Play Kangaroo Online

Kangaroo is a 1982 arcade game by Sun Electronics, playable today through MAME. It arrived during a period when platformers were still defining their core mechanics, offering a straightforward but distinct take on the genre. The game doesn't try to reinvent the wheel, but it carves out its own little space with a unique protagonist and a clear, simple goal.

You control a mother kangaroo trying to rescue her baby from a troop of mischievous monkeys. You move screen by screen, jumping between platforms and climbing vines to reach your joey at the top. Your main form of attack is punching; you can throw jabs to knock out monkeys or break open the fruit they throw at you. The pacing is quick, and the monkeys become increasingly aggressive, often attacking from off-screen or dropping projectiles without warning. It feels like a constant, slightly chaotic scramble to the top.