SUPERFROG From TEAM 17
Documentation!
Superfrogs statistics:-
* Superfast and smooth PAL overscan 360 degree scrolling
* Superb 32 colour cartoon style "cute" graphics
* Digitised sound and speech effects
* Amazing in-game music (8 different scores)
* Bonus sub-game featuring a realistic fruit machine
* Skill level to cater for younger (or older!) players!
* Massive worlds, huge levels
* Well tailored difficulty curve
* Packed with secret rooms, hidden rewards and much more
* Fantastic cartoon introduction by leading Amiga animator, Eric Schwartz
SUPERFROG.. ALMOST A FAIRY TALE
Hi there and a warm welcome to magic land.. former home of the magic
Prince and his lovely bride to be. All was peace and harmony until the
wicked witch lived up to those fabled danish fairly-tales and predictably
turned the poor old Prince into nothing more than a little green frog..
But.. it was only a matter of a few hours beside the river-bank (being
Prince's far-less-stately new home) when a strange bottle floated past..
intrigued, he grabbed it and drank from the bottle and the rest is history
or at least it will be sooner or later.
MAIN MENU
When the game has loaded and the Superfrog character is on screen,
pressing your button will reveal two selections; Start Game & options.
GAME OPTIONS
You can move through the various selections with the joystick, using
fire to toggle the various options. When you are satisfied you can
return to main menu and start the game.
LIVES
Selectable between 1, 3 or 5 [Default is 3]
SKILL LEVEL
Easy or Normal. Easy gives you a slightly slower type of control,
more game-time etc. [Default is Normal]
SAVE HIGH SCORES
You can save your high scores to a data-disk to keep a permanent
record of your achievement. You should NOT use your Superfrog disks
for this purpose.
LEVEL CODES
During the game you will be given codes to restart at various levels
these can be typed in here.
START GAME
If you have one of the LEVEL-CODES as described earlier, you may jump
into the game at a later level, so there's no need to cover old ground
(unless you feel that you need the practise or a big score!) otherwise
you start at the beginning, in the magic-woods as Superfrog sets off in
his quest to vanquish his froggy curse, get back his girl and teach that
old witch a lesson or two!
GAME PLAY
The game is divided into worlds, of which there are six major ones,
in each world there are a number of levels and you must complete all
levels in order to advance through that world and onto the next.
MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND
To complete a level you must collect a certain number of coins, which
acts as a toll fee (even in magic-worlds, bills must be paid, appearance
fee's met and so on..) - this is shown on the large coin in the bottom
right hand corner of the screen. When all the coins have been collected
the exit will be open and you can progress further.
THE TIME ELEMENT & BONUS AWARDS
You will also notice that when you start, a timer begins to countdown
this represents the time you have left before your super-powers run out
and you turn into a normal frog once more.. which in effect means that
the game is over. To counter this effect means that the game is over.
to counter this effect, Superfrog must find and drink bottles of
Lucozade scattered about, but as you progress it becomes increasingly
rare and this means that you have to move quicker and be more thoughtful
in your approach.
Collecting Fruit gives you points and also counts towards the super
bonus award at the conclusion of each of the game levels. You are awarded
credits for the amount of time left (increased by collecting more
Lucozade), the number of fruit collected and also the number of coins
collected (including all the hidden ones). You are then given the chance
to change these credits into points, or gamble them on the bonus game.
SPECIAL ITEMS
You will also find a number of special powers scattered around for
your use, these are detailed below;
WINGS
Enables you to fly by quickly pressing your button when in the air,
this helps perform greater leaps. You cannot stay airborne forever though
and sooner or later you'll drop back down to earth.
DESTRUCTO-SPUD
This little green blob does your dirty work, you can throw him at
airborne enemies and knock them to the ground. To fire spud, hold down
your joystick button when you are stood still (it will not work in the
air). You can also fire Spud upwards and to the side by pressing the
revelant direction whilst holding fire down.
