context: Crash Bandicoot has appeared on several PlayStation games, the first of which, Crash Bandicoot, appeared in 1996. The game soon sold over a million and received good reviews. As a result, it soon received a sequel to Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back in 1997. After the Crash Series had exceeded the 5 million mark, the third part, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, was developed in 1998. After that, Crash's popularity was also sought after in racing games. Crash Team Racing was released in 1999. All these games were released exclusively to PlayStation. Before switching to PlayStation 2 and other consoles, Crash Bash, a collection of easy-to-learn mini games, was released for PlayStation.
question: When was the first Crash Bandicoot game released?
answers.text: 1996