Editing Crash Bandicoot (game)

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'''''Crash Bandicoot''''' is the first game of the main series and the overall ''[[Crash Bandicoot (franchise)|Crash Bandicoot]]'' franchise. It was developed by [[Naughty Dog]] and published by [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]. The game was originally released for the [[PlayStation]] in 1996. ''Crash Bandicoot'' is the first game of the original trilogy, which also consists of ''[[Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back]]'' and ''[[Crash Bandicoot: Warped]]'', released in 1997 and 1998 respectively. In 2007, the game was released for the [[PlayStation Network]]. Those games were followed by several sequels and spin-offs from other developers and publishers.

In March 2018, a book containing a version of the game's bible was published by Dark Horse Comics, ''[[The Crash Bandicoot Files: How Willy the Wombat Sparked Marsupial Mania]]''.

== Plot ==  

The owner of the [[Wumpa Islands]] to the southeast of Australia, [[Doctor Neo Cortex|Dr. Neo Cortex]], alongside [[Doctor Nitrus Brio|Dr. N. Brio]], has been experimenting on local marsupials and other animals, altering their genes to create an army to dominate the world.  

Dr. Cortex enters Crash Bandicoot into the Cortex Vortex, despite Dr. N. Brio telling him the machine is not ready yet. It fails on Crash, and so he runs and escapes from Cortex Castle by jumping out of the window. Nearby, Crash's girlfriend [[Tawna Bandicoot]] is apprehended by the [[Lab Assistant]]s.

In the morning, Crash washes up on [[N. Sanity Beach]]. He decides to make his way back to Cortex Castle to rescue Tawna. Crash meets [[Aku Aku]] while running through the beach who protects him, and rides a warthog named [[Pork]]. On his journey through the islands, Crash battles and defeats four bosses: [[Papu Papu]], [[Ripper Roo]], [[Koala Kong]], and [[Pinstripe Potoroo]]. The fifth and penultimate boss is N. Brio, whom Dr. Neo Cortex sends to fight Crash, but N. Brio wounds up being defeated as well.

 

At the top of Cortex Castle, Crash confronts Dr. Cortex, who calls him "Crash Bandicoot" and proceeds to shoot him. In the final battle, Crash manages to deflect the shots, causing the doctor to fall off his hoverboard to the ground. The game ends with Crash riding off into the sunset with Tawna.

''Crash Bandicoot'' uses a level system akin to a general platformer; the player progresses by completing levels one after the other. Crash must reach the end of the level, jumping over gaps and defeating enemies.  

==Listings==

=== Worlds and levels ===

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!colspan="6"|[[N. Sanity Island]]

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|[[N. Sanity Beach]]

|[[Jungle Rollers]]

|[[The Great Gate]]

|[[Upstream]]

|'''Boss level:''' [[Papu Papu]]

|[[Hog Wild]]

|[[Native Fortress]]

!colspan="6"|[[Wumpa Island|Middle Island]]

|[[Up the Creek]]

|'''Boss level:''' [[Ripper Roo]]

|[[The Lost City]]

|[[Temple Ruins]]

|[[Road to Nowhere]]

|[[Boulder Dash]]

|[[Whole Hog]] (secret level)

|[[Sunset Vista]]

|'''Boss level:''' [[Koala Kong]]

!colspan="6"|[[Cortex Island]]

|[[Heavy Machinery]]

|[[Cortex Power]]

|[[Generator Room]]

|[[Toxic Waste]]

|'''Boss level:''' [[Pinstripe Potoroo]]

|[[The High Road]]

|[[Slippery Climb]]

|[[Lights Out]]

|'''Boss level:''' [[Nitrus Brio]]

|[[The Lab]]

|'''Boss level:''' [[Dr. Neo Cortex]]

{{footnote|note|1|Stormy Ascent is an unused level in the original PlayStation version, accessible only through a cheating device. In ''Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy'', it was available as downloadable content (DLC) for the [[PlayStation 4]] version starting on July 20, 2017, and was free until August 17, 2017. Once the game updated on PlayStation 4 and released on all platforms on June 29, 2018, the level was made available upon booting the game.}}

Minor changes to Crash Bandicoot's presentation in the remake also include:

* Tawna punching one of the Lab Assistants before getting captured.

* Crash jumping out of the roof after defeating Papu Papu.

* When the player jumps on Dr. N. Brio's slimes during his boss fight, they splatter onto him, damaging him.

During the events of Crash's [[Flashback Tapes]] which take place before ''Crash Bandicoot'', Dr. Cortex grows attached to one of his experiments, [[Crash Bandicoot|Subject #218]]. He decides him to be the general of his army. After Subject #218 completes all his tests, he is named "Crashworth Cortex the First".

In the future, Dr. Cortex takes advantage of [[Kupuna-Wa]]'s time travel abilities to travel back to the day that he would use the Cortex Vortex on Crash, to kill him before he escapes and save himself from future troubles. At first he tries to persuade the Dr. Cortex from the past to not use the Cortex Vortex on Crash, however past Dr. Cortex doesn't listen, as he is confused and afraid of his future self, thinking that the future Dr. Cortex is an imposter. After the future Dr. Cortex is defeated by Crash and [[Coco]], the past Dr. Cortex wakes up and believes he has defeated the impostor, and excitedly goes to make Crash his general to take out the future Dr. Cortex. Crash bumps the machine and knocks over a light bulb which causes the Cortex Vortex to fail.

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