{"id":30054,"date":"2026-01-05T19:10:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/?p=30054"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:58:08","slug":"direction-quad-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/news\/direction-quad-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Frogger-inspired Direction Quad set to Leap onto PC &amp; Consoles Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Direction Quad<\/strong> is a forthcoming new budget action-adventure game that appears to be heavily influenced by Konami\u2019s classic 1981 coin-op Frogger.<br \/><br \/>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 <strong>Direction Quad<\/strong> more challenging than it may first appear!<br \/><br \/><strong>Direction Quad<\/strong> promises top-down pixel art graphics; \u201ca gauntlet of unique stages;\u201d the ability to retry levels as many times as you like, and \u201cold-school challenge.\u201d<br \/><br \/><strong>Direction Quad<\/strong> has been developed by <strong>No CheckPoint<\/strong> and <strong>Eastasiasoft<\/strong>, and it will be published by the indie retro publisher <strong>Eastasiasoft<\/strong> next Wednesday (January 14, 2026). <strong>Direction Quad<\/strong> will be leaping its way onto <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/4133410\/Direction_Quad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PC<\/a>, <strong>PlayStation 4<\/strong>, <strong>PlayStation 5<\/strong>, <strong>Nintendo Switch<\/strong>, <strong>Xbox One<\/strong>, and<strong> Xbox Series X|S<\/strong>, priced at just $4.99 USD.<br \/><br \/>We\u2019ve previously enjoyed plenty of <strong>Eastasiasoft<\/strong> titles here at <strong>Retro News<\/strong>, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/montezumas-revenge-40th-anniversary-edition-xbox-review\/\">Montezuma\u2019s Revenge 40th Anniversary Edition<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/starlightriders-switch-review\/#\">StarLightRiders: Hyperjump<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/soldner-x-himmelssturmer-impressions\/\">S\u00f6ldner-X: Himmelsst\u00fcrmer<\/a>, and <strong>Direction Quad<\/strong> looks set to be another winner from the publisher, so, if you fancy some lily pad leaping action with <strong>Direction Quad<\/strong>, why not hop to it next Thursday?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Direction Quad Trailer\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LNUSAn-_InA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Direction Quad is a forthcoming new budget action-adventure game that appears to be heavily influenced by Konami\u2019s classic 1981 coin-op Frogger. 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