Promotional Images[]
Crash Bandicoot[]
Neo Cortex
Cortex on his hoverboard
Booklet info from Crash Bandicoot
Promotional artwork of Cortex and Crash
Promo art of the Crash cast
Japanese promotional art of Cortex
Japanese artwork of a Cortex token
Page 3 of a comic explaining the game's plot from the Japanese manual
Page 4 of a comic explaining the game's plot from the Japanese manual
Page 5 of a comic explaining the game's plot from the Japanese manual
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back[]
Cortex on the NTSC-U box art of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Cortex on the Greatest Hits box art of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Cortex on the PAL box art of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Cortex on the PAL Platinum box art of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Promotional render
Promotional render
Japanese promo render
Booklet info from Cortex Strikes Back
Page 1 of a comic explaining the game's plot from the Japanese manual
Page 3 of a comic explaining the game's plot from the Japanese manual
Page 4 of a comic explaining the game's plot from the Japanese manual
Japanese print ad
A wallpaper released as part of Mascot Crash Bandicoot, a Japanese promotional disk released to promote Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
A wallpaper released as part of Mascot Crash Bandicoot, a Japanese promotional disk released to promote Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Crash Bandicoot: Warped[]
Cortex in the background of the NTSC-U box art of Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Cortex on the NTSC-U Greatest Hits box art of Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Cortex on the NTSC-U Collector's Edition box art of Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Booklet info from Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Promotional render
The front cover of a Japanese guide for Warped. Cortex can be seen on the far right, towards the top
A Japanese render of Cortex
Official promotional wallpaper
Japanese artwork of Crash and Coco with flags of the world, with Cortex in the background
Japanese artwork of Uka Uka confronting Cortex
Japanese artwork of Tiny's boss fight with Cortex in the background
Manga strip from the CoroCoro Comic strategy guide of Cortex trying to steal a crystal from Crash
CTR: Crash Team Racing[]
Cortex on the NTSC-U box art of Crash Team Racing
Cortex on the NTSC-U Greatest Hits box art of Crash Team Racing
Cortex on the NTSC-U Collector's Edition box art of Crash Team Racing
Cortex on the PAL box art of Crash Team Racing
Cortex on the PAL Platinum box art of Crash Team Racing
Cortex on the NTSC-J box art of Crash Bandicoot Racing
Cortex racing Komodo Joe, Polar and Tiny in Dragon Mines
Cortex racing Crash on Papu's Pyramid
Cortex battling Crash, Coco and Tiny at Skull Rock
Cortex racing Crash, Coco, Tiny, Pura and Polar in Hot Air Skyway
From third place Cortex glares at Crash
Cortex in his kart
Cortex in his kart
Cortex in his damaged kart
Cortex in his damaged kart
Cortex winking
Cortex in his kart
Cortex imagining his victory
Japanese promo art
Japanese artwork of Crash, Coco, Cortex and Tiny racing in Tiger Temple
Japanese artwork of the main 8 racing in Blizzard Bluff with Fake Crash stuck in a snowball
Japanese artwork of the main 8 battling in Rocky Road
Japanese render of Cortex
Japanese render of Cortex
Japanese render of Cortex
Japanese render of Cortex
A Japanese render of Cortex and Polar racing
From CTR's Scrapbook
From CTR's Scrapbook
A statue of Cortex at E3 1999
Comic of Crash and Cortex competing for the best jump from the CoroCoro Comic strategy guide
Comic of N. Gin upgrading Cortex's kart into an "electric car" from the CoroCoro Comic strategy guide
Crash Bash[]
Cortex on the NTSC-U box art of Crash Bash
