Kangaroo is an arcade game that was released in 1982. It was manufactured by Sun Electronics but distributed by Atari. The game bears a strong resemblance in terms of gameplay and plot to Donkey Kong as well as the Popeye. In the game, the player takes the role of a mother kangaroo who is trying to rescue her son. She must climb through treetops, while disabling pink monkeys that attack the kangaroo with apples (which happens a lot to real kangaroos). This video will tell you everything you need to know about the arcade version of the game.
I played *way* too much Kangaroo on my 5200, and I recognized the Donkey Kong similarity, but it never dawned on me that there was an element of “the Popeye,” also.
In other news, I will now begin referring to Popeye as “the Popeye,” because it makes me laugh.
“the” makes everything sound better and I have a tendency to throw into my conversations way too often nowadays where it doesn’t belong.