Atari
Kangaroo

Daten
Veröffentlichung USA 06/1982
Vertrieb Japan und Entwicklung Sun Electronics
Sun Electronics Corp.
6 Oirichoteranouchi
Kōnan, Aichi, 〒483-8412
Vertrieb USA Atari
Atari, Inc.
1265 Borregas Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Produktcode 36700: US-Standgerät
Genre Platform
Steuerung Joystick (8-Wege) mit Button
Spieler 1–2 (abwechselnd)
Prozessor Zilog Z80, 2,5 MHz
Audio-Subsystem Zilog Z80, 2,5 MHz
General Instruments AY8910, 1,25 MHz
Tonausgabe Mono
Video Rasterbildschirm Electrohome G07, 19″
Bildausrichtung vertikal
Grafikauflösung 240×256
Farben 24
Bauformen Standgerät
„European Upright“
Abmessungen H×B×T US-Standgerät:
180,34 × 64,14 × 81,28 cm
EUR-Standgerät:
172,72 × 64,14 × 78,74 cm
Gewicht US-Standgerät: 139,3 kg
EUR-Standgerät: 124,7 kg
Wertung ★★★★★
Originaltitel カンガルー (Kangarū)


Atari: Kangaroo

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Werbetext (englisch)
Kangaroo is a knockout! A new 1 or 2 player adventure challenge that will keep mom, dad and the kids hopping back for high jumping excitement game after game.

"Mother" kangaroo must rescue her "Baby" who has been kidnapped and held captive a nest of "nasty" monkeys. Mother must hop through various obstacles, jump over or duck apples thrown at her by hoodlum monkeys or punch them out to reach Baby imprisoned in a cage at the top of the screen. Along the way she can collect different kinds of fruits for extra points.
There are four rounds per skill level. Each round is complete when other rescues her baby, "Oh Susannah" plays and the word "Mom" flashes on the screen. As the player advances into higher skill levels, Mother must move more quickly to avoid flying apples and apple cores as the monkeys become more aggressive and increase in number.
If a player stalls and does not punch any of the monkeys or apples, "Big Ape" a giant Gorilla appears wearing boxing gloves. He will steal Mother's gloves leaving her temporarily defenseless. Mom's gloves are returned to her after a few seconds. In the meantime, she must be fast on her feet or risk getting beaned by an apple or punched by one of the monkeys.

Round 1. In the first round there are ladders between each platform on the playfield. Mother must clumb up the ladders to reach Baby.
Round 2. In the second round Mother must jump up a series of log steps at different heights to rescue Baby at the top of the screen.
Round 3. In the third round the monkeys form a column with Baby in a cage at the top of the column. Mom must punch out the monkeys and/or leap to higher platforms alongside the cage.
Round 4. In the fouth round there are long and short ladders which Mother must clumb to reach Baby.

Trivia
Entwickler Sun Electronics brachte das Arcadespiel als カンガルー (Kangarū) bereits im Mai 1982 auf den japanischen Markt. Atari erhielt die Exklusiv-Vertriebsrechte für Nordamerika.

Von Hamster erschien Kangaroo als Teil der Arcade Archives für PlayStation 4 und Nintendo Switch.

Konsolen- und Computerumsetzungen von Atari
▶ Canguru (Polyvox 2600)
▶ Kangaroo (Atari 2600)
▶ Kangaroo (Atari 5200)
▶ Kangaroo (Atari XL/XE)

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