Kangaroo (1982) combines platform jumping with hand-to-hand combat: the protagonist can throw punches to knock out the monkeys pelting her with apples, in a design that clearly blends Donkey Kong's influence with ideas of its own. It's a solid, colorful early-'80s arcade game, with that mix of cuteness and arcade violence that characterized much of the era's games; it's still enjoyed today for its tightly tuned pace.
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