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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kangarooa.png]]
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3	''Kangaroo'' (カンガルー?) is a 1982 arcade game was manufactured by [[Creator/{{Sunsoft}} Sun Electronics]] and distributed by Creator/{{Atari}}. It was ported to the Platform/{{Atari 2600}}, Platform/{{Atari 5200}}, and [[Platform/Atari8BitComputers Atari 8-bit computer family]].
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5	In the game, you play a mother kangaroo whose child has been kidnapped by a band of monkeys. In three of the four game levels, you must try to get Mama to the top of the screen to reach Joey while avoiding apples being thrown at you by the monkeys, either by jumping over the apples, ducking them, or punching them. In the fourth screen, you must knock down a stack of monkeys holding up the cage that Joey is held captive in while avoiding the apples.
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7	The game has an AnimatedAdaptation in the form of segments that appeared in ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade''.
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9	The game was ''finally'' given a re-release on July 16, 2020 as part of Hamster Corporation's Arcade Archives series for the Switch and [=PS4=].
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12	!!This game provides examples of
13	* ActionMom: Mama is a BoxingKangaroo, willing and able to fight her way through hordes of monekys and apes to save her joey.
14	* BoxingKangaroo: Mama can punch out both apples and monkeys with her boxing gloves.
15	* CutScene: The game's attract mode include a cut scene of two other mama Kangaroos reaching their joey, only for KO Katy to fall through a hole and down from the tree before she can reach him.
16	* EndlessGame: Once you complete the fourth level, the game repeats itself over and over.
17	* FallingDamage: Mama Roo loses a life if she falls too far off a ledge.
18	* KillerGorilla: A large ape can appear to steal Mama's boxing gloves.
19	* MamaBear: Never mind she's a kangaroo, but this is a boxing kangaroo willing to go up against gorillas to rescue her son.
20	* PlatformGame: Similar to ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', except that it's the joystick that controls jumping instead of an action button.
21	* ProducePelting: The apples thrown at you by the monkeys.
22	* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The game uses "American Patrol" by F.W. Meacham, "Oh Susannah" by Stephen Foster, and "Westminster Quarters".
23	* ScoringPoints: For knocking out monkeys and apples, and by collecting fruit hanging from the trees. You also get a bonus for time remaining in the bonus counter.
24	* TimedMission: You get a limited amount of time in the bonus counter for Mama to reach Joey.
25	* WestminsterChimes: These play when the player rings the bell.
26	* WhiteFlag: If a [[KillerGorilla large, malevolent ape]] succeeds in stealing Mama's boxing gloves, she becomes defenseless, and pressing the Punch button only results in her waving a white flag of surrender. Fortunately, her gloves are restored after a few seconds.

Context VideoGame / Kangaroo