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Kangaroo (Atari 2600, 1988)
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Platform: Atari 2600
Release Date: Mar 1988
Product ID: EPID6478
Description: Hop to it as a mother Kangaroo trying to reach her stranded baby. In this vertical, scrolling game, Mama Roo dons a pair of boxing gloves and scales a tree by hops, climbs, and leaps to get to her baby at the top. Look out for falling ap...
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Wow , talk about a great Atari game from the past. I still own this and every once in a while we haul out the old 2600 and start playing. i think it is funny how back in the day i could play these games for hours upon hours but now they get boring in about 10 minutes.
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A fair-to-middling game inspired by Donkey KongReview created: 02/25/05
by: HawgWyld -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Challenging; cutesy jingles; learning how to play takes about five minutes
Challenging; cutesy jingles; learning how to play takes about five minutes
Cons:
Washed-out colors; screen flicker and choppy animation; missing screens
Washed-out colors; screen flicker and choppy animation; missing screens
Shortly after Nintendo released Donkey Kong to the arcades in 1981, a host of companies played the "me, too!" game and released titles which were obviously inspired by the level-scaling hit. There were a slew of those games, but they all had a similar theme. Typically, the player was on a mission to save some helpless creature and had to scale some sort of structure while avoiding enemies. Kangaroo was Atari's entry into the "jump-climb-dodge" arena of Donkey Kong-inspired titles, and it was pretty darn good. Released to arcades is 1982, Kangaroo put the player in charge of a marsupial with a.
Review ID: 10000000000518527
Just because it has name recognition doesn t make it goodReview created: 03/31/08
by: Chad9976 -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
It's beatable
It's beatable
Cons:
Way too difficult; AWFUL play control; bad graphics
Way too difficult; AWFUL play control; bad graphics
What can kill a good game more easily bad play controls or incredible difficulty? I m still trying to decide which aspect makes Kangaroo for the Atari 2600 such a mediocre game. Then again, maybe it s just a blend of two flaws. PRESS FIRE TO START You play as a kangaroo, or more specifically, a mama kangaroo who s out to save her baby from some crazy monkeys. You must climb ladders, jump from plank to plank and punch-out any of those evil monkeys who get in your way. All while watching out for apples which randomly fall from the top of the screen as well as from the side by any monkeys you...
Review ID: 10000000006828880
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