Kao the Kangaroo: Mystery of the Volcano

Kao the Kangaroo:
Mystery of the Volcano
The Australian box art for the game.
DeveloperTate Interactive[3]
PublishersCenega (Poland)[4]
n3vrf41l Publishing (Australia)[5] / 1C Company (Russia)[6]
SeriesKao the Kangaroo
PlatformMicrosoft Windows
Release
  • POL: December 2, 2005
  • EU: December 15, 2005
  • RUS: December 16, 2006[1][2]
  • AU: June 21, 2007
GenreAdventure
ModeSingle-player

Kao the Kangaroo: Mystery of the Volcano[a] (Polish: Kao: Tajemnica Wulkanu[8]) is an adventure platformer video game released in 2005 by Tate Interactive.[9]

Plot

In this installment, Kao ends up in an archipelago where he has to collect four artifacts to overcome evil forces manifesting from a nearby volcano, in order to get inside and defeat the God of the Volcano and free his friend.

Release

Kao the Kangaroo: Mystery of the Volcano was released in Poland on December 2, 2005.[10] The game was re-released alongside the original Kao the Kangaroo and Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2, in a collection called "The World of Kao the Kangaroo" (Polish: Świat Kangurka Kao), on November 17, 2006.[11] Years later, alongside the original Kao the Kangaroo and Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 were added to GOG.com in February 2021.[12][13] The game was added to Steam, on 27 April 2023.[14]

Reception

Daniel Kazek of GRY-Online.pl praised the graphics and difficulty but criticized its camera and short length.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Kao: Mystery of Volcano, Kao: Mystery of the Volcano, KAO the Kangaroo - Mystery of Volcano, Kao the Kangaroo Round 3: Mystery of the Volcano and Kao - Mystery of Volcano Island.[7]

References

  1. ^ "KAO the Kangaroo 3: Mystery of Volcano (Као и загадка вулкана) – обзоры и оценки игры, даты выхода DLC, трейлеры, описание". Игромания. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Игра "Као и загадка вулкана" для PC". 1C-SoftClub. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. ^ "KAO THE KANGAROO - MYSTERY OF VOLCANO". Australian Classification. 20 August 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Strona główna, Kangurek Kao: Tajemnica Wulkanu - już w sklepach - Cenega.pl".
  5. ^ "KAO THE KANGAROO - MYSTERY OF VOLCANO". Australian Classification. 20 August 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Игра "Као и загадка вулкана" для PC". 1C-SoftClub. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Problems, Vundo, AntiSpyware and a ton others. [RESOLVED] - Virus, Spyware, Malware Removal". Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  8. ^ a b Kazek, Daniel (2006-01-24). "Kao: Tajemnica Wulkanu - recenzja gry". GRY-Online.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2025-11-12. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
  9. ^ "TATE MULTIMEDIA". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  10. ^ "News - Kangurek Kao: Tajemnica Wulkanu - już w sklepach". Cenega (Poland) (in Polish). 2005-12-02. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
  11. ^ Cenega (2006-11-16). "Świat Kangurka Kao - premiera już jutro". GRY-Online.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
  12. ^ Błażewicz, Jakub (2021-02-15). "Kangurek Kao - cała seria po latach wróciła do sprzedaży". GRY-Online.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
  13. ^ @Kaothekangaroo (15 February 2021). "Today is the day that most of you've been waiting for!Thanks to we are very excited to ann…" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 June 2021 – via Twitter.
  14. ^ Kleszyk, Kamil (2023-04-15). "Brakujące części kultowego Kangurka Kao zmierzają na Steam". GRY-Online.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2025-11-12.