Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The 2005 Madagascar game has 3 separate minigames that can be unlocked with coins collected during regular gameplay: Tiki Minigolf ⛳, Shuffleboard 🛟 and Lemur Rave 🕺. From tropical minigolf and chaotic puck-sliding matches to a lemur dance rhythm game, these bonus modes add some fun extra variety outside the main adventure.
* *Tiki Minigolf* ⛳: A tropical minigolf course where you guide a pearl ball into the holes while dealing with ramps, cranes and other obstacles.
* *Shuffleboard* 🛟: A "game of kings" where players slide pucks across themed boards and try to be the first to score 15 points.
* *Lemur Rave* 🕺: A rhythm minigame similar to Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero, where you hit buttons in time with the music.
*Tiki Minigolf* ⛳
In Tiki Minigolf, you play on the only golf course on the island of Madagascar. The objective is to get the pearl ball into the holes. There are many obstacles along the way, including ramps, cranes and other island-themed gizmos.
*Available characters* 🐒
Alex, Gloria, Julian, Marty, Maurice, Melman
*Shuffleboard* 🛟
In Shuffleboard, also known as the “game of kings,” the goal is to be the first player to score 15 points. Players take turns sliding pucks down the board. After all 8 pucks have been thrown, only 1 player scores points. Points are awarded for every puck that is farther than the deepest puck of the opponent.
*Courses* 🏝️
* Poolslide: Your character slides across a board on the pool using a lifebuoy.
* Tiki Shuffle: A course with bumpers on both sides and a center bumper that can push you around.
* Antarctic Icy Curve Shuffleboard: An icy course with curved sides, letting you slide around your opponent’s blocks.
*Available characters* 👑
Alex, Gloria, Marty, Melman, Big Louie, Crocky, Wilbur Hog, King Foosa
*Lemur Rave* 🕺🎶
In Lemur Rave, you play a rhythm minigame similar to Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero. The goal is to press the right buttons at the right time and stay on beat with the song.
*Playable songs* 🎧
* Softcore Surge
* Salvarsan
* Kinky - Mirando de lado *(song muted for copyright reasons)*
* Trüby Trio - A Go Go - Extended Edit *(song muted for copyright reasons)*
*🎬 Madagascar 2005 Movie Synopsis*
Madagascar follows Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Gloria the hippo and Melman the giraffe, four Central Park Zoo animals who are thrown out of their comfortable city routine after Marty escapes to see the wild. Their rescue mission turns into chaos in New York, and the group accidentally ends up shipped away before washing ashore on Madagascar. There they meet King Julien and his lemurs, who hope Alex can scare off the hungry fossa. Marty loves the freedom at first, but Alex struggles without his old zoo life and starts fighting his natural predator instincts. In the end, the friends learn that the wild is not as simple as they imagined, but their bond is stronger than ever. The 2005 game builds on that same mix of tropical adventure, zoo-animal comedy, jungle trouble and lemur party chaos, which also fits the minigames shown in this video.
*🎮 Game Info*
📅 Released:
🇺🇸 NA: May 24, 2005
🇪🇺 EU: June 30, 2005
🇯🇵 JP: August 11, 2005
🏷️ Developer: Toys for Bob, Beenox Shift (Windows Port)
🚂 Engines: RenderWare
🎬 Publisher: Activision, Bandai (Japan)
#retrogaming #platformer #linuxgaming
*🧍Voice Cast - Game Credits*
Alex - Wally Wingert
Marty - Phil LaMarr
Gloria - Bettina Bush
Melman, Wilbur - Stephen Stanton
Skipper - Tom McGrath
Kowalski - Chris Miller
Private - Christopher Knights
King Julien - Keith Ferguson
Maurice - John Cothran Jr.
Mort - Dee Bradley Baker
Mason - Conrad Vernon
King Fossa - Fred Tatasciore
⌚ Timestamps
0:00 Intro edit
0:51 Tiki Minigolf - Alex
13:40 Tiki Minigolf - Melman
18:55 Shuffleboard - Poolside
33:00 Shuffleboard - Jungle Bumper
39:28 Shuffleboard - Antarctica Curve
45:31 Shuffleboard - Poolside King Foosa/Wilbur Hog
52:28 Lemur Rave
1:09:36 Video end
*📺 Other videos*
*Livestream and live commentary*
On 2026-04-25 I live-streamed playing this game in ful:
youtube.com/live/Nb_e10sQH8k
Full longplay of this game: youtu.be/01AKNlRVO5o
*Previous gameplay video series*
Game Levels: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHDmUmHNPJi4sGLF6djnN3bxN2GRXLvn
Minigames: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHDmUmHNPJgdEwtydlEbWiWF2eqkeKuI
GameCube version: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHDmUmHNPJgnZhaxYZoavuZgAoGudbuk
*🖥️Info*
* Video edited using Kdenlive
* Played on Fedora Linux 44
Using:
* Lutris as the launcher and config manager
* GE-Proton to run Windows programs on Linux
* DXVK to translate DirectX 9 calls to Vulkan
* Widescreen fix used from @AuToMaNiAk005 modified to work properly on Linux by a clanker: github.com/NostalgiaRealm/Madagascar-Widescreen
*📋Other info*
🔊Music/Sounds
Muted music for copyright reasons:
* Kinky - Mirando de lado
* Trüby Trio - A Go Go - Extended Edit
🌐 Website: nostalgiarealm.com
The 2005 Madagascar game has 3 separate minigames that can be unlocked with coins collected during regular gameplay: Tiki Minigolf ⛳, Shuffleboard 🛟 and Lemur Rave 🕺. From tropical minigolf and chaotic puck-sliding matches to a lemur dance rhythm game, these bonus modes add some fun extra variety outside the main adventure.