Cortex on the PAL box art of Crash Bash
Cortex on the NTSC-J box art of Crash Bandicoot Carnival
Booklet info from Crash Bash
Promotional art of Cortex in Crash Bash
Japanese render of Cortex
Japanese render of Cortex in a tank
Japanese render of Cortex in a Ballistix vehicle
Japanese render of Cortex using a Jet Pack
Japanese render of Cortex in an airboat
Japanese artwork of Crash, Coco, Cortex and N. Brio gaming together
Japanese artwork of the whole main cast celebrating and gaming together
Japanese artwork of Cortex, Coco and Crash competing in Crashball
Japanese artwork of Crash, Coco, Tiny and Cortex competing in Jungle Bash
Japanese artwork of Dingodile, Rilla Roo, Crash and Cortex competing in Desert Fox
Japanese render of Cortex
Character stats page
Promotional render of Cortex and N. Brio
NTSC-J disc
The Crash Bash display at E3 2000
Comic of Cortex's "carnival" outfit from the CoroCoro Comic strategy guide
Comic of the masks being used as shields from the CoroCoro Comic strategy guide
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex[]
Cortex on the NTSC-U/PAL box art of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
Cortex wearing a lab coat in The Wrath of Cortex
Japanese render of Cortex
Cortex on a monitor
Cortex in promotional artwork
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure[]
Cortex on the NTSC-U box art of Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Cortex on the PAL box art of Crash Bandicoot: XS
Cortex on back of the NTSC-U box art of Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
Cortex on back box the PAL box art of Crash Bandicoot: XS
Cortex on the NTSC-J box art of Crash Bandicoot Advance
Cortex on back of the NTSC-J box of Crash Bandicoot Advance
Promotional artwork
Cortex in "Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure/XS"
Promotional render of Cortex holding a Universal Interactive themed bowling ball
Japanese render of Cortex
Cortex on a Japanese guide for The Huge Adventure
Crash Nitro Kart[]
Cortex on the NTSC-U box art of Crash Nitro Kart
Cortex on the PAL box art of Crash Nitro Kart
Cortex on the NTSC-J box art of Crash Bandicoot: Explosion! Nitro Kart
Crash on the NTSC-J PlayStation 2 Konami the Best box art of Crash Bandicoot: Explosion! Nitro Kart
Cortex on the NTSC-U GBA box art of Crash Nitro Kart
Cortex on the PAL GBA box art of Crash Nitro Kart
Cortex on the NTSC-J GBA box art of Crash Bandicoot: Explosion! Nitro Kart
Cortex on the NTSC-J cartridge art of Crash Bandicoot: Explosion! Nitro Kart
Cortex on the NTSC-U N-Gage box art of Crash Nitro Kart
Cortex racing Crash, Tiny and Coco in Tiny Temple in promo art for the N-Gage version of the game
Promo render of Cortex in his kart
Promo render of Cortex in his kart
Promo render of Cortex in his kart
Promo render of Cortex in his kart
Promo render of Cortex in his kart
Japanese render of Cortex
Japanese render of Cortex
Japanese render of Cortex
Promo render of Crash with Cortex and other characters on a loop of track behind him
The full artwork for the US cover art
Japanese promo art
Crash Bandicoot & Spyro Adventure World[]
Code card #29
Code card #51
A rare Cortex render used on card #29
Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage[]
Japanese render of Cortex
Cortex's collector's card included with a limited edition of Crash Bandicoot Fusion in Europe
Crash Twinsanity[]
Cortex on the NTSC-U box art of Crash Twinsanity
Cortex on the PAL box art of Crash Twinsanity
Cortex on the PAL PlayStation 2 Platinum box art of Crash Twinsanity
Cortex on the NTSC-J box art of Crash Bandicoot 5: The Ambition of Crash and Cortex?!?
Cortex on the PAL XBOX Classics box art of Crash Twinsanity
A promo image featuring Cortex getting his head drawn on by Crash in his sleep
A promo image featuring Cortex and Crash being pals...
