and DDR.

Silent Hill: The Escape, DanceDanceRevolution S Lite and Frogger are all in the works for the iPhone/iPod touch platform.

A version of DDR certainly makes the most sense, even if tapping a screen with your fingers can't really match the experience of a full-out dance pad. And Silent Hill is just more evidence that, if properly executed, the platform could gain the street cred from hardcore mobile gamers (well, if pinch/tap kills will ever be seen as hardcore). As for Frogger, hell, I'll play it. While Metal Gear is confirmed for a Spring 2009 release, the others are just promised to show some time "soon."

Konami Announces Plans to Release Top Franchise Titles For the Apple® iPhone™ and iPod® touch in North America
Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution, and Frogger Coming Soon
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (Dec. 17, 2008) - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that the company will be releasing mobile games for the iPhone and iPod touch based on four of its top-selling franchises in North America. Metal Gear Solid Touch, Silent Hill: The Escape, DanceDanceRevolution S Lite and Frogger will all be specifically designed to take full advantage of the iPhone's unique touch screen capabilities.

"Konami Mobile offers gamers nothing but the best by developing high quality, big-name titles with unparalleled mobile entertainment experiences," said Anthony Borquez, Vice President of Konami Mobile and Online. "We are extremely excited to be working with Apple to introduce North American consumers with popular franchises that are compatible with the iPhone and iPod's advanced technologies."

All four of the top-selling Konami titles have been re-designed to take full advantage of the iPhone's capabilities, including the innovative Multi-Touch™ interface and accelerometer. For more information, please visit www.konamimobile.com.

Arcade Nirvana at Home

Charlie White — Wed, 17 May 2006 13:09:01 EDT

If you're old enough to recall the arcades of the 80s, Peter Hirshberg has replicated that entire atmosphere even down to the coin machines, where he's got more than 50 dedicated originals with no conversions. He has original versions of Frogger, Lunar Lander, Pac-man, Space Invaders, Dig Dug, the original Pong and lots more.

The machines in the game room are not all—Hirshberg has even more in another room that he's refurbishing. He has tons of pinball machines, too. Who is this guy, and how can we get him to invite us to his house? Amazing.

Luna City Arcade [via Digg]

The Ultimate Frogger Challenge

Travis Hudson — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:53:40 EST

How do you know when the people over at Make Magazine have run out of ways to hack a Roomba? They begin making dangerous games out of it. This Roomba was modded to be controlled wirelessly on a balcony high above the street for a true Frogger experience. Unfortunately the Bluetooth signal was not strong enough to reach the high balcony and they were forced to play Frogger at eye level. Anyone who has played Frogger knows that this would be a difficult task and not for the weak hearted.

After making it back and forth across a total of 40 lanes of traffic, the Roomba Frogger finally met his match, a white Toyota 4Runner. Rest in peace, buddy.

Roomba Frogger Makes Me Sad [Kotaku]