Crash Bandicoot (series)

***Crash Bandicoot*** is a series of platform video games developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment. The _Crash Bandicoot_ games were first made by the video game company Naughty Dog. Since then, the series has been given to many different companies before it was kept at Radical Entertainment. The games happen in the fictional Wumpa Islands in the south of Australia. There were 15 _Crash Bandicoot_ games in 2007, which have sold 40 million copies.

The main character in the _Crash Bandicoot_ games, is also called Crash Bandicoot.

### Naughty Dog games

Crash Bandicoot was created by Naughty Dog in 1996. It out in a platform game  called _Crash Bandicoot_, where Crash has to save his girlfriend Tawna from the evil doctor Neo Cortex.

After _Crash Bandicoot_, Naughty Dog made a sequel (another video game), _Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back_, where Crash saves the world from Cortex for a second time.

In the third game of the series, _Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped_, Crash again defeats Cortex and his friend Uka Uka, who tries to conquer the world with the help of Nefarious Tropy and his time machine. Released on PlayStation.

The fourth and last game made by Naughty Dog with Crash and company was _Crash Team Racing_, a racing game where Nitros Oxide, an alien, challenged the Earth inhabitants to a cart race.

### Games after Naughty Dog

After Naughty Dog, other companies made many more games in the _Crash Bandicoot_ series, and not only for PlayStation.

List of _Crash Bandicoot_ games from other companies:
- _Crash Bash_ (US - NTSC & EU - PAL) / _Crash Bandicoot Carnival_ (Giappone) (PlayStation - 2000)
- _Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex_ (PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox - 2001)
- _Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure_ (US - NTSC) / _Crash Bandicoot XS_ (EU - PAL) (Game Boy Advance - 2002)
- _Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced_ (US - NTSC & EU - PAL) (Game Boy Advance - 2003)
- _Crash Nitro Kart_ (PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, N-Gage - 2003)
- _Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage_ (US - NTSC) / _Crash Bandicoot Fusion_ (EU - PAL) (Game Boy Advance, 2004)
- _Crash Twinsanity_ (PlayStation 2, Xbox - 2004)
- _Crash Tag Team Racing_ (PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation Portable - 2005)
- _Crash Boom Bang!_ (Nintendo DS - 2006)
- _Crash of the Titans_ (PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance - 2007)
- _Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D_ (Symbian, iOS, N-Gage, Zeebo - 2008)
- _Crash: Mind over Mutant_ (PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS - 2008)
- _Crash Bandicoot: Mutant Island_ (BlackBerry, Java ME - 2009)
- _Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2_ (iOS - 2010)
- _Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy_ (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
- _Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled_ (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch - 2019)
- _Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time_ (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
- _Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!_ (Android, iOS)
- _Crash Team Rumble_ (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S)

## Other websites

Available:
- Vivendi Universal's Official Crash Bandicoot Site
No longer available:
- Naughty Dog's Official Crash Bandicoot Site
- PlayStation One's Official Crash Bandicoot Site
- PlayStation One's Official Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Site
- PlayStation One's Official Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped Site
- PlayStation One's Official Crash Team Racing Site
- PlayStation One's Official Crash Bash Site
- Sierra's Official Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Site *
- Vivendi Universal's Official Crash Twinsanity Site
- Sierra's Official Crash Tag Team Racing Site
- Sierra's Official Crash of the Titans Site
No longer under official ownership. Beware of possible malicious intentions.

## Infobox (video game series)

- **image**: File:Crash bandicoot logo.png
- **first release date**: _Crash Bandicoot_ (1996)
- **latest release date**: _Crash Team Rumble_ (2023)