Peacock's Frogger ditches the appeal of the video game and turns it into a remake of Netflix's Floor is Lava

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Hosted by Damon Wayans Jr. and Kyle Brandt, Frogger "isn't bad," says Andy Dehnart. "This isn’t the disastrous reboot of Wipeout, in part because its sets are impressive and challenging to navigate, and we actually see the contestants attempt them. But it’s an even bigger disappointment because of how much opportunity there is here, and how it is all wasted. Frogger is the greatest video game of the eighties,' at least according to host Damon Wayans Jr.’s opening narration. And the opening sequence, using graphics from the 1980s game, seems to suggest the show knows what it is and where it came from. So why exactly did they decide to ignore the exact thing that makes it great? Frogger is a game entirely about finding a gap in moving obstacles, and trying to move forward. There is none of that in the one episode that Peacock offered to TV critics. The entire competition takes place over water. Frogger does not. The set has pirate ships and pyramids to climb. Frogger does not. Obstacles move in circles or just stand still. Frogger’s do not."