The player takes the role of a boxing glove-wearing mother kangaroo who is trying to rescue her joey from fruit-throwing monkeys.

The arcade version of Kangaroo has visible glitches in the graphics, such as sprites briefly flickering.

Susanna" by Stephen Foster[3] (level completion fanfare), and "Westminster Quarters" (when a bell is rung).

He used a tool he had written to disassemble the game code, then modified the source and assembled an Atari 8-bit version.

The Atari 5200 version of Kangaroo was reviewed by Video magazine in its "Arcade Alley" column where it received mixed commentary.

[6]: 29 Charles Ardai, reviewing the Atari 2600 version for Electronic Fun with Computers & Games, wrote that despite having "horrible" graphics and sound, the gameplay of Kangaroo is better than in the arcades.

[7] In 1984, Kangaroo and Space Ace replaced Pitfall Harry, Frogger, and Donkey Kong Jr. in CBS's Saturday Supercade.