Crash Bash

Crash Bash is a game released for the Playstation, primarily intended as a multiplayer game. It was the first in the Crash series not to be produced by Naughty Dog. Instead, it was created and developed by Eurocom.

Storyline
A fight has broken out between Aku Aku and Uka Uka. Instead of fighting head to head, it is decided a contest between good and evil will ensue. Crash and his buddies, Cortex and his henchmen, and introducing Rilla Roo, are zapped to outer space to partake in various mini game activities to see who will win the Crystals.

Additions


Radically different from the previous games in the series, this game is often compared to the Mario Party series for the Nintendo 64 and GameCube. Every level is a minigame with various tasks which need to be completed in order to obtain prizes. The ending differs depending on what side (good or evil) you decide to enter story mode with.

Reception
Generally poor reception for this game, due to the dropping off of Naughty Dog from the project (particularly, Cortex's face makes him look an awful lot like his first incarnation, which says it all). They would later go on to create the Jak and Daxter series. The graphics were degraded from Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped and thus the game was all-in-all poorly received. GameSpot gave Crash Bash a 6.0 (Fair), describing it as "utterly run of the mill, completely middle of the road".

Playable characters
Team Aku Aku:


 * Crash Bandicoot
 * Coco Bandicoot
 * Tiny Tiger
 * Dingodile

Team Uka Uka:


 * Dr. Neo Cortex
 * Dr. Nitrus Brio
 * Koala Kong
 * Rilla Roo

Japan only:


 * Fake Crash

Bosses
Boss 1 Papu Papu Boss 2 Bearminator Boss 3 The Komodo Brothers Boss 4 Nitros Oxide Boss Bonus:  Teammate, only accessable for a two-player team, made of a good and an evil character

Minigames
Warp Room 1 (Jungle Ruins)


 * Crash Ball
 * Polar Panic
 * Pogo-Painter
 * Jungle Bash

Warp Room 2 (Frozen Crystal Cave)


 * Beach Ball
 * Tilt Panic
 * Pogo-a-Gogo
 * Space Bash
 * Desert Fox

Warp Room 3 (Bone Yard)


 * N. Ballism
 * Melt Panic
 * El Pogo-Loco
 * Snow Bash
 * Metal Fox
 * Dot Dash

Warp Room 4 (Tropical Forest)


 * Sky Balls
 * Manic Panic
 * Pogo Padlock
 * Drain Bash
 * Jungle Fox
 * Toxic Dash
 * Ring Ding

Warp Room 5 (Technological Empire)


 * Splash Dash
 * Dragon Drop
 * Mallet Mash
 * Swamp Fox
 * Keg Kaboom
 * Dante's Dash