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[[File:frogsandflies_5621.png|frame]] ''Frogs And Flies'' is a [[Player Versus Player]] [[Platform Game]] by Mattel, released in 1982 for the [[Atari 2600]], and later ported to the [[Intellivision]] and [[Commodore 64]]. Now available as ''Frog Bog'' on [[Xbox Live Arcade]].
Each player controls a frog in a lily pond. Flies wander around overhead, and you [[Jump Physics|jump up]] and try to eat them. Each fly is worth two [[Scoring Points|points]]. Two lily pads are the platforms. If you land in the water, your frog will swim back to a pad. Each round lasts [[Timed Mission|three minutes]], and as the game goes on, [[In
If you leave a frog alone for 15 seconds, the computer will control it. This leads to an [[Attract Mode]], with the computer playing itself. No two games are identical; the frogs and flies are all controlled by some of the [[Artificial Brilliance|best AI]] ever seen on the 2600.
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* [[Artificial Brilliance]]: By 2600 standards, this is as good as it gets. Flies follow realistic semi-random paths, changing direction and speed. They even seem to become aware that you're after them. Computer-controlled frogs can time their jumps right to eat them, doing as well as a novice player.
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* [[Difficulty Levels]]: The difficulty switches select between a fixed arc and free control for each frog. (The computer always uses the fixed arc.) If both switches are set to free control, the flies are much more variable.
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* [[Jump Physics]]: Hey, they're frogs! Free control allows a lot of variety, depending on which direction you point the controller and for how long.
* [[Lead the Target]]: The game's biggest challenge.
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