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Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

G'day, Mate. Explore the wilds of Australia with TY the Tasmanian Tiger, the charming Aussie platformer. Stone the crows! Are you ready to explore the wilds of the Australian Outback in this remastered version…

60 8 October 2002

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is an adventure developed by Krome Studios, released 8 October 2002 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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What Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is an adventure game developed by Krome Studios and released in 2002. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

The premise, in the publisher's words

G'day mate! Things can be a bit confusing at times, so let me remind you what's going on... You are TY, the last of the Tasmanian Tigers. Raised by a family of Bilbies, you can only vaguely recall your real parents. You've always thought that all the other Tassie Tigers died a long time ago. But then the Bunyip Elder found you, and told you that your family is alive, but trapped in the Dreaming. Now hold your horses... don't get upset... you see they're not stuck there forever, if you're up for a bit of an adventure! You see, deep in the Outback, there's this kind of glowy portal thing that is a doorway to the Dreaming. And around that portal there are some carvings in the rock, where five…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger launched on 8 October 2002, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.

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When did Ty the Tasmanian Tiger come out?
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger was released on 8 October 2002 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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