... Or not
A promo image featuring Cortex, Crash and Aku Aku facing an Ant Drone army
A promo image featuring Cortex attempting to shoot Crash
Cortex and Crash in Twinsanity
Cortex with his Ray Gun in Twinsanity
Cortex with his Ray Gun in Twinsanity
Cortex on his Hoverboard in Twinsanity
Cortex in Twinsanity
Cortex facing away from the camera
Cortex in Twinsanity
Cortex running away from Uka Uka
Cortex attacked by bees
The Japanese version of the bees render
Cortex disguised as Coco
Japanese Cortex render
Crash and Cortex
Crash biting Cortex
Crash choking Cortex
Cortex spanking Crash
Crash slamming Cortex
Crash throwing Cortex
Crash spin-throwing Cortex
An alternate version of the spin-throw render
The Japanese version of the spin-throw render
Crash humiliskating Cortex
Alt Render
The Japanese version of the humiliskate render
Crash and Cortex fighting
The Japanese version of the fighting render
Crash using Cortex as a hammer
The Japanese version of the hammer render
Crash and Cortex rollerbrawling
The Japanese version of the rollerbrawl render
A Japanese render of Crash dragging Cortex
A Japanese render of Crash and Cortex jumping
A Japanese render of Crash throwing Cortex
A Japanese render of Crash throwing Cortex
A promo image featuring Cortex spanking Crash
A promo image featuring Cortex glaring at Crash
A promo image featuring Cortex getting strangled by Crash
A promo image featuring Cortex in a line-up of the main cast
A promo image featuring Cortex
A promo image featuring Nina walking in on Cortex and Crash
A promo image featuring Cortex getting humiliskated by Crash
A promo image featuring Cortex getting used like a hammer by Crash
A promo image featuring Cortex disguised as Coco
A promo image featuring Cortex and the rest of the main cast, facing away
A promo image featuring Cortex running
A promo image featuring Cortex getting him arm bitten by Crash
A promo image featuring Cortex glaring at a spinning Crash
A promo image featuring Cortex marrying Crash
Some unique renders in a Japanese magazine
Cortex on a Japanese poster meant for use in stores
Crash Tag Team Racing[]
Cortex on the NTSC-U/PAL box art for Crash Tag Team Racing
Cortex on the NTSC-J box art for Crash Bandicoot Gacchanko World
Cortex as he appears in Tag Team Racing
Cortex in Tag Team Racing
Promotional art of Cortex
Japanese render of Cortex
Interactive Pachislot Crash Bandicoot[]
Promotional artwork of Cortex menacing the Earth
A promo render of Cortex
A promo render of Cortex
A promo render of Cortex
A promo render of Cortex tied to a Tornado Generator
Character profiles
Crash Boom Bang![]
Cortex on the NTSC-U/PAL box art for Crash Boom Bang!
Cortex on the NTSC-J box art for Crash Bandicoot Festival
Cortex as he appears in Crash Boom Bang!
Promotional artwork of Cortex in Boom Bang!
Japanese render of Cortex
Japanese render of Cortex
Japanese artwork of Cortex and Crash
Crash of the Titans[]
Cortex in Crash of the Titans
_as_they_appear_in_Crash_of_the_Titans_.jpg "Our heroes (and villains) as they appear in Crash of the Titans .jpg (57 KB)")
Cortex alongside the rest of the main cast from Crash of the Titans
Desktop wallpaper
Cortex on the cover for the Official Playstation 2 Magazine Issue 91
Xbox 360 Gamerpic from the Villains Vicarious Picture Pack
Xbox 360 Gamerpic from the Bonus Coder Art Picture Pack
Xbox 360 Gamerpic from the Contemptible Cortex Picture Pack
Xbox 360 Gamerpic from the Contemptible Cortex Picture Pack
Xbox 360 Gamerpic from the Contemptible Cortex Picture Pack
Xbox 360 Gamerpic from the Contemptible Cortex Picture Pack
Xbox 360 Gamerpic from the Contemptible Cortex Picture Pack
Crash Nitro Kart 2[]
Cortex in promotional artwork for CNK2, featuring an early title
Crash: Mind Over Mutant[]
Cortex in Crash Mind Over Mutant
Cortex in Mind Over Mutant
Cortex alongside the rest of the main cast from Crash Mind Over Mutant
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2[]
Promo art for Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
Skylanders: Imaginators[]
An ad for the Thumpin Wumpa Island expansion of Imaginators
Skylanders: Imaginators
Promotional art for Cortex in Skylanders: Imaginators
Cortex's Skylanders: Imaginators figure
Cortex in Skylander: Imaginators
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy[]
Cortex on the NTSC-U/PAL box art of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Cortex on the NTSC-J box art of Crash Bandicoot: Surprise 3-Stage Serving!
Cortex on the NST recreation of the NTSC-U box art of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Cortex on the NST recreation of the NTSC-U box art of Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Cortex in the N. Sane Trilogy
Cortex's artwork for the Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back box art recreation
Promotional image of various characters in the N. Sane Trilogy
PSN avatar
Promotional image of Cortex in the intro of Crash Bandicoot
Promotional image of various characters in a high school yearbook
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled[]
Cortex on the NTSC-U/PAL box art of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Cortex on the NTSC-J box art of Crash Bandicoot Racing: Soaring Nitro!
