Kangaroo (video game)
Kangaroo (Japanese: カンガルー) is a four-screen platform game released as an arcade video game 1982 by Sun Electronics and distributed in North America by Atari, Inc. Kangaroo is one of the first arcade games similar in style to Donkey Kong without being a direct clone. The player takes the role of a boxing glove-wearing mother kangaroo who is trying to rescue her joey from fruit-throwing monkeys. Despite featuring jumping, there is no jump button. Instead, the player pushes up on the joystick—or up and diagonally—to leap. Atari published ports for the Atari 2600 and Atari 5200. The 5200 port was released for the Atari 8-bit family through the Atari Program Exchange.
| Kangaroo | |
|---|---|
North American arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Sun Electronics GCC (5200) |
| Publisher(s) | Sun Electronics Atari, Inc. Atari Program Exchange |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 |
| Release | 1982: Arcade 1983: 2600, 5200, Atari 8-bit |
| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | 1-2 players alternating turns |
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