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[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frogsandflies_5621.png]] ''Frog Bog'' is a CompetitiveMultiplayer PlatformGame by Creator/{{Mattel}}, an Platform/{{Intellivision}} game that was also released in 1982 for the Platform/{{Atari 2600}} as ''Frogs And Flies'', and later ported to the Platform/Commodore64. Now available as ''Frog Bog'' on Platform/XboxLiveArcade.

Each player controls a frog in a lily pond. Flies wander around overhead, and you [[JumpPhysics jump up]] and try to eat them. Each fly is worth two [[ScoringPoints points]]. Two lily pads are the platforms. If you land in the water, your frog will swim back to a pad. Each round lasts [[TimedMission three minutes]], and as the game goes on, [[InUniverseGameClock day turns into night]]. Finally, both frogs jump offscreen, and a firefly drags a "The End" sign to the middle of the screen.

If you leave a frog alone for 15 seconds, the computer will control it. This leads to an AttractMode, with the computer playing itself. No two games are identical; the frogs and flies are all controlled by some of the [[ArtificialBrilliance best AI]] ever seen on the 2600.

!!''Frog Bog'' provides examples of:

* ArtificialBrilliance: 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.
* AttractMode: After 15 seconds, the computer will start playing both frogs.
* BubblegloopSwamp: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. This is a peaceful swamp, with clean blue water, and you ''are'' the frogs.
* ColorCodedMultiplayer: On the Intellivision and Atari 2600, one frog is gray and one is red. The Commodore version used green and pink.
* CompetitiveMultiplayer: Two players competing to catch the most flies.
* DifficultyLevels: 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.
* Instant180DegreeTurn: Both frogs turn around instantly.
* InUniverseGameClock: Day turns into night.
* JumpPhysics: Hey, they're frogs! Free control allows a lot of variety, depending on which direction you point the controller and for how long.
* LeadTheTarget: The game's biggest challenge.
* NoPlotNoProblem: No [[SaveThePrincess princesses]] here, just two frogs after their daily meal.
* PaletteSwap: The two frogs, and the two kinds of flies - the ones you eat and the firefly at the end.
* PlatformGame: Two lily pads are the platforms. Fall off and you land in the water, and lose some time swimming pack to the nearest pad.
* ScoringPoints: One point per fly eaten.
* SideView: Gameplay and sprites are entirely in side view. The pond and water lilies are in an elevated side view, giving some perspective.
* TimedMission: Three minutes.
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