Activisions video game version of DreamWorks latest computer animated comedy, Madagascar, is one of those rare movietogame translations that manage to be good even if youve never seen the film. Unsurprisingly, the game is a kidfriendly platformer that retells much of the films storythrowing in some more adventurecentric sequences for the purposes of gameplay replaces all of the films star talent with soundalike voice actors, and generally doesnt take too much thinking or time to complete. What is somewhat surprising is that the gameplay is pretty solid for a game aimed squarely at kids, the voice actors do a good job of capturing the inflections of the films characters, and the game features a nice boon of unlockable content to make up for the short quest. By no means is Madagascar the next big thing in platforming, but as far as kidfriendly fare is concerned, it does the job.