Crash Bandicoot (series)

The Crash Bandicoot series is a long-running video game series created by gaming company Naughty Dog. The Crash Bandicoot series has been running for thirteen years, and in its lifespan has released more than fifteen video games. The series started out in 1996 with the video game Crash Bandicoot and has since then took off into its own huge franchise. Originally created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin, Crash Bandicoot is the main protagonist throughout most of the series; the main antagonist of the series is Doctor Neo Cortex, a mad scientist bent on global domination. The Crash Bandicoot series has contained three different genres of games: platformers, racing games and party games. The most popular games in the series consist of what is known as the "main" series, which consists of 3D platformers. The Crash Bandicoot series has been released on a large array of systems, including home consoles and handheld game systems. Originally starting out with a 32-bit game, the Crash Bandicoot series has gone through many graphical changes throughout the years.