Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back is the second in the Crash Bandicoot series of games, released for the Playstation exactly 1 year after the original Crash Bandicoot.

Notable in this game were:
 * The inclusion of new moves for Crash to complement those he starts with, namely Body Slam and Slide.
 * The first appearance of Coco
 * Graphical enhancements

Story
After the previous battle with Crash, Dr N Cortex falls from atop his hoverboard into a dark wet cave. There he finds the crystals, which contain power locked away deep inside them. His new assistant, Dr N Gin helps Cortex run a space station. In this "Cortex Vortex", the nefarious doctor plans to destroy anyone who opposes him with a laser powered by the crystal energy.

Meanwhile, having left Cortex for his old profession as a bar manager (in the process losing his desire to be evil), Dr N Brio hears of Cortex's plan and rushes to warn Crash.

Crash is fast asleep in the forest. Coco, his sister, needs a new battery for her ever-present laptop. Crash quickly wakes up and rushes to find new batteries. Except he doesn't find any. Instead, he finds a Warp Room.

Additions
Various features were added to this title from the previous, many of which were carries to the games yet to come.


 * Riding an animal (in this case, Polar the bear)
 * The slide (pressing R1 or the circle button causes Crash to slide on the ground)
 * Bonus levels (although Bonus levels appeared in the previous game, they required the collection of various tokens. In this game and the rest to follow, Bonus levels are found on platforms and in trapdoors)
 * Warp Rooms