Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

Overview

Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (known as Sly Raccoon in PAL regions) is a 2002 stealth platform video game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It is the first installment in the Sly Cooper series. The game follows the titular Sly Cooper and his gang, Bentley the Turtle and Murray the Hippo, on their mission to recover the lost pages of the "Thievius Raccoonus" (a book listing every thieving technique created by Sly's ancestors) from a rival gang known as the Fiendish Five.

Sly Cooper was praised for its technical achievements: particularly its use of a variation on cel shading to create a film noir feel while still rendering as a hand-drawn animated film: and criticized for being too short. The game was followed by three sequels: Sly 2: Band of Thieves (2004), Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (2005), and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (2013). The first three games were remastered and released as The Sly Collection for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on April 16, 2014. Sly Cooper was digitally re-released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on June 11, 2024.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Platform, Adventure

Developer

Sucker Punch Productions

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Series

Sly Cooper

Engine

Kinetica

Platforms

PlayStation 2

Age rating

ESRB E

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

PEGI

7

ESRB

E

Release dates

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Developer

Sucker Punch Productions

Released

2002-09-23

Age rating

ESRB E

Region

US

Time to beat

about 6.7 hours