What is Ratchet & Clank (2002 video game)?
{{Infobox video game | title = Ratchet & Clank | image = | caption = | developer = [[Insomniac Games]] | publisher = [[Sony Computer Entertainment]] | director = | producer = | designer = [[Brian Allgeier]] | programmer = Alexander Hastings<br>Brian Hastings | artist = John Fiorito<ref name=credits>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/ratchet-clank/credits|title=Ratchet & Clank (2002) PlayStation 2 credits|publisher=MobyGames|accessdate=21 July 2016|archive-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816103935/http://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/ratchet-clank/credits|url-status=dead}}</ref><br>Dave Guertin<br>Greg Baldwin | writer = | composer = [[David Bergeaud]] | engine = ''[[Kinetica (game engine)|Kinetica]]'' (modified) | series = ''[[Ratchet & Clank]]'' | platforms = [[PlayStation 2]]<br />[[PlayStation 3]] <small>(''HD'')</small><br />[[PlayStation Vita]] <small>(''HD'')</small><br />[[Microsoft Windows]]<br />[[macOS]] | released = '''PlayStation 2'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|November 4, 2002|NOR|November 7, 2002|EU|November 8, 2002|JP|December 3, 2002}}<br />'''Microsoft Windows'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|December 28, 2002|EU|January 26, 2003|ROC|March 2, 2003|CHN|March 8, 2005|EU|March 11, 2005|RU|April 3, 2005}}<br />'''macOS'''<br />{{vgrelease|KOR|March 8, 2005|ESP|March 8, 2005|RU|March 8, 2005|JP|August 9, 2005|ROC|August 9, 2005}} | genre = [[Platform game|Platformer]] | modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]] }} '''''Ratchet & Clank''''' is a [[Platform game|platforming]] and [[Shooter|shooting]] game for the [[PlayStation 2]]. It was made by [[Insomniac Games]] and published by [[Sony Computer Entertainment|Sony]]. It was released on [[November 7]], [[2002]] in [[North America]], [[November 8]], 2002 in [[Europe]], and [[December 3]], 2002 in [[Japan]]. It is the first game in the ''[[Ratchet & Clank]]'' series. The game is about the [[fictional character|character]] Ratchet, a made-up animal called a Lombax, and his [[robot]] friend Clank. Ratchet and Clan