Cortex on the box art of the Oxide Edition of Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Cortex on the placeholder prototype box art of Nitro-Fueled
Cortex's promotional artwork
Cortex's promotional artwork
Promo for the Electron skins
Cortex in a render with the Rustland skins
Cortex in a promo render for the Beenox content pack
Baby Cortex along with the other new characters added in the first post-Grand Prix patch: Lab Assistant and Baby N. Tropy
Neon Circus Rewards
Infographic showcasing all content up to the final Grand Prix
Cortex and Tiny racing in Crash Cove
Cortex, Crash, Coco and N. Gin racing in Roo's Tubes
Cortex and Pura racing in Sewer Speedway
Cortex, Crash and Coco racing in Coco Park
Cortex and Crash racing in Coco Park
Cortex racing in Coco Park
Cortex, Crash, Pura, Coco and Tiny racing in Tiger Temple
Cortex, Coco, Polar and Pura racing in Papu's Pyramid
Cortex, Coco, Polar and Crash racing in Papu's Pyramid
Cortex, Crash, Coco and Tiny racing in Dingo Canyon
Cortex and Crash racing in Dingo Canyon
Cortex, Crash, Coco and Tiny racing in Dingo Canyon
Cortex, Polar and Coco racing in Dingo Canyon
Crash, Tiny, Cortex and Coco racing in Dingo Canyon
Cortex, Crash and Coco racing in Blizzard Bluff
The Switch version of the previous image
Cortex, N. Gin, Polar, Coco, Pura and Crash racing in Polar Pass
Cortex, Crash, Coco and Tiny racing in Polar Pass
Cortex, Polar, Pura and Dingodile racing in Polar Pass
Cortex, Pura and Tiny racing in Polar Pass
Cortex and Crash racing in Polar Pass
Coco, Tiny, Cortex, Dingodile and Pura racing in Polar Pass
Dingodile, Cortex and Polar racing on Polar Pass
Cortex, Crash, Coco and Polar racing in Tiny Arena
Cortex, Crash and Coco racing in Hot Air Skyway
Cortex, Pura and Polar racing in Cortex's home track, Cortex Castle
Cortex, Coco and Tiny racing in Turbo Track
Cortex racing with Crash on Jungle Boogie
Cortex, Crash and Pura racing in Tiny Temple
The Switch version of the previous image
Cortex, Koala Kong and Crash racing in Koala Carnival
Cortex and Megumi racing in Koala Carnival
Cortex, Mega-Mix, Tiny and N. Gin racing on Megamix Mania
Cortex, Crash and Pura racing on Megamix Mania
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time[]
Key art
Cortex on the cover of The Art of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Cortex on the illustration on the inside of the cover of The Art of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Promo render
Cortex's promo art
Another promo render of Cortex from ad
Cortex in an ad for the game's demo
Cortex in Ship Happens
Cortex in 4th Time's a Charm
Cortex in Seeing Double
Cortex in Seeing Double for the Switch version
Cortex in Seeing Double
Cortex in The Past Unmasked
Promo art of Cortex and N. Brio for Boss Day
Promo image for PlayStation 5 release
Unique Christmas artwork for Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2, featuring a Cortex cookie
Crash Bandicoot: On the Run![]
Promo render of Cortex
Promo render of Cortex
Promo render of Cortex
Cortex in the final key art for On the Run!
Cortex's character profile
Crash Team Rumble[]
Cortex in the key artwork for Crash Team Rumble
Wide version of the key artwork
Cortex's character promo
Cortex's character render
Christmas themed promotional artwork for 2022
Promotional artwork for the 2023 Superbowl
Promotional render for New Year's Day 2024
Promotional artwork for Valentine's Day 2024 featuring a chocolate shaped like Cortex's N
Promotional image advertising the Deluxe Edition
Season 1 promo
Cortex, Catbat, N. Brio, Coco and Crash in Tiki Towers
Cortex, Tawna, Coco, Dingodile, N. Brio and Crash in Tiki Towers
Cortex, Dingodile, Crash, Catbat and Tawna in Tiki Towers
Everybody in Tiki Towers
Cortex, Coco and N. Brio in Tiki Towers
Everybody in Tiki Towers
Alternate version of previous image
Everybody in Tiki Towers
Everybody in Tiki Towers
Cortex, Coco, Crash and Catbat in Calamity Canyon
Cortex, N. Tropy (F), Dingodile, and Catbat in Calamity Canyon
Cortex, Tawna, Coco, Dingodile, Crash and N. Brio in Calamity Canyon
Cortex, N. Tropy (F) and two N. Brios in Just Beachy
Cortex, Dingodile and N. Tropy (F) in Just Beachy
Cortex, Tawna and N. Tropy (F) in N. Sanity Caverns
Cortex, Tawna, Crash, Catbat and Dingodile in City Scrape
Cortex, N. Tropy (F), Catbat and Crash in City Scrape
Cortex, N. Gin, Catbat, N. Brio and Tawna in Surreal Summit
Cortex, Coco and N. Brio in Serenity Gardens
Cortex, Ripper Roo, Tawna, N. Brio and Catbat in Tar Valley
Cortex, Dingodile, Crash, N. Brio and N. Tropy (F) in Tar Valley
Cortex, Catbat and Dingodile fighting the Wumpa Bat boss during the What's Cookin'? minigame in Bogged Down
Cortex, Tawna, Crash and Catbat fighting the Deadly Dragons during the Get Lit minigame in Surreal Summit
Cortex, Ripper Roo, Tawna and Catbat in Waste Deep
Cortex, Ripto, N. Brio and Tawna in Jazz Junction
Miscellaneous[]
Cortex and Crash in their Jeeps from CR Crash Bandicoot
No speed lines
For those who can't tell...
