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Revision as of 22:52, 24 January 2022
This page is for the original 2000 game. For the upcoming game, see Kao the Kangaroo (2022).
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| X-Ray Interactive | |
| Publishers | |
| Titus Software | |
| Poland | Licomp Empik Multimedia |
| GOG.com | Tate Multimedia |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | December 8, 2000 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 60 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Platform |
| Art styles | Cartoon |
| Themes | Oceania |
| Series | Kao the Kangaroo |
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| Kao the Kangaroo | |
|---|---|
| Kao the Kangaroo | 2000 |
| Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 | 2003 |
| Kao: Mystery of Volcano | 2005 |
| Kao the Kangaroo (2022) | 2022 |
Kao the Kangaroo is a singleplayer third-person platform game in the Kao the Kangaroo series.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
European copies use LaserLock DRM. US copies use SafeDisc 2 DRM[Note 1]. |
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| Retail | |
Sold Out Software, and White Label (German) rereleases. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Bundled with Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 and Kao: Mystery of Volcano. | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
Bundled with Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 and Kao: Mystery of Volcano. | |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Replace video file[3] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\kao.ini[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\kao*.sav[Note 2] |
- The
*is the save file number.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy |
Video
Video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | For the GOG.com release, windowed mode is already enabled. To disable it, set Windowed to 0 in the configuration file. |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use dgVoodoo 2 and choose between 2x-16x under "Texture Filtering". | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Use dgVoodoo 2 and choose between 2x-8x MSAA. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Capped at 125 FPS. | ||
Widescreen resolution
| Widescreen fix[4] |
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Input
Control settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | No mouse support. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Requires manually mapping inputs in the options menu. | |
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| German | ||||
| French | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Spanish |
Issues fixed
Graphical issues on modern systems
| Use dgVoodoo 2[5] |
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| Use DxWnd[6] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 7 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 95, 98, ME | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 233 MHz MMX | |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 150 MB | |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Orzelek303 on 2021-02-16
- ↑ Kao the Kangaroo - Widescreen Tutorial - YouTube
- ↑ Verified by User:Parseus on 2021-02-15
- ↑ Verified by User:Parseus on 2020-10-17