Frogger: 5 Open Source Clones Compared
Frogger (Game Boy) is the official Game Boy source code for the game, developed by Morning Star Media starting in 1998 and later reorganized for preservation; building it requires a DOS-based toolchain run through DOSBox. Saving Sue, by contrast, is an original Frogger-style game rather than a port of Frogger itself: the player character is a person, Sue, instead of a frog, and it uses a mix of the developer's own art and Creative Commons-licensed assets rather than the original arcade's sprites.
Comparison table
Availability
- Status
- Playable
- Platforms
- Game Boy
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Halted
- Last updated
- 2y ago
- Stars
- 6
- Contributors
- 1
- Engine
- —
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- NoSource code is from after the first retail release and includes all necessary assets.
Availability
- Status
- Playable
- Platforms
- None
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Halted
- Last updated
- 15y ago
- Stars
- 1
- Contributors
- 1
- Engine
- SDL2
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- NoAll art and sound assets are original or sourced from public domain/Creative Commons.
Availability
- Status
- Playable
- Platforms
- Windows
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Not tracked
- Last updated
- Not tracked
- Stars
- Not tracked
- Contributors
- Not tracked
- Engine
- Not tracked
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- —
Availability
- Status
- Playable
- Platforms
- None
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Not tracked
- Last updated
- Not tracked
- Stars
- Not tracked
- Contributors
- Not tracked
- Engine
- Not tracked
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- —
Availability
- Status
- Semi-playable
- Platforms
- None
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Not tracked
- Last updated
- Not tracked
- Stars
- Not tracked
- Contributors
- Not tracked
- Engine
- Not tracked
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- —
| Title | Frogger (Game Boy) | Saving Sue | Frogger | Froggix | pyFrogger |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Playable | Playable | Playable | Playable | Semi-playable |
| Platforms | Game Boy | None | Windows | None | None |
| Play in browser | No | No | No | No | No |
| Mobile | No | No | No | No | No |
| Project health | |||||
| Development status | Halted | Halted | Not tracked | Not tracked | Not tracked |
| Last updated | 2y ago | 15y ago | Not tracked | Not tracked | Not tracked |
| Stars | 6 | 1 | Not tracked | Not tracked | Not tracked |
| Contributors | 1 | 1 | Not tracked | Not tracked | Not tracked |
| Engine | — | SDL2 | Not tracked | Not tracked | Not tracked |
| Compatibility | |||||
| Requires original assets | NoSource code is from after the first retail release and includes all necessary assets. | NoAll art and sound assets are original or sourced from public domain/Creative Commons. | — | — | — |
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Frequently asked questions
Are the Frogger clones on this page open source?
Yes — every clone catalogued here is an open-source project. Availability, license, and development-status details for each one are listed in the comparison table above.
Do I need to own the original Frogger to play these clones?
Frogger (Game Boy) and Saving Sue run standalone, no original files needed.
See the full write-up for each clone, or go back to Frogger.