Trog!
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| Developer(s) | Midway (Arcade), Acclaim (NES) |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Release date | 1991 (NA) |
| Genre(s) | Arcade |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multi player |
| Rating(s) | E |
| Media | Cartridge (NES) |
Trog! is an arcade game developed by Midway Games for the arcade, and later ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System by Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.. It was released in North America in 1991.
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[edit] Gameplay
Trog! plays much like a Pac-Man clone. The player assumes the role of either Bloop or Spike, small T-Rex dinosaurs in the land of "Og", home to the one-eyed cavemen known as the "Trog". Players must pick up all colored eggs laying around the map as the cavemen wander around, attempting to capture them. Luckily, there are plenty of power-ups to help finish the level. Aside from a standard punch attack, these include red flowers that increase the player's speed, ice cubes that freeze all on-screen Trogs, and pineapples, which turn the character into a full-grown T-Rex that can temporarily eat his enemies.
There are three different levels of difficulty: Easy, Advanced, and Expert. Advanced Mode rewards a 200,000 level bonus and Expert rewards a 400,000 level bonus. As the levels progress, the cavemen become smarter and invent new ways to capture the dinosaurs. They eventually create wheels to flatten the character and springs to bounce themselves all over the screen. Catapults and transportation chambers in latter stages help evade these attacks.
[edit] Title origin
The word Trog comes from "troglodyte," a term that refers to a prehistoric cave-dweller or "caveman."[1]
