Trog (video game)

Trog
Developer(s)	Midway
Publisher(s)	NA: Midway EU: Williams Electronics
Designer(s)	George N. Petro
Programmer(s)	Kurt Mahan
Artist(s)	Jack E. Haeger
Composer(s)	Chris Granner
Platform(s)	Arcade, MS-DOS, NES
Release	NA: March 1990 EU: February 1991
Genre(s)	Maze
Mode(s)	Single-player multiplayer
Arcade system	Midway Y Unit[1]

Trog is a maze arcade video game developed and published by Midway Manufacturing in 1990 in North America under the "Bally/Midway" label and later by Williams Electronics in Europe. In the game, players control one of four dinosaurs chased by the titular cavemen. Its gameplay includes elements of Pac-Man—collect all items in a maze, eat a special item to turn the tables on pursuers—but supports up to four players at once. Initially envisioned as a hybrid puzzle/strategy game, its original concept was later reworked into a Pac-Man-like title after bad reception from testers and features claymation graphics, advertised as "Playmation" by Midway. Conversions for the Nintendo Entertainment System and MS-DOS were released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1990 and 1991 respectively, reducing the number of simultaneous players to two. Both the arcade and NES versions garnered positive reception from critics.