Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a platform game

Platform game

A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...

 developed by Naughty Dog

Naughty Dog

Naughty Dog, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Santa Monica, California. Founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1986 as an independent developer, the studio was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2001...

 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment

Sony Computer Entertainment

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 and is the first video game in the Jak and Daxter series

Jak and Daxter

Jak and Daxter is a critically acclaimed video game franchise created by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 2.The series consists of four main games and two spin-offs,though they are also considered to be part of the main series...

. It was released exclusively for the Sony PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

 on December 3, 2001 for North America, December 7, 2001 for Europe and December 20, 2001 for Japan. Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy spawned two main series sequels, Jak II

Jak II

Jak II, , is a platform game developed by Naughty Dog...

and Jak 3

Jak 3

Jak 3 is a platform game for Sony's PlayStation 2 console developed by Naughty Dog. It is the third game in the main Jak and Daxter series. Jak 3 was completely localized and dubbed in Japanese, but was not released in Japan due to Jak IIs poor sales...

. A spin-off title, Jak X: Combat Racing

Jak X: Combat Racing

Jak X: Combat Racing , is a vehicular combat game video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and first released in North America on October 18, 2005, then in Australia on October 26, 2005 and then in Europe on November 4, 2005...

, and a midquel, Daxter, were also made.