Konami is capitalizing on the Frogger brand for a new reality competition series for Peacock, NBC Universal’s streaming service. The classic arcade game will be adapted for the TV show Frogger, described as a “fierce and ridiculously fun competition” in which competitors compete on 12 themed obstacle courses. And yes, that includes avoiding “tricky traffic”.
According to a press release, Frogger competitors will also have to “jump over hungry crocodiles and hippos to conquer the field”. Presumably, these wild animals will be simulated as part of a relatively safe obstacle course in the vein of Destroy, Most extreme elimination challenge, and American Ninja Warrior – partly because Peacock launches its new game show as “a wild and capricious world of Frogger. “
Frogger is being produced by Eureka Productions. Other production programs include ABC’s Holey Moley and Netflix Dating. Thirteen hour episodes of Frogger were ordered.
The original Frogger it was developed by Konami and launched in arcades by Sega and Gremlin in 1981. The game instructs players to guide a family of frogs through a dangerous five-lane highway and an equally treacherous river. Frogger spawned dozens of sequences and spinoffs in the past five decades, most recently Frogger in Toy Town for Apple Arcade from developer Q-Games.
Frogger had a short TV presence in the early 1980s, thanks to Saturday Supercade, an animated series featuring the famous Konami frog alongside Donkey Kong, Q * Bert and Pitfall Harry. At the Saturday Supercade, Frogger was a reporter for The Swamp Gazette, chasing stories and avoiding threats like crocodiles and traffic.