Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

by Electronc Arts

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00006JC49
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 9, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,465 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

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Go deep into the Australian outback as Ty the Tasmanian tiger. It's up to you to collect magical talismans that'll release your fellow Tasmanian tigers from the Dreamtime. Armed with your boomerangs and a nasty bite, you must outfight and outsmart Boss Cass, a big bad bird with a big bad attitude. Sharpen your boomerang, mate, and get ready for an amazing Australian adventure.

You will explore more than 16 levels of a highly stylized, cartoonlike Australian outback while making use of eight types of boomerangs, including the frostyrang, flamorang, and doomarang. You will also uncover secret areas and extra missions, collect power-ups to give Ty his Super Chomp, encounter over 50 different characters and enemies, ride animals, swim around coral reefs, and surf down rivers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite game so far!, May 28, 2003

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Mariane Matera (Richmond, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (Video Game)

I am an older woman and this was my favorite game on Gamecube so far, and in my top five all-time (I've also had a Playstation, a Dreamcast, and an iMac.). This is why: 1. It's really hard to get killed, and when you do, you only go back to the last checkpoint, you don't have to redo the entire level. 2. You get a map you can consult to figure out where the things are you need to accomplish. 3. You don't have to accomplish every single thing on a level to move to the next level, so you don't get stuck forever in one place like I did in the volcano in Pac Man World, which I'll never be able to finish now. 4. The bosses are not damn impossible to beat. 5. I only had to get my husband's help on the last level boss when the boomerang had to travel through a constantly twisting pipe for about a million miles. That was hard, but after about 15 attempts, he did it. We were so happy! 6. The fighting and killing is kind of easy and there were no really really difficult jumps (like in Tomb Raider). 7. The levels, including a swamp at night, beaches and underwater, mountains and snowy areas, are pretty. 8. You can quit in the middle of a level (after you've saved, of course) and not lose everything you've accomplished so far. Now, if you're hunting for lost babies -- and this happens on several levels--if you don't find all of them before you quit, you will have to start over finding them, but it's not that tedious. You sort of find them as you're going along anyway.

I find it really hard to finish games without a Gameshark giving me infinite health, and since Gamecube doesn't have a Gameshark, I haven't been able to finish a Gamecube title yet, so the fact I finished this one makes it tops on my list! And no, it's not baby-easy, although probably no boy over age 9 will feel challenged by it, but it's easy enough for people like me. Sometimes even we old women like to feel like we beat a game, you know!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Platformer / Great for Kids and Adults, November 15, 2002

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J. Jensen (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (Video Game)

I'm an adult that still likes to play video games. The game is a all around fun platformer (Adventure) that I enjoy and so does my nephew that loves the game. The controls are easy for someone young to play, but the game has a lot of wit and humor that an adult will like. Yes if you a hard core gamer this might not appeal to to you, but if you are looking for a game for the whole family then this is a good title.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent game, December 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (Video Game)

Ty is a fun platformer that embodies everything we like about these games. Cute as a button and faster than the lethargic Raccoon or the just plain slow Ratchet, Ty has his large variety of boomerangs and a massive bite to keep him out of trouble. And the authentic accents and catchy music are great.
Aimed at a younger audience than the Teen rated Ratchet and Clank and far less frustrating than Mario Sunshine, Ty is the new Spyro.