Editing Crash Bandicoot (game)

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Crash Bandicoot'' (game)}}
{{Game infobox
|title = Crash Bandicoot
|image = [[File:Crash Bandicoot PSX cover.jpg|250px]]
|developer = [[Naughty Dog]]
|publisher = [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
|released = '''PlayStation:'''<br>{{released|USA|September 9, 1996{{Citation needed}}|Europe|November 1996{{Citation needed}}|Japan|December 6, 1996{{Citation needed}}|USA|September 15, 1997 (Greatest Hits){{Citation needed}}}} '''PlayStation Network:'''<br>{{released|Japan|January 25, 2007{{Citation needed}}|USA|May 3, 2007{{Citation needed}}|UK|November 8, 2007{{Citation needed}}}}
|genre = Platformer
|ratings = {{ratings|esrb=K-A}}
|console = [[PlayStation]]<br>[[PlayStation Network]]
|modes = Single player
|media = CD-ROM (PlayStation)<br>Digital download (PSN)
|input = PlayStation Controller
}}
'''''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 2017, a remake of the game was included in the ''[[Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy]]'' along with both of its sequels.

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]]''.

== Story == 
The owner of the [[Wumpa Islands]] to the southeast of Australia, [[Dr. Neo Cortex]], alongside [[Dr. Nitrus 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 isn't 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 Dr. Cortex to fall off his hoverboard to the ground. The game ends with Crash riding off into the sunset with Tawna.

== Gameplay ==
''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. 

Crash can break crates to gain several things: 
*[[Wumpa fruit]], which can gain the player an extra life if they collect 100 of them. 
*Aku Aku's protection, which lets the player take one or two hits without dying, and if the player collects three Crash gains temporary invinicbility. 
*A single token out of three in the level to go to a [[Bonus Round]]. They can be either Tawna, Dr. N. Brio, or Dr. Cortex tokens. When completing a Bonus Round in the original, the player is allowed to save the game, whereas in the remake the player can save at any time on the world map. 

Crash can also earn gems by breaking every crate in the level without dying (this restriction is not as present in the remake, only being required for colored gems), and keys in several levels by completing Dr. Cortex's bonus round.

Enemies generally consist of wildlife, as well as the villagers living on [[N. Sanity Island]] and Dr. Cortex's [[Lab Assistants]]. These enemies can usually be defeated by jumping and/or spinning into them. Bosses are similar, yet they can take several hits instead of one.

== Worlds and levels ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:55%"
!colspan="6"|[[N. Sanity Island]]
|-style="background-color:#FFE5CC;font-weight:bold"
| No. || Level || Boxes || Collectibles
|-
|1
|[[N. Sanity Beach]]
|49
|Clear Gem
|-
|2
|[[Jungle Rollers]]
|38
|Clear Gem, Tawna Tokens
|-
|3
|[[The Great Gate]]
|26
|Clear Gem, Tawna Tokens
|-
|4
|[[Boulders]]
|16
|Clear Gem
|-
|5
|[[Upstream]]
|14
|Clear Gem, Tawna Tokens
|-
|6
|'''Boss level:''' [[Papu Papu]]
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|7
|[[Rolling Stones]]
|46
|Clear Gem, Tawna Tokens, Brio Tokens
|-
|8
|[[Hog Wild]]
|24
|Clear Gem
|-
|9
|[[Native Fortress]]
|42
|Clear Gem
|-
!colspan="6"|[[Wumpa Island|Middle Island]]
|-
|10
|[[Up the Creek]]
|15
|Clear Gem, Tawna Tokens
|-
|11
|'''Boss level:''' [[Ripper Roo]]
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|12
|[[The Lost City]]
|25
|Green Gem, Brio Tokens, Tawna Tokens
|-
|13
|[[Temple Ruins]]
|67
|Clear Gem
|-
|14
|[[Road to Nowhere]]
|33
|Clear Gem, Tawna Tokens
|-
|15
|[[Boulder Dash]]
|35
|Clear Gem, Tawna Tokens
|-
|16
|[[Whole Hog]] (secret level)
|24
|Clear Gem
|-
|17
|[[Sunset Vista]]
|50
|Clear Gem, Key, Tawna Tokens, Cortex Tokens
|-
|18
|'''Boss level:''' [[Koala Kong]]
|N/A
|N/A
|-
!colspan="6"|[[Cortex Island]]
|-
|19
|[[Heavy Machinery]]
|33
|Clear Gem, Tawna Tokens, Brio Tokens
|-
|20
|[[Cortex Power]]
|41
|Clear Gem
|-
|21
|[[Generator Room]]
|44
|Orange Gem, Tawna Tokens
|-
|22
|[[Toxic Waste]]
|26
|Blue Gem, Tawna Tokens
|-
|23
|'''Boss level:''' [[Pinstripe Potoroo]]
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|24
|[[The High Road]]
|18
|Clear Gem, Tawna Tokens
|-
|25
|[[Slippery Climb]]
|31
|Red Gem, Brio Tokens
|-
|26
|[[Lights Out]]
|15
|Purple Gem
|-
|27
|[[Fumbling in the Dark]] (secret level)
|18
|Clear Gem
|-
|28
|[[Jaws of Darkness]]
|65
|Clear Gem, Key, Tawna Tokens, Cortex Tokens
|-
|29
|[[Castle Machinery]]
|{{hover|27|24 in the original PlayStation version}}
|Clear Gem
|-
|30
|'''Boss level:''' [[Nitrus Brio]]
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|31
|[[The Lab]]
|21
|Yellow Gem, Tawna Tokens
|-
|32
|[[The Great Hall]]
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|33
|'''Boss level:''' [[Dr. Neo Cortex]]
|N/A
|N/A
|-
!colspan="6"|''N. Sane Trilogy'' exclusive{{footnote|main|1}}
|-
|34
|[[Stormy Ascent]]
|56
|Brio Tokens
|}
{{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.}}

==References in later games==
==== ''[[Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy]]'' ====
During the events of the remake's version of ''[[Crash Bandicoot: Warped]]'', [[Coco Bandicoot]] creates a time machine. She goes back in time to both the events of the first and second game to help her brother Crash, becoming a playable character. 

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.

===''[[Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time]]''===
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.

==Gallery==
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==External links ==
*[https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Sony_Playstation/Manual/formated/Crash_Bandicoot_-_1996_-_Sony_Computer_Entertainment.pdf American manual]
*[https://archive.org/details/crash-bandicoot-japanese-manual/ Japanese manual]
*[http://www.replacementdocs.com/download.php?view.5210 European manual]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/19980524022758/http://www.naughtydog.com/ Naughty Dog's website] around the time of the game's release. 
*''[http://web.archive.org/web/19990508230058/http://www.playstation.com/games/categories/actionadvent/crash/ Crash Bandicoot]''{{'}}s page on Playstation.com
*''[http://web.archive.org/web/19980127083308/http://www.universal-interactive.com/crash.html Crash Bandicoot]''{{'}}s page on Universal Interactive's website. 
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