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Crash Bandicoot

Spin first, ask questions later

Naughty Dog's orange marsupial arrived on PlayStation in 1996 and never sat still, spinning through tough platformers, kart racers, party games and a full-scale modern revival.

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1996
First game: 1
Series: Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin, Naughty Dog
Creator

In the frameCrash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

One world. Many eras.

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The Naughty Dog years. Naughty Dog made three platformers in three years on the original PlayStation, each bigger than the last, then signed off with Crash Team Racing in 1999.

Start with Crash Bandicoot: Warped

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The essentials

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Crash Bandicoot

Vicarious Visions2017

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Vicarious Visions2017

Chapters

Series (1)

Crates, cliffs and CortexCrash BandicootThe platforming core of Crash, begun by Naughty Dog in 1996. Tight corridor levels, breakable crates and punishing jumps run from the PlayStation original to 2020's It's About Time.

A legacy worth revisiting

Wumpa fruit and broken crates.

Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin's creation became an early PlayStation mascot. His games pair cartoon slapstick with exacting jumps down narrow paths, usually at the expense of Doctor Neo Cortex. Later studios added racers, brawlers and party games, then Crash came back in force in 2017.

1996 to 1999
The Naughty Dog years: 2000 to 2010
Many hands: 2017 to 2023
The comeback

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