Crossy Road

Crossy Road
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Developer(s)Hipster Whale
yodo1
Publisher(s)Hipster Whale
yodo1 (pre Dec 2017)
EngineUnity
Platform(s)iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, Android, Android TV, Windows Phone, Windows, Series 30+, Sky Q, KaiOS
ReleaseiOS
  • WW: November 20, 2014
Android
  • WW: December 23, 2014
Windows Phone
  • WW: May 1, 2015
tvOS
  • WW: October 30, 2015
Nokia 105 (2017)[1] KaiOS[2]
  • WW: 2019
Genre(s)Endless runner
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer (tvOS)

Crossy Road is an action game released on November 20, 2014. It was developed and published by Australian video game developer Hipster Whale. The name and concept of the game play on the riddle joke "Why did the chicken cross the road?"[3] It has been described as endless runner version of the 1981 video game Frogger.[4][5][6] After June 2017, the publisher for the Android version of Crossy Road was changed from yodo1 back to Hipster Whale.[7]

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  6. ^ Rosenberg, Adam (9 September 2015). "'Crossy Road' brings a new take on its 'endless Frogger' to Apple TV". Mashable. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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