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. The series started off with Naughty Dog who later gave the series to Traveller's Tales and eventually ended up with Radical Entertainment.

Games Last Words: It's such a pity that the Crash series is dead. Imagine if another Crash racing game like Crash Team Racing (known as Crash Team Racing 2 but cancelled) had been produced and released, but that was cancelled at some point in 2010. It would have been better if Radical Entertainment hadn't changed the characters looks after Crash Tag Team Racing release, or better yet, Naughty Dog never gave away the Crash Bandicoot series to any other incomparable developer. Crash Team Racing was better than any kart game out there, and the first 3 Crash Bandicoot 3D platformers were comparable to Mario's 3D platformers. Seriously, the Crash Bandicoot series does have a lot of potential. And Naughty Dog should just get the series back and develop Crash games alongside Uncharted. Why not?
 * 1) Crash Bandicoot (1996) - 1st platform game - PlayStation
 * 2) Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997) - 2nd plaform game - PlayStation
 * 3) Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (1998) - 3rd platform game -, PlayStation
 * 4) Crash Team Racing (1999) - 1st racing game - PlayStation
 * 5) Crash Bash (2000) - 1st party game - PlayStation
 * 6) Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (2001/2002) - 4th platform game - PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
 * 7) Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure / Crash Bandicoot XS (2002) - 1st handheld platform game - Game Boy Advance
 * 8) Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced (2003) - 2nd handheld platform game - Game Boy Advance
 * 9) Crash Nitro Kart (2003) - 2nd racing game - PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance
 * 10) Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage / Crash Bandicoot Fusion (2004) - 3rd handheld platform game - Game Boy Advance
 * 11) Crash Twinsanity (2004) - 5th platform game - PlayStation 2, Xbox
 * 12) Crash Tag Team Racing (2005) - 3rd racing game - PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, GameCube
 * 13) Crash Boom Bang (2006) - 2nd party game - Nintendo DS
 * 14) Crash of the Titans (2007) - 6th platform game - PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance
 * 15) Crash: Mind Over Mutant (2008) - 7th platform game - PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS
 * 16) Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D (2008/2009) - 1st mobile racing game - iPod Touch, iPhone, Zeebo
 * 17) Crash Bandicoot: Mutant Island (2009) - mobile platform game - Mobile
 * 18) Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2 (2010) - 2nd mobile racing game - iPod Touch, iPhone, Zeebo
 * 19) Crash Ultima Racing (2012) - 4th racing game - PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS (No release on Planet Earth)
 * 20) Coco: Mind Over Mutant DX (2013)- 8th platform game - PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS (No release on Planet Earth)
 * 21) Crash: Spell of a Sister (2014) - 9th platform game - PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo 3DS (No release on Planet Earth)