N. Sane style render used for general merch
N. Sane style render used for general merch
A broken Cortex bauble in promotional artwork for Christmas 2024
In-Game[]
Crash Bandicoot[]
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back[]
Warp Room Hologram
Cortex's head in the Game Over screen
Cortex's icon
A logo with Cortex's head on it
Crash Bandicoot: Warped[]
Through the credits you can see Cortex and Tropy in their baby forms
Cortex's head in vortex from Warped
Cortex's head in vortex from Warped
Cortex's head as seen in Warped
Cortex observing Tiny's boss fight against Crash in Warped
Cortex during his boss fight in Warped
Cortex during his boss fight in Warped
Cortex during his boss fight in Warped
Cortex during his boss fight in Warped
Cortex during his boss fight in Warped
Cortex during his boss fight in Warped
Cortex during his boss fight in Warped
Cortex during his boss fight in Warped
Cortex during his boss fight in Warped
Cortex and Uka Uka before the start of Cortex's boss fight in Warped
Cortex and Uka Uka before the start of Cortex's boss fight in Warped
Cortex during his boss fight in Warped
Cortex's icon from Warped
CTR: Crash Team Racing[]
Cortex modifying his kart in CTR
Cortex's character selection screen
Cortex wins
Cortex loses
Cortex as he appears in his kart in CTR
Cortex as he appears on the podium in CTR
.png "CTR N. Cortex In-Kart (Front).png (191 KB)")
Cortex in his kart in CTR
.png "CTR N. Cortex In-Kart (Back).png (334 KB)")
Cortex in his kart in CTR
Cortex's icon in CTR
Cortex's icon in CTR
Cortex's icon in the Japanese version of CTR
Cortex in the CTR credits/epilogue
Cortex in the CTR credits/epilogue
Cortex in the CTR credits/epilogue
Crash Bash[]
Cortex in Crash Bash (cutscene)
Cortex in Crash Bash (in-game)
Cortex in Crash Bash (in-game)
Cortex's icon in Crash Bash
Cortex's lab in Crash Bash
Cortex's icon in Crash Bandicoot Carnival, the Japanese version
Cortex's epilogue in Carnival
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex[]
Cortex as seen in Wrath of Cortex
Cortex appearing on the screen in Coco's VR Hub System
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure[]
In the fight with Cortex in The Huge Adventure/XS
Cortex in The Huge Adventure/XS
Uka Uka is upset with Doctor Neo Cortex for failing him once again
Cortex promises Uka Uka a plan that will bring the Earth's inhabitants down to size
Cortex analyses the Planetary Minimizer
Cortex activates the Planetary Minimizer
Cortex taunts the now-microscopic people of Earth
Cortex holds the earth in his hand
Cortex is angry at Crash for interfering with his plans
Cortex gets angry with crash for destroying the Planetary Minimizer
Cortex and the other villains escape the space station's destruction
Crash Bandicoot Blast![]
Cortex in Crash Bandicoot Blast!
Crash Nitro Kart[]
Cortex in the loading screen for Terra (PAL ver)
Cortex in the loading screen for Inferno Island
Cortex in the loading screen for Desert Storm
Cortex in the loading screen for Teknee
Cortex in the loading screen for Assembly Lane
Cortex in an early loading screen for Assembly Lane
Cortex in the loading screen for Magnetic Mayhem
Cortex in the loading screen for Velo's Vault
Cortex in the loading screen for Terra Drome
Cortex in CNK
Cortex and Tiny in a pileup
Cortex, N. Gin and Tiny
"Go away, you filthy CLOWN!"
