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Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2

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Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 cover
Developers
Tate Multimedia
Publishers
Australia Auran
Europe JoWood Productions
North America Atari
Poland Cenega
Russia Russobit-M
Digital THQ Nordic
Release dates
Windows November 4, 2003
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Fantasy
Series Kao the Kangaroo
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Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 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
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
European copies use SecuROM 5 DRM.
Polish and Russian copies use StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1].
US copies use SecuROM 7 DRM.
Windows
Retail
DRM-free
Australian and later copies of Polish and European versions.
Windows
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Bundled with Kao the Kangaroo and Kao: Mystery of Volcano.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Bundled with Kao the Kangaroo and Kao: Mystery of Volcano.
Windows
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

Version differences

Digital release is an updated version featuring widescreen resolutions, XInput controller support and compatibility fixes for modern machines, as well as achievements.
PC version lacks 4 single-player levels and multiplayer mode from the PSP version of the game.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions Game does not contain microtransactions.

Game data

North American retail version stores files in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Kao - Round 2, while all other releases store files in <path-to-game>\media.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\media\*.ini[Note 2]
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Kao - Round 2\*.ini
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1048540/pfx/[Note 3]
key.ini stores keyboard/controller mapping and sound volume, lang.ini stores the currently selected language and user.ini stores graphical options.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\media\Kao2.SG[Note 2]
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Kao - Round 2\
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1048540\remote\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1048540/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Approx. 5 KB available.

Video

Launcher display options.
Launcher display options.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Steam version only. For others, see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Steam version only.
4K Ultra HD
Steam version only.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Limited to 1600x900, 1280x960, 1280x720, and 800x600 (Steam version only).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
Limited to 60 Hz;/60fps see Run the game at screen refresh rate.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Modify configuration file (Retail version)[5]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\media.
  2. Open user.ini.
  3. Change -w= and -h= as needed.

Input

Keybindings.
Keybindings.

Audio

Audio options.
Audio options.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Effects, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Australian, European and North American releases only. The European version uses a different dub to the North American and Australian versions.
The Steam and GOG release contains both dubs, selectable via the in-game launcher.
French
European release only and the GOG version.
German
European release only and the GOG version.
Hungarian
Fan translation
Italian
European release only and the GOG version.
Polish
Available on the GOG version.
Brazilian Portuguese
Translation.
Russian
Local retail version only. Not available on Steam and GOG version.
Spanish
European release only and the GOG version.
The Polish localization uses an earlier build of the game that contains bugs that have been fixed in the other releases. This problem is fixed in the Steam release.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

The game runs at 60 Hz by default.
Modify configuration file[6]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\media.
  2. Open user.ini.
  3. Change -rate=60 as needed.
Use the -rate=xx command line argument[6]

Game crashes

Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP2.[5]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 8.1
OpenGL 1.2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 600 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB (128 MB for 2000/XP)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 256
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible


Notes

  1. This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
  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%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  3. 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1048540/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1048540) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References