Crash Bandicoot is a classic 3D platformer originally developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment; it was later remade as part of the N. Sane Trilogy, this time being developed by Vicarious Visions / Iron Galaxy and published by Activision. It was originally released for the original PlayStation in North America on September 9, 1996 and in Europe on November 8, 1996, while the remake was released for PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on June 29, 2018 to very positive reviews.
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Your favorite marsupial, Crash Bandicoot™, is back! He’s enhanced, entranced and ready-to-dance with the N. Sane Trilogy game collection. Now you can experience Crash Bandicoot like never before. Spin, jump, wump and repeat as you take on the epic challenges and adventures through the three games that started it all, Crash Bandicoot™, Crash Bandicoot™ 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot™ 3: Warped. Relive all your favorite Crash moments in their fully-remastered graphical glory and get ready to put some UMPH in your WUMP!
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Crash Bandicoot Trailer 1996
Crash Bandicoot is a platform game in which players control the titular protagonist, Crash, as he traverses several levels in sequence in order to progress. Crash is able to defeat enemies by either jumping on them or using a spinning attack that launches them, sometimes usable as a projectile. Crash will lose a life if he is hit by an enemy or obstacle, or falls into a bottomless pit in typical platformer fashion. Crash can protect himself by collecting Aku Aku masks, which protect Crash from a single hit from an enemy or obstacle (but not pits or other instant-death obstacles). Crash can hold onto two masks at a time and, upon collecting a third mask, will gain temporary invincibility. The game ends when the player runs out of lives, with more lives earned by finding extra life items or by collecting 100 Wumpa Fruits, which act similarly to the golden coins in the Super Mario Bros. franchise or the rings in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Scattered throughout each level are various types of crates, most of which contain items such as Wumpa Fruit and Aku Aku masks, which can be broken by jumping on or spinning into them. Other types of crate include checkpoint crates, which lets players resume their progress from that particular point after losing a life instead of returning to the beginning of the level, arrow crates which Crash can bounce on, and explosive TNT crates that explode upon being broken, or following a timer that activates by jumping on them. Certain crates, including steel platform crates, are invisible, requiring the player to hit an exclamation box to make them tangible. If the player clears a level with all crates broken without dying, they will earn a gem. Additional gems can be obtained through hidden levels or alternative routes, and some gems are required to access new areas. Collecting all gems in the game allows the player to reach its true ending. If the player manages to collect enough bonus icons, they will be warped to a Bonus Stage which, upon completion, will allow the player to save their progress, either via memory card or password.
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As of April 3, 2020, the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has received very positive reviews with 4,773 customer reviews.