* *Tiki Minigolf* ⛳: A tropical minigolf course where you guide a pearl ball into the holes while dealing with ramps, cranes and other obstacles.
* *Shuffleboard* 🛟: A "game of kings" where players slide pucks across themed boards and try to be the first to score 15 points.
* *Lemur Rave* 🕺: A rhythm minigame similar to Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero, where you hit buttons in time with the music.
*Tiki Minigolf* ⛳
In Tiki Minigolf, you play on the only golf course on the island of Madagascar. The objective is to get the pearl ball into the holes. There are many obstacles along the way, including ramps, cranes and other island-themed gizmos.
*Available characters* 🐒
Alex, Gloria, Julian, Marty, Maurice, Melman
*Shuffleboard* 🛟
In Shuffleboard, also known as the “game of kings,” the goal is to be the first player to score 15 points. Players take turns sliding pucks down the board. After all 8 pucks have been thrown, only 1 player scores points. Points are awarded for every puck that is farther than the deepest puck of the opponent.
*Courses* 🏝️
* Poolslide: Your character slides across a board on the pool using a lifebuoy.
* Tiki Shuffle: A course with bumpers on both sides and a center bumper that can push you around.
* Antarctic Icy Curve Shuffleboard: An icy course with curved sides, letting you slide around your opponent’s blocks.
*Available characters* 👑
Alex, Gloria, Marty, Melman, Big Louie, Crocky, Wilbur Hog, King Foosa
*Lemur Rave* 🕺🎶
In Lemur Rave, you play a rhythm minigame similar to Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero. The goal is to press the right buttons at the right time and stay on beat with the song.
*Playable songs* 🎧
* Softcore Surge
* Salvarsan
* Kinky - Mirando de lado *(song muted for copyright reasons)*
* Trüby Trio - A Go Go - Extended Edit *(song muted for copyright reasons)*
*🎬 Madagascar 2005 Movie Synopsis*
Madagascar follows Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Gloria the hippo and Melman the giraffe, four Central Park Zoo animals who are thrown out of their comfortable city routine after Marty escapes to see the wild. Their rescue mission turns into chaos in New York, and the group accidentally ends up shipped away before washing ashore on Madagascar. There they meet King Julien and his lemurs, who hope Alex can scare off the hungry fossa. Marty loves the freedom at first, but Alex struggles without his old zoo life and starts fighting his natural predator instincts. In the end, the friends learn that the wild is not as simple as they imagined, but their bond is stronger than ever. The 2005 game builds on that same mix of tropical adventure, zoo-animal comedy, jungle trouble and lemur party chaos, which also fits the minigames shown in this video.
*🎮 Game Info*
📅 Released:
🇺🇸 NA: May 24, 2005
🇪🇺 EU: June 30, 2005
🇯🇵 JP: August 11, 2005
🏷️ Developer: Toys for Bob, Beenox Shift (Windows Port)
🚂 Engines: RenderWare
🎬 Publisher: Activision, Bandai (Japan)
#retrogaming #platformer #linuxgaming
*🧍Voice Cast - Game Credits*
Alex - Wally Wingert
Marty - Phil LaMarr
Gloria - Bettina Bush
Melman, Wilbur - Stephen Stanton
Skipper - Tom McGrath
Kowalski - Chris Miller
Private - Christopher Knights
King Julien - Keith Ferguson
Maurice - John Cothran Jr.
Mort - Dee Bradley Baker
Mason - Conrad Vernon
King Fossa - Fred Tatasciore
⌚ Timestamps
0:00 Intro edit
0:51 Tiki Minigolf - Alex
13:40 Tiki Minigolf - Melman
18:55 Shuffleboard - Poolside
33:00 Shuffleboard - Jungle Bumper
39:28 Shuffleboard - Antarctica Curve
45:31 Shuffleboard - Poolside King Foosa/Wilbur Hog
52:28 Lemur Rave
1:09:36 Video end
*📺 Other videos*
*Livestream and live commentary*
On 2026-04-25 I live-streamed playing this game in ful:
youtube.com/live/Nb_e10sQH8k
Full longplay of this game: youtu.be/01AKNlRVO5o
*Previous gameplay video series*
Game Levels: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHDmUmHNPJi4sGLF6djnN3bxN2GRXLvn
Minigames: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHDmUmHNPJgdEwtydlEbWiWF2eqkeKuI
GameCube version: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMHDmUmHNPJgnZhaxYZoavuZgAoGudbuk
*🖥️Info*
* Video edited using Kdenlive
* Played on Fedora Linux 44
Using:
* Lutris as the launcher and config manager
* GE-Proton to run Windows programs on Linux
* DXVK to translate DirectX 9 calls to Vulkan
* Widescreen fix used from @AuToMaNiAk005 modified to work properly on Linux by a clanker: github.com/NostalgiaRealm/Madagascar-Widescreen
*📋Other info*
🔊Music/Sounds
Muted music for copyright reasons:
* Kinky - Mirando de lado
* Trüby Trio - A Go Go - Extended Edit
🌐 Website: nostalgiarealm.com
