CV8211-Frogger-P52.TAP
by Stephen Antill

Ribbit! Rabbit! Hi there, I'm Hopalong Green, your guide on this tour
through the swamps and pools of Frogville. I'm here to show you how my
little green buddies survive in this fast moving world of ours.

As you may know many of us frogs have to commute between our homes in the
soggy swamplands and the feeding grounds. Unfortunately there's a fast
flowing river and a two lane highway in between. This makes commuting
considerably more difficult than just catching the 8:10 to Paddington. With
a hop, skip and a jump the merry band of webbed wonders brave the dangers
of road and river.

They have to go it alone when crossing the road, but there are friendly
turtles in the river who will lend a hand - or more correctly a shell - to
see the frogs safely on their way. They also hitch a lift on useful barrels
which float down river from the local brewery. Many a frog has arrived home
late with a lopsided hop and a silly grin on its face after staying too
long on a barrel. Now you too can experience the daily frog-rush. Simply
plug in your Spectrum and program in this listing.

Just like the real thing the rush is split into two halves. First you must
cross the road - - which has four lanes of fast moving traffic, then comes
the river and the turtles. The frogs simply have to get to the safety of
the riverbank. To start with it's fairly easy - but it gets harder as the
rush progresses.

By the way, there are 17 difficulty levels, and the frogs are moved by
using the Z key for left, X for right, M for up and N for down. You get
three lives for each rush hour and there are 17 difficulty levels. OK, frog
lovers, now it's all up to you. Hop to it!

The main variables are;
TS                Top score
S                 Your score
FL                Number of frogs left
R                 Round number
A$(4,64)          Stores car or turtle/barrel positions
X$,Y$(4,128)      To print the lanes of cars/turtles/barrels
A,B,C,W           General use
F,F1              Frog screen coordinates
G,G1,G2           Used to check move
P                 Paper colour
T                 Time left

