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(DIR) Post #B2CmcCsmuclzGfcP68 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-12T09:57:53Z
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40 years after first playing Frogger on my Atari 2600, I only just discovered that you can stay on a log or a turtle as it wraps around the screen. Had assumed for over four decades that you’d die if you hit the side of the screen.#frogger #atari2600 #analoguePocket
(DIR) Post #B2CmurwL0857ojB4lM by disisdeguey@expressional.social
2026-01-12T10:01:12Z
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@aral 😄
(DIR) Post #B2CnyBGtgPN8b0wAS0 by SnoozyRests@infosec.exchange
2026-01-12T10:12:59Z
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@aral iirc this is actually unique to one of the versions released on the Atari 2600! In the other, as well as previous and subsequent releases, you die at the edge of the screen.
(DIR) Post #B2Ct9rSreNJwPZvL1c by metin@graphics.social
2026-01-12T11:11:09Z
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@aral Wow, didn't realize that either. There's also a chance we simply forgot this after all that time. 😅
(DIR) Post #B2CzUb3GT3BfJXDika by hszakher@mastodon.world
2026-01-12T12:22:00Z
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@aral actually, you will die if you stay on the turtle/log according to this emulation version :) https://online.oldgames.sk/play/msx/frogger/10135
(DIR) Post #B2D2HdkRQm79m5vgTA by EclecticLee@digipres.club
2026-01-12T12:53:22Z
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@aral In the arcade game you die if you try to cross the edge of the screen. In the Parker Brothers Atari 2600 version, it's a setting you can change.
(DIR) Post #B2D6w9dsfTbS5oR1ii by fedifox@ohai.social
2026-01-12T13:45:22Z
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@aral It is an important feature of our brain to re-wire and re-think with new insights and adapt to new situations.A similar enlightenment that surprised me was to realize the fact that Hamas could end the war every day. They just do not want to do that and let their own people die. Free Palestine from Hamas!
(DIR) Post #B2D8xGdOMBHlyarfOq by tops@im-in.space
2026-01-12T14:08:04Z
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@aral me too!
(DIR) Post #B2DE0TPfnlk4FSnPY8 by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
2026-01-12T15:04:42Z
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@aral I mostly played the MTX-512 version and you died in that one as well. I played the arcade one a bit, but I don't think I managed to get on a log more than once or twice, because I was really bad at it.
(DIR) Post #B2DHdoMCANHeMRcPI0 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-12T15:45:19Z
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@fedifox Do fuck off.
(DIR) Post #B2DI6jJ01j635kufjs by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-12T15:48:32Z
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@EclecticLee Aha! :)
(DIR) Post #B2DIIMpBR6FKqMW3VI by metin@graphics.social
2026-01-12T12:17:08Z
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@SnoozyRests @aral 😃 I wonder if that was a "happy accident" during the coding, which they then decided to leave in there as a gameplay element.
(DIR) Post #B2DIINtTSdGy9xWzpY by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-12T15:49:46Z
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@metin @SnoozyRests See https://digipres.club/@EclecticLee/115882223366228879 :)
(DIR) Post #B2DJVqTMcHZCVwIiEy by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-12T16:06:10Z
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@fast_code_r_us Nice :)
(DIR) Post #B2DJtLv3reRihlSuC8 by SnoozyRests@infosec.exchange
2026-01-12T16:10:36Z
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@aral @metin appreciate the use of the highly technical term 'splooched'