Frogger: Ancient Shadow

Frogger: Ancient Shadow is a platforming video game developed by Hudson Soft and released in 2005 by Konami as a sequel to Frogger's Adventures: The Rescue.

Frogger: Ancient Shadow
Developer(s)Hudson Soft
Publisher(s)Konami
SeriesFrogger
EngineRenderWare
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox[note 1], Windows[note 2]
ReleaseSeptember 27, 2005
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Notes
  1. The Xbox version of this game is not compatible with Xbox 360.
  2. The Windows version of the game was distributed as a USB plug-and-play controller, unplayable after 2012. There is currently an effort lead by Highway Frogs to recover/restore the game.[1]

Windows Version

Unlike the earlier releases in the series, Frogger: Ancient Shadow released on Windows as a plug-and-play USB game controller.[2]

This controller was based on Net Jet technology, and when it was plugged in it would download the installer from remote servers managed by Oberon Media. The installer would then install the game executable, without any of the game assets. Game assets were downloaded during loading screens for the area about to be loaded. This was presumably done so the amount of time it took to setup the game was near-zero, making it a truly plug-and-play experience. However, since the servers hosting these files went offline sometime after July 2012, the game has been rendered unplayable and the assets lost.[1] There is an effort currently spearheaded by Highway Frogs to restore the game into a playable state.

References
  1. Konami. Frogger Live Controller Commercial Page. commercial. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. Konami. "Frogger Live Controller Official Purchase Page". website. Archived from the original on 2007-10-05. Retrieved 22 August 2020.


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