Preppie! II

Information

Genre

Arcade - Miscellaneous

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1, 2 (alt.)

Programmer(s)

Wetmore, Russ

Graphic Artist(s)

Wetmore, Russ

Sound

Wetmore, Russ

Cover Artist(s)

Ross, Scott

Year

1983

Publisher

Adventure International

Developer

Star Systems Software, Inc.

Country

USA

License

Commercial

Medium

Tape, Disk

Rarity

8 (Tape), 8 (Disk)

Serial

050-0175 / 052-0175

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.4/10 · Votes: 21 · Downloads: 3,666 · Hits: 53,076

Additional Comments

Screenshots (6)

Cover Art (5)

Ads (5)

Comments (2)

• sycoraxrock — 8 Oct 2026

  I'm gonna tell my kids this is a prequel to Splatoon. This is a ridiculously fun and satisfying game where - instead of "Basically Frogger, with better controls and a quirky attitude"," they've given us "Basically Crush Roller with personality." I need to give credit where credit is due: Russ Wentmore was a master at this kind of thing. There are plenty of Atari 8-bit games that are clearly supposed to be *like* another arcade game (oh hey, Jawbreaker, I didn't see you come in...) but Mr. Westmore kicked it up a notch. The first game, Preppie!, might actually be better than Frogger, even though it's - ya know - still built off of the same basic concept as Frogger. Preppie II is "paint three-screens of mazes while lawnmowers and - hilariously - evil frogs try to kill you." You know, *that* old canard. Look: once you've played this Preppie/Westmore version of "paint the floor and don't die," every game in that *very* specific micro-genre pales in comparison *until* (I would argue) Splatoon!, which came out three decades later on a vastly more advanced console. But I'm still gonna tell my kids this is the prequel to Splatoon! The preppie walked so the Squid Kids could ink. 8/10

• http://gwobby.webs.com/ — 17 Sept 2010

  Nice sequel to Preppie! Wander around avoiding frogs and tread on all the background to change it's colour, walk through to the middle screen at any time and cross the road... use your protective cloak to walk through frogs or cars. Gets faster on level 3/4. Challenging game, nice music and graphics. Wish someone would fix that faulty door!!!