Direction Quad is a forthcoming new budget action-adventure game that appears to be heavily influenced by Konami’s classic 1981 coin-op Frogger.
In the game, the player takes the role of Quad, a young frog who has to leap through the swamp, collecting coins and bugs as he goes, while avoiding the traps that stand in his way. Quad can jump diagonally from lily pad to lily pad, and as Quad progresses through the game, the maze-like levels get more complex, making Direction Quad more challenging than it may first appear!
Direction Quad promises top-down pixel art graphics; “a gauntlet of unique stages;” the ability to retry levels as many times as you like, and “old-school challenge.”
Direction Quad has been developed by No CheckPoint and Eastasiasoft, and it will be published by the indie retro publisher Eastasiasoft next Wednesday (January 14, 2026). Direction Quad will be leaping its way onto PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S, priced at just $4.99 USD.
We’ve previously enjoyed plenty of Eastasiasoft titles here at Retro News, such as Montezuma’s Revenge 40th Anniversary Edition, StarLightRiders: Hyperjump, and Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer, and Direction Quad looks set to be another winner from the publisher, so, if you fancy some lily pad leaping action with Direction Quad, why not hop to it next Thursday?