Cortex holding Velo's scepter
Cortex fighting with Velo over his scepter
Cortex after ending up in Terra
Cortex wins
Cortex loses
Cortex's icon from CNK (console)
Cortex's icon from CNK (handheld)
Crash Bandicoot & Spyro Adventure World[]
Cortex on the title screen for Smack-A-Dingo
Cortex on the title screen for Raygun Alley
Cortex in a screenshot of Raygun Alley
Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage[]
Cortex sprite from Purple
Cortex's icon in multiplayer mode
The Party Mode icon for the Space Chase boss fight
Cortex Battle in Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspirancy
Cortex's Trading Card from Purple
Cortex's "talisman" trading card from Orange
A trading card of Cortex and Ripto in their spaceship from Orange
Crash Twinsanity[]
Cortex in the level graphic for Jungle Bungle
Cortex in the level graphic for Cavern Catastrophe
Cortex in the level graphic for Totem Hokum
Cortex in the level graphic for Slip Slide Icecapades
Cortex in the level graphic for Boiler Room Doom
Cortex in the level graphic for Classroom Chaos
Cortex in the level graphic for Bandicoot Pursuit
Cortex disguised as Coco
Cortex disguised as Coco
Cortex pulls off his disguise
Cortex in his Iceberg Lab in Twinsanity
Cortex crashes into Crash, sending them both into Cavern Catastrophe
An enraged Cortex after being defeated by Crash
"Well, well. A power crystal!"
Cortex warns Crash that he'll go "crystal crazy"
Cortex being dragged by Crash
A dazed Cortex after being hit with his own brain
Cortex in a Humiliskate
Cortex about to lose his crystals
Cortex hugging Evil Crash
Cortex's boss icon and life counter icon in Twinsanity
Cortex in the background illustration for the credits sequence
Cortex in a loading screen
Cortex in a loading screen
Cortex in a loading screen
Cortex's game over screen
Crash and Cortex's game over screen
Crash Tag Team Racing[]
Cortex in The Deadinator
Cortex's icon from CTTR
Cortex's Neo Fu costume
Crash Racing[]
Cortex clashing with Crash on the Pirate track
Cortex at the beginning of a race on the Egypt track
Cortex's icon
Crash Boom Bang![]
Cortex as he appears in Crash Boom Bang!
Cortex's room
Cortex in Adventure mode of Crash Boom Bang!
Cortex's icon
Cortex mini icon
Coco in Adventure mode of Crash Boom Bang!
Cortex's happy emote
Cortex's angry emote
Cortex's sad emote
Cortex's Silhouette Quiz card
Crash Bandicoot Party Games[]
Winning and losing sprites
Crash of the Titans[]
Cortex playing the piano in Crash of the Titans
Cortex playing the piano
"You can't replace me! My name's on the stationery!"
"I threw up in my mouth!"
"I'm still going to spank you stupid for this"
Cortex from the GBA version of Crash of the Titans
Cortex in the mobile version of Crash of the Titans
Cortex icon in mobile version of Crash of the Titans
Cortex's bestiary entry from the DS version of Crash of the Titans
Crash: Mind Over Mutant[]
Cortex as seen in the NV commercial in Mind Over Mutant
Cortex as a monster in Mind Over Mutant
Crash Nitro Kart 2[]
Cortex's icon in Crash Nitro Kart 2
Cortex on the character select screen
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D[]
Cortex in Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
Cortex's icon in Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2[]
Cortex in his kart in Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
Cortex's icon in Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
Cortex and Crash racing in Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 2
Skylanders: Imaginators[]
Cortex thinking of an idea
Cortex hatches an evil plan
Cortex setting up his machine in Skylanders: Imaginators
Cortex in Skylanders: Imaginators
Cortex Summoning Uka Uka
Cortex running around in Skylanders: Imaginators
Cortex posing in Skylanders: Imaginators
Cortex and Uka Uka as seen in Skylanders: Imaginators
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy[]
Cortex as he appears in the N. Sane Trilogy
Cortex (right) delights in his forthcoming glory in the remastered intro of Crash Bandicoot
Neo watches as Brio loads Crash into the Cortex Vortex
Cortex communicating with Crash in Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Cortex on his hoverboard in N. Sane Trilogy
Cortