TY the Tasmanian Tiger

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First played this when I was a little kid and it made me think Australia was a fictional place and gave me a fear of sharks. Really glad it still holds up its a super fun game and criminally underrated.

This game is really fun. I like the concept of having boomerangs and unlocking new ones as you progress with different abilities. I did find, however, many of the boomerangs weren't really used throughout the game, and you really only need a couple to 100% the game. The levels were all unique, and surprisingly all of them had very different biomes to them, which kept things fresh. Despite being an Australian game, the team decided to ignore the obvious - spiders - and actually be creative with the bosses and enemies in the game, which I appreciated. My only gripe is the fact hardcore mode doesn't explain anything to you, and I got 3 hours into the game, collecting all the hidden collectables in all the levels, when I died. I got kicked back to the main menu, which I thought was weird, and noticed my entire game-save was deleted. Hardcore in this context means when you die, you are done. I've personally never seen a collectathon platformer with that mechanic before, and it was a huge kick in the teeth to have that happen with zero warning. I was expecting bosses and enemies to do more damage and take more hits. [h3] Linux performance [/h3] This game was not made for Linux, so everything I am going to say here does NOT count towards the review. Linux performance is pretty bad. While levels are playable, with frequent FPS dips, some levels are borderline unplayable with FPS sitting at an average 18FPS. Most notably the Outback level and the level with the fire everywhere. If you're a Linux user, just beware that performance isn't the greatest, despite this being a very old and not graphically intense game at all.

This game is fantastic. Similar to Spyro with the platforming and the collectathon genre, with the added bonus of boomerang gameplay and hardcore mode. Would recommend to anyone interested in older games!

HIGHLY RECOMMEND! My older brothers had all kinds of video games and I hadn't yet owned my own, so my dad went out and came back with this BEAUTY for me and we played it together! This game is full of nostalgia for me, the gameplay, music and even the sound effects!

TYtTT is a great oldschool platformer that while not perfect I would love to see a modernized remake for. Great music the whole way through the game, a wide variety of boomerangs to use, visually pretty good for its age. The comedy/cutscenes were decent. The "hardcore" mode and achievements added in HD weren't that great and just added extra time played for no real reason on top of being a huge drag to go through again.