Alternative Games Called Hopper
Available for Acorn Electron, Atari 400/800/600XL/800XL/130XE, BBC Model B, Commodore Vic 20, European Machines, Jupiter Ace, Oric 48K, Sinclair ZX81 (Requires 16K Expansion), Spectrum 16K, Spectrum 48K & TI99/4A
A clone of the arcade coin-op Frogger. Get five frogs from the bottom to the top of the screen in order to clear each sheet.
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| Genre: | Frogger |
| Publisher: | Acornsoft |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | Acorn Electron |
| Release: | Professionally released on ROM Cart |
| Available For: | Acorn Electron & BBC Model B |
| Compatible Emulators: | Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
| Original Release Date: | 1st November 1984 |
| Original Release Price: | £16.50 |
| Market Valuation: | £129.96 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 90g |
| Box Type: | Cardboard Box (Decorative) |
| Author(s): | Neil Raine |
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Hopper
Electron User
1st November 1984
The actual games themselves are no different to the cassette versions, but are far more convenient on ROM cartridges. Read Review
Full Instructions
Introduction
The objective of the game is hop the frog across the motorway dodging the cars and lorries. To cross the river use floating logs and turtles' backs as hopping stones, leaping from one to the other before finally hopping into one of the five froggy lairs.
Some turtles occasionally submerge; these must be avoided. Later in the game you may come across a crocodile, a snake and a dragonfly.
Your attempts to cross the river and road are timed, and you have to hurry if you are to complete the course at all! The timer displayed in the corner of the screen counts down from 400. If it reaches 0, you lose your frog.
When five frogs are safely in their lairs you have 'cleared a sheet' and can start on another one. Later sheets include the crocodile and the snake.
Game Controls
Z - Left, X - Right, : - Up, / - Down, SPACE - Start Game
Q/S/T - Sound Off/On/With Tune, ESCAPE - Quit Game
Movement of the frog can also be controlled by joystick. (Only the Plus-1 joystick can be used on the Electron computer.)
Pressing the Fire button selects joystick control and starts the game. Then use the joystick to hop the frog; move the joystick forward to hop one step forward, backward to hop one step backward and sideways to hop one step sideways. You must move the joystick back to the centre between each hop.
Screen Designers
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Cheats
A cheat for this game was included on the Electron User 7.09 compilation, released by Database (Refer to the specific instructions on that compilation and match the cheat to the specific version. Note that emulated versions of the game may not work with this cheat).
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| Download | What It Contains |
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| ROM Cart | A digital version of Hopper suitable for Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
 | A digital version of Hopper suitable for Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
 | A digital version of Hopper suitable for Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
 | A digital version of Hopper suitable for Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
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Authority Says
dave_e, an authority on collecting games for the Acorn Electron, says:
The ROM cartridge version of Hopper was produced in limited quantity (around 1,000 units) and was much more expensive than the cassette version when released. Cassette versions of Hopper outnumber the ROM cartridge version by about 100:1.
There is something quite 'nice' about the swiftly-loading, chunky ROM cartridges that slot into your Electron. However, they do actually take longer to load than discs.
Although all the ROM cartridges are rare, Hopper (and Snapper) are the most ubiquitious of the rare ones. If boxed and in good condition, they are very collectable.
