Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
North American PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)	Krome Studios
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts Krome Studios (HD remaster)
Director(s)	John Passfield
Producer(s)	Andy Green
Designer(s)	John Passfield Steve Stamatiadis
Programmer(s)	Steve Williams
Composer(s)	George Stamatiadis
Series	Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
Platform(s)	GameCube PlayStation 2 Xbox Windows Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox One
Release	GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox NA: 9 October 2002[1] EU: 22 November 2002 Windows WW: 12 December 2016 Nintendo Switch NA: 31 March 2020 EU: 3 April 2020 AU: 4 April 2020 PlayStation 4 WW: 25 July 2020 Xbox One WW: 14 October 2020
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player

Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (stylized as TY the Tasmanian Tiger) is a 2002 platform video game developed by Krome Studios and published by Electronic Arts for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox systems. The game was remastered in HD for Windows and was made available through Steam in 2016. A remastered version published by Krome Studios was also developed for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. The Nintendo Switch version released in North America in March 2020, and in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand the following month. The PlayStation 4 version was released on 25 July 2020.^[2] The Xbox One version was released on 14 October 2020.

The first installment in the Ty the Tasmanian Tiger series, the game is set on a fictional Australian island and follows the titular character Ty as he searches for "Thunder Eggs" to power a machine to locate five scattered talismans and free his family, who are trapped in an alternate realm known as "The Dreaming" by the series antagonist Boss Cass, a cassowary plotting world domination. Development of Ty the Tasmanian Tiger began in 2000 with five developers from Krome Studios. The development team was later expanded to 45 people. For the levels in the game, the developers got inspiration from the Australian Outback.

The game was initially revealed in 2002 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo convention in Los Angeles, California.^[3] Ty the Tasmanian Tiger received mixed reviews from critics. The game sold over one million copies worldwide. Three sequels were produced: Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan and Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 4.