I'm looking for some opinions on Kangaroo for a piece I'm writing.
This isn't a game I'm familiar with, but based on what I can establish, it was a licence that Atari bought from Sun Electronics giving them the rights to distribute the game, and they spewed out 9,800 of the things from the factory.
So questions to the floor:
1. Was this a popular game with players? It seems very "un-Atari" to me looking at the gameplay.
2. Was this Atari's quick-fix attempt to ride off the success of Donkey Kong?
3. How do the numbers produced stack up with its legacy? It's hardly regarded as a classic in the same mold as a Missile Command or a Centipede. Or maybe it was more popular than I am assuming?
Any Klov thoughts appreciated.
Cheers
This isn't a game I'm familiar with, but based on what I can establish, it was a licence that Atari bought from Sun Electronics giving them the rights to distribute the game, and they spewed out 9,800 of the things from the factory.
So questions to the floor:
1. Was this a popular game with players? It seems very "un-Atari" to me looking at the gameplay.
2. Was this Atari's quick-fix attempt to ride off the success of Donkey Kong?
3. How do the numbers produced stack up with its legacy? It's hardly regarded as a classic in the same mold as a Missile Command or a Centipede. Or maybe it was more popular than I am assuming?
Any Klov thoughts appreciated.
Cheers





