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Ty the Tasmanian Tiger is a platform video game for the PlayStation 2 , Xbox , GameCube and Microsoft Windows developed by Krome Studios and published by Electronic Arts . It was released in North America on September ___MASK52___ , ___MASK48___ and later released in PAL regions on November 22 , ___MASK48___ . The Windows version was published by Krome Studios released worldwide via Steam on March 21 , 2016 . The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November ___MASK16___ , 2006 . As a seventh - generation console , the Wii competed with Microsoft ' s Xbox 360 and Sony ' s PlayStation 3 . Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others . , the Wii leads its generation over PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales , with more than 101 million units sold ; in December 2009 , the console broke the sales record for a single month in the United States . Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in ___MASK86___ , currently by Atari Interactive , a subsidiary of the French publisher Atari , SA ( ASA ). The original Atari , Inc . founded in ___MASK86___ by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney was a pioneer in arcade games , home video game consoles , and home computers . The company ' s products , such as " Pong " and the Atari 2600 , helped define the electronic entertainment industry from the 1970s to the mid - 1980s . The PlayStation 3 ( abbreviated as PS3 ) is a home video game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment . It is the successor to PlayStation 2 , and is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles . It competed with Microsoft ' s Xbox 360 and Nintendo ' s Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles . It was first released on November 11 , ___MASK37___ , in Japan , November 17 , ___MASK37___ in North America , and March 27 , ___MASK54___ in Europe and Australia . Infogrames Entertainment , SA ( IESA ) was an international French holding company headquartered in Lyon , France . It was the owner of Atari , Inc ., headquartered in New York City , U . S . and Atari Europe . It was founded in ___MASK8___ by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory computer book . Through its subsidiaries , Infogrames produced , published and distributed interactive games for all major video game consoles and computer game platforms . The PlayStation 2 ( abbreviated as PS2 ) is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment . It is the successor to the PlayStation , and is the second installment in the PlayStation lineup of consoles . It was released on March 4 , ___MASK77___ in Japan , October 26 , ___MASK77___ in North America , November 24 , ___MASK77___ in Europe , and November 17 , ___MASK77___ in Australia . It competed with Sega ' s Dreamcast , Microsoft ' s Xbox , and Nintendo ' s GameCube in the sixth generation of video game consoles . Krome Studios Melbourne , originally Beam Software , was a video game development studio founded in 1978 and based in Melbourne , Australia . The studio operated independently from 1988 until ___MASK77___ , when it was acquired by Infogrames , who changed the name to Melbourne House . In ___MASK37___ the studio was sold to Krome Studios . The name Beam was a contraction of the initials of the founders : Alfred Milgrom and Naomi Besen . The ( abbreviated as GBA ) is a 32 - bit handheld video game console developed , manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color . It was released in Japan on March 21 , ___MASK3___ , in North America on June 11 , ___MASK3___ , in Australia and Europe on June 22 , ___MASK3___ , and in the People ' s Republic of China on June 8 , 2004 ( excluding Hong Kong ). Nintendo ' s competitors in the handheld market at the time were the Neo Geo Pocket Color , WonderSwan , GP32 , Tapwave Zodiac , and the N - Gage . Despite the competitors ' best efforts , Nintendo maintained a majority market share with the Game Boy Advance . As of June 30 , ___MASK80___ , the Game Boy Advance series has sold 81 . 51 million units worldwide . Its successor , the Nintendo DS , was released in November 2004 and is also compatible with Game Boy Advance software . The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft . As the successor to the original Xbox , it is the second console in the Xbox series . The Xbox 360 competed with Sony ' s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo ' s Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles . The Xbox 360 was officially unveiled on MTV on May ___MASK9___ , 2005 , with detailed launch and game information divulged later that month at the Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 ). The Macintosh (; ( branded as Mac since ___MASK15___ ) is a series of personal computers ( PCs ) designed , developed , and marketed by Apple Inc . Steve Jobs introduced the original Macintosh computer on January 10 , 1984 . This was the company ' s first mass - market personal computer featuring an integral graphical user interface and mouse . This first model was later renamed to " Macintosh 128k " for uniqueness amongst a populous family of subsequently updated models which are also based on Apple ' s same proprietary architecture . Since ___MASK15___ , Apple has largely phased out the Macintosh name in favor of " Mac ", and the product family has been nicknamed " Mac " or " the Mac " since the development of the first model . The is a home video game console released by Sega on November ___MASK30___ , ___MASK15___ in Japan , September 9 , ___MASK51___ in North America , and October 14 , ___MASK51___ in Europe . It was the first in the sixth generation of video game consoles , preceding Sony ' s PlayStation 2 , Nintendo ' s GameCube and Microsoft ' s Xbox . The Dreamcast was Sega ' s final home console , marking the end of the company ' s 18 years in the console market . Windows 8 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems . Development of Windows 8 started before the release of its predecessor , Windows 7 , in ___MASK21___ . It was announced at CES 2011 , and followed by the release of three pre - release versions from September 2011 to May ___MASK22___ . The operating system was released to manufacturing on August 1 , ___MASK22___ , and was released for general availability on October 26 , ___MASK22___ . The original console in the series was the first video game console to ship 100 million units , ___MASK74___ years and 6 months after its initial launch . Its successor , the PlayStation 2 , was released in 2000 . The PlayStation 2 is the best - selling home console to date , having reached over 155 million units sold as of December 28 , ___MASK22___ . Sony ' s next console , the PlayStation 3 , was released in 2006 and has sold over 80 million consoles worldwide as of November 2013 . Sony ' s latest console , the PlayStation 4 , was released in 2013 , selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale , becoming the fastest selling console in history . Krome Studios Pty Ltd . is an Australian video game company . Its headquarters were in Brisbane and it previously had offices in Adelaide and Melbourne . Krome Studios is best known for their " Ty the Tasmanian Tiger " games and for their reboot of the " Spyro the Dragon " franchise . The company was founded in ___MASK51___ by Robert Walsh , who is the current CEO , Steve Stamatiadis , the creative director and John Passfield , the design director who left the company in 2005 . Krome has created games for the Xbox , Nintendo GameCube , Wii , Game Boy Advance , Dreamcast , PlayStation , PlayStation 2 , Macintosh and PC . Krome has also developed for Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 , Wii , PlayStation Portable , Windows Phone 7 , iOS and Windows 8 . The PlayStation Portable ( PSP ) is a handheld game console developed by Sony . Development of the console was announced during E3 ___MASK5___ , and it was unveiled on , 2004 , at a Sony press conference before E3 2004 . The system was released in Japan on , 2004 , in North America on , 2005 , and in the PAL region on , 2005 . It primarily competed with the Nintendo DS , as part of the seventh generation of video games . iOS ( formerly iPhone OS ) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc . exclusively for its hardware . It is the operating system that presently powers many of the company ' s mobile devices , including the iPhone , iPad , and iPod Touch . It is the second most popular mobile operating system globally after Android . iPad tablets are also the second most popular , by sales , against Android since ___MASK10___ . The City of New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated ___MASK78___ population of 8 , 550 , ___MASK35___ distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world .