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Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is the first title in a video game series for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube produced by Krome Studios in 2002. In the game you are a thylacine who must collect talismans to free your family from the Dreamtime, where they have been imprisoned by the evil Boss Cass. In 2004 a sequel, Bush Rescue was released on all the above platforms, in addition to Game Boy Advance. Also in 2004, DPS Film Roman and Krome Studios announced they would produce an animated cartoon series based on the game.

In May 2005, Activision and Krome Studios signed a co-publishing agreement for the third installment of the series: Night of the Quinkan.

=Boomerangs=

  • Boomerang - Standard boomerang
  • Aquarang - this is the only boomerang you are able to use underwater.
Elementals
  • Frostyrang - elemental boomerang of ice; freezes enemies, puts out flames.
  • Flamerang - elemental boomerang of fire; sets enemies on fire, melts ice blocks, burns spider webs.
  • Zappyrang - elemental boomerang of thunder; zaps enemies or inactive machines.
Technorangs
  • Zoomerang - able to zoom in on enemies when used in first-person view.
  • Multirang - able to fire a streaming barrage of boomerangs.
  • Infrarang - lets you see invisible crates or platforms. It also beeps if anything invisible is nearby.
  • Megarang - lets you home in on enemies and crates.
  • Kaboomerang - explodes with a big boom!!
  • Chronorang - puts enemies in a time warp.
Secret boomerangs
  • Doomerang - only available for the final boss fight. When thrown you get a "rang's-eye-view" and must manually guide it through the air using the controller.

Characters

  • Ty the Tasmanian Tiger - Last member of an endangered species who lives in the wild Australian outback. He must find thunder eggs to find the 5 mystic talismans and then will free his family from the dreamtime realm.
  • Maurie - Maurie the sulphur-crested cockatoo is your helper and friend. He teaches Ty new controls and abilities as well as telling him where to find things.
  • Boss Cass - This evil genius wants world domination and Ty is the only guy who can stop him.
  • Julius - Julius the koala is the greatest inventor in the world. He hooks you up with the talisman portals, and if you collect golden cogs, he'll give you some awesome techno rangs.
  • Shazza - Shazza the dingo is Ty's friend, and always seems to get into trouble.
  • Ranger Ken - Ken is the local, friendly woods patroller. He will talk to you and have a few challenges also.
  • Rex - Rex the platypus is the master at swimming. He teaches Ty how to swim, gives him the aquarangs, and has time-attack challenges.
  • Elle - Rex's wife; she enjoys finding treasure with Rex and gets lost a lot.
  • Dennis - Dennis the green tree frog has one of the biggest thunder egg collectons in the area. Don't miss an opportunity to do chores for them. His main drawback is that he's a coward.
  • Neddy - The biggest bully in the Black Stump. Go behind him and shoot the leather straps holding his armor on with the flamerang to defeat him. After his defeat, Neddy becomes Ty's friend.
  • Lenny the Lyrebird - Blue bird who, well, lies. Don't do what he says. There is always an alternate way around the obstacle he points out. If he says not to do something, do it!
  • Sly the Tasmanian Tiger - The only other tasmanian tiger with an active part in the first game. At first he's on Boss Cass's side, but at the end he becomes good. He is the brother of both the title character, Ty, and another supporting character, Betty (introduced in Bush Rescue). All three are the children of Brian and Di. Sly looks a lot like Ty, although he is a darker orange with darker stripes. He also tends to have a more world-weary expression.
  • Bunyip Elder - This spirit guy tells Ty about Cass's plans and tells him how to win the fight.
  • Sheila - Another koala. Her kids always get lost and you have to find all 8 of them!
  • Boonie - One of Sheila's kids. he gets in trouble, and guess who has to sort it out?

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