Missiles are a type of explosive weapon that is used in nearly every Crash game, mainly by Doctor N. Gin, who has one jammed into his head.
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Missiles first appear in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back where they are launched out by N. Gin's Mech to destroy Crash Bandicoot during his boss fight.
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
In Gone Tomorrow, there are robots that fire missiles when Crash gets close.
Crash Team Racing
In Crash Team Racing, missiles are used as weapons, and will track down the nearest target in front of the user and blow up when it touches them. It will not target anyone who is using the Invisibility power-up. If the user is Juiced Up, it will be faster and more accurate.
Crash Bash

Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
In Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, N. Gin shoots them from his Mech, similar to Cortex Strikes Back.
Crash Nitro Kart
Crash Nitro Kart also uses missiles for weapons with the same effect as seen in Crash Team Racing. A red-eye missile is also introduced as a Battle Mode exclusive weapon. It will transform the user into a giant missile that the player can steer towards others, exploding on impact and knocking over anyone in the blast radius. If the player is Juiced Up, it has better handling.
Crash Twinsanity
Various missiles are seen at N. Gin's battleship in Crash Twinsanity and they are used by Mecha Bandicoot and N. Gin in their boss fights. Some of the penguins in the game have rockets strapped to their backs and try to charge into Crash. Mecha Bandicoot's missiles are later reused a final time by Crash against the Evil Twins .
Crash Tag Team Racing
Crash Tag Team Racing introduces a new missile, the shark missile, which will destroy the targeted car completely when it hits. It will follow the direction of the track and can be fired at racers which are not directly visible, but may fail to hit the target if the target is too far away or something else (like another racer) gets in the way.
Crash of the Titans
In Crash of the Titans missiles can be seen shooting out of N. Gin's Weapons Factory onto the beach. Penguins can also be seen strapped to missiles in Shock and Awesome.
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D/Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
In Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D and Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2, missiles are again used as weapons with the same function as CTR and CNK.
Appearances
- Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
- Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
- Crash Team Racing
- Crash Bash
- Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
- Crash Nitro Kart
- Crash Twinsanity
- Crash Tag Team Racing
- Crash of the Titans
- Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
- Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
- Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
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Trivia
- In CTR, missiles act similar to Nintendo's red shells.
- Also in CTR, missiles only track the X and Y coordinates of the target, ignoring the Z coordinate that indicates their altitude.
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure | ||
Protagonists | Crash Bandicoot | Aku Aku | Coco Bandicoot | |
Bosses | Dingodile | Doctor N. Gin | Tiny Tiger | Doctor Neo Cortex | Uka Uka | Mega-Mix | |
Items | Crates | Wumpa Fruit | Crystals | Gems | |
Levels |
First Chamber: Jungle Jam | Shipwrecked | Temple of Boom | Frostbite Cavern | Just in Slime | |
Enemies | Electric Eel | Frog | Jellyfish | Lab Assistant | Moray Eel | Penguin | Polar Bear | Pufferfish | Rat | Scrubber | Seal | Shark | Sparky Tentaclebot Unit | Spike Lizard | Squid | Sewer Mech | Venus Fly Trap | Yeti |
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled | ||
Racers | Default: Crash Bandicoot | Doctor Neo Cortex | Tiny Tiger | Coco Bandicoot | Doctor N. Gin | Dingodile | Polar | Pura Unlockable (Bosses): Ripper Roo | Papu Papu | Komodo Joe | Pinstripe Potoroo | Nitros Oxide Unlockable (Misc.): Penta Penguin | Fake Crash | Doctor Nefarious Tropy Pit Stop Purchases: Crunch Bandicoot | Krunk | Small Norm | Big Norm | Nash | N. Trance | Real Velo | Geary | Zam | Zem Bonus: Tawna | Ami | Megumi | Liz | Isabella | Baby Crash | Baby Coco | Baby T | King Chicken Grand Prix Limited: Spyro | Hunter | Gnasty Gnorc | Nina Cortex | N. Brio | Komodo Moe | Pasadena O'Possum | Ebenezer Von Clutch | Koala Kong | Rilla Roo | Yaya Panda | Chick | Stew | Hasty | |
Supporting characters | Aku Aku | Uka Uka | Sparx | Velo Mask | |
Customization | Skins | Bodies and Decals | Wheels | Paint Jobs | Stickers | |
Race tracks |
N. Sanity Beach: Crash Cove | Mystery Caves | Sewer Speedway | Roo's Tubes | |
Battle Arenas | Original: Skull Rock | Nitro Court | Parking Lot | Rocky Road | Lab Basement | Rampage Ruins | The North Bowl From Crash Nitro Kart: Temple Turmoil | Frozen Frenzy | Desert Storm | Magnetic Mayhem | Terra Drome | |
Collectibles | Trophy | Crystal | Gem | Relic | CTR Token | Key | Wumpa Coin | |
Power Ups | Missile | Bowling Bomb | Warp Orb | TNT Crate/Nitro Crate | Power Shield | N. Tropy Clock | N. Brio's Beaker | Turbo | Invisibility | Super Engine | Invincibility Mask (Aku Aku/Uka Uka/Velo Mask/Sparx) | |
Misc. | Pit Stop | Grand Prix (Nitro Tour | Back N. Time | Spyro N. Friends | Spooky | Neon Circus | Winter Festival) |