The 1990s catalogue
Browse the games, films, animation and hardware of the 80s, 90s and 2000s. Choose a decade and a region, then open any entry for its full description, who made it, and where to read more.
Crash Bandicoot
Released
1996 platform video game
Crash Bandicoot is a 1996 platform game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. The player controls Crash, a genetically enhanced bandicoot created by the mad scientist Doctor Neo Cortex. The story follows Crash as he aims to foil Cortex's plans for world domination and rescue his girlfriend Tawna, a female bandicoot also created by Cortex. The game is played from a third-person perspective in which the camera trails behind Crash, though some levels feature forward-scrolling and side-scrolling perspectives. After accepting a publishing deal from Universal Interactive Studios, Naughty Dog co-founders Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin set out on a cross-country road trip from Boston to Los Angeles. …
- Director
- Jason Rubin
- Composer
- Josh Mancell
- Developer
- Naughty Dog
- Publisher
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Series
- Crash Bandicoot
- Genre
- 3D platform game
- Game mode
- Single-player
- Format
- optical disc