<s>
is	O
a	O
four-screen	O
platform	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
in	O
1982	O
by	O
Sun	O
Electronics	O
and	O
distributed	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
Kangaroo	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
arcade	O
games	O
similar	O
in	O
style	O
to	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
without	O
being	O
a	O
direct	O
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
boxing	O
glove-wearing	O
mother	O
kangaroo	B-Application
who	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
rescue	O
her	O
joey	O
from	O
fruit-throwing	O
monkeys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
of	O
them	O
consist	O
of	O
the	O
mother	O
kangaroo	B-Application
on	O
the	O
bottom	O
floor	O
trying	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
top	O
floor	O
where	O
her	O
joey	O
is	O
being	O
held	O
captive	O
by	O
some	O
monkeys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
levels	O
monkeys	O
throw	O
apples	O
and	O
apple	O
cores	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
mother	O
kangaroo	B-Application
must	O
either	O
jump	O
,	O
duck	O
,	O
or	O
punch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
must	O
be	O
wary	O
of	O
the	O
big	O
Ape	B-Language
,	O
who	O
will	O
occasionally	O
appear	O
and	O
try	O
to	O
take	O
her	O
gloves	O
away	O
from	O
her	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Levels	O
1	O
,	O
2	O
and	O
4	O
consist	O
of	O
different	O
platforms	O
that	O
the	O
mother	O
kangaroo	B-Application
must	O
jump	O
onto	O
or	O
climb	O
onto	O
via	O
a	O
ladder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
this	O
level	O
,	O
the	O
mother	O
kangaroo	B-Application
must	O
punch	O
each	O
monkey	O
in	O
the	O
stack	O
several	O
times	O
until	O
the	O
cage	O
is	O
lowered	O
and	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
cage	O
has	O
been	O
lowered	O
enough	O
,	O
the	O
mother	O
kangaroo	B-Application
must	O
climb	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
floor	O
to	O
get	O
to	O
the	O
joey	O
before	O
the	O
cage	O
is	O
raised	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kangaroo	B-Application
has	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
clearly	O
visible	O
glitches	O
in	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
sprites	O
briefly	O
flickering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
published	O
ports	O
of	O
Kangaroo	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
version	O
was	O
contracted	O
out	O
to	O
General	O
Computer	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Leiterman	O
of	O
Atari	O
Research	O
ported	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
cartridge	O
to	O
the	O
technically	O
similar	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
computers	I-Device
in	O
one	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
used	O
a	O
tool	O
he	O
had	O
written	O
to	O
disassemble	O
the	O
game	O
code	O
,	O
then	O
modified	O
the	O
source	O
and	O
assembled	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leiterman	O
submitted	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
and	O
requested	O
they	O
publish	O
it	O
without	O
attribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
version	O
of	O
Kangaroo	B-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
by	O
Video	O
magazine	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
Arcade	O
Alley	O
"	O
column	O
where	O
it	O
received	O
mixed	O
commentary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Charles	O
Ardai	O
,	O
reviewing	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
version	O
for	O
Electronic	O
Fun	O
with	O
Computers	O
&	O
Games	O
,	O
wrote	O
"	O
even	O
though	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
are	O
generally	O
horrible	O
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
many	O
times	O
better	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
arcades.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
,	O
Kangaroo	B-Application
and	O
Space	B-Device
Ace	I-Device
replaced	O
Pitfall	B-Application
Harry	I-Application
,	O
Frogger	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Jr.	I-Application
in	O
CBS	O
's	O
Saturday	O
Supercade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartoon	O
revolves	O
around	O
kangaroos	B-Application
Katy	O
(	O
voiced	O
by	O
Mea	O
Martineau	O
)	O
and	O
Joey	O
(	O
voiced	O
by	O
David	O
Mendenhall	O
)	O
who	O
live	O
in	O
a	O
zoo	O
run	O
by	O
the	O
zookeeper	B-Language
Mr.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
arcade	O
version	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
July	O
16	O
,	O
2020	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Hamster	O
Corporation	O
's	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
digitally	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