INVISIBILITY PILL
This little red pill renders our hero invisible to his enemies for
a short term, which obviously has it's advantages.
SPEED PILL
These come in town forms, SPEEDUP (Green) and SLOWDOWN (Red) and are
obvious as to what they do. Speed pills are usually placed in a position
where speed is either necessary or useful and not in a places where going
fast would be a hindrance, such as a particularly tricky jumping section.
LUCOZADE
This prolongs your super-energy and also acts to boost your bonus
award at the end of each level. The more Lucozade you get, the more time
you will have, the better score you will achieve. It pays to find those
golden bottles!
RESTART PILL
This red pill with a large "R" on it enables you to re-start at this
point should you lose a life. On the early worlds, these pills are
pretty frequent, enabling you to get further into the game more quickly.
OTHER ITEMS
other special items, such as jewels, crowns and so on, can be found in
particular worlds and levels. These add greatly to your score and are
well worth seeking. You are awarded an extra frog every 200,000 points.
CONTROLLING SUPERFROG
The controls have been made as simple as possible, allowing precision
and comfort on the joystick.
Pushing left/right will move the frog left/right. Pushing up will
make Superfrog jump, pushing up and keeping the joystick up will make
him jump a little higher.
Pressing the fire-button has no effect unless he has collected a
special item such as Wings or he is carrying his friend Spud.
When in flight you can move Superfrog right/left and manouvre him
over dangerous obstacles and enemies. If you the joystick in the
opposite direction, he will drop straight down, allowing you to control
where he will land/drop.
You can attack various enemies from the air, such as the snails and
blue blobs on world one.. this will "splat" them and enables you to
clear the world and collect a fruit bonus in the process. Some enemies
the bird and hedgehog in world one for example, cannot be destroyed
and it is for you to discover which in other words.. the best way to
find out is to get an invisibility pill and try jumping on the enemies
such as the bats and wasps can be jumped on or blasted by SPUD.
it's common sense to avoid things like fire, spikes and so on.. frogs
even super-ones are generally soft, gooey creatures that do not enjoy
such contact.
LEVEL ONE HINTS
To get you started, you should note that level 1 has two hidden
sections and that the Blobs, Snails and Wasps can be squashed by jumping
on them.
BONUS GAME - FRUIT MACHINE
After the super-award at the end of each level, you are gievn credits
which you can turn into points, or use on the Fruit Machine. In the Fruit
Machine you can try and win level codes, extra lives and massive point
advances (all numbers shown mean thousands of points). Playing the
machine is simple enough and can be done with either the joystick or
mouse.
In general, whenever something is lit on the far right, you have won
that amount (in thousands) and you can either COLLECT it, or opt to
GAMBLE IT, where the outcome could be either of the other two flashing
squares above and below it. The HI-LO feature enables you to gamble on
the spin of a number (1-10) and progress through the features on the right
side.
The jackpot (gained by gambling, through the HI-LO feature or by
getting three lucozade cans) rewards you with points for remaining credits
a hefty score bonus and the code to start at the next level whenever you
play again!
GAME OVER
After each contact with an enemy, you lose one unit of energy. When
you lose five units of energy, a life is lost.
The game ends when your supply of lives is spent or you run out of
super-energy time (which shouldn't happen as there is plenty of Lucozade
on each level to enable it to be completed comfortably).
Credits for Superfrog
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Programming/Design: Andreas Tadic
Graphics/Design: Rico Holmes
Music and Sound Effects: Allister Brimble
Mapping: Rico Holmes
Additional Mapping and Design: Martyn Brown
Intro Animation/Design: Eric Schwartz
Intro Backdrops: Rico Holmes
Vocal Effects: Chris Brimble/Lynette Brimble
Martyn Brown
PDOS Disk Format: Rob Northen
Playtesting: Lotta/Frazze/Paul/Andy/Chris
Katrina/Craig/Mick
Project Manager: Martyn Brown
