Kangaroo is a very early Platform game from Atari/Sun
Corporation.
The Story: Mama Kangaroo must save Kid Kangaroo from an entire gang of nasty
monkeys that was kidnapped and is captured in the huge monkeys
Tree-fortress.
Das Gameplay is much like Donkey Kong: The Player (as Mother
Kangaroo) must climb up ladders, jump onto platforms, leap across gaps and so on
to follow him through the treetops while punching out apes. The monkeys will
oppose her by throwing apples at her, either overhand or underhand. If they
throw apples at her underhand, Mama Kangaroo must jump over them, but if they
throw them overhand, she must duck.
The monkeys will also drop apple cores
and Mama Kangaroo must either avoid them or punch them to score points. Mama
Kangaroo can also collect fruits and vegetables (including strawberries,
pineapples, cherries, tomatoes, etc.) to score points. Mama Kangaroo can also
ring a bell to make more fruits and vegetables appear. Whenever Mama Kangaroo is
close to a monkey, she can punch the monkey and knock him out. There is also a
boxing gorilla called Big Ape who will occasionally appear on some levels and
will try to deprive Mama Kangaroo of her boxing gloves and leave her
defenseless, but she can punch Big Ape to knock him off the screen. If Mama
Kangaroo is disarmed of her gloves, she must reach Kid Kangaroo before the
dangers increase.
There are four different levels in different settings.