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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 12-Jan-2026 19:02:02 JST Aral Balkan

   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

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     Jacob (snoozyrests@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 12-Jan-2026 20:27:37 JST Jacob

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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.

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     Eclectic Lee (eclecticlee@digipres.club)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jan-2026 00:50:36 JST Eclectic Lee

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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.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jan-2026 00:51:32 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Eclectic Lee

     @EclecticLee Aha! :)

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jan-2026 00:53:34 JST Aral Balkan

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     @metin @SnoozyRests See https://digipres.club/@EclecticLee/115882223366228879 :)

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     Metin Seven 🎨 (metin@graphics.social)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Jan-2026 00:53:35 JST Metin Seven 🎨

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     • Jacob

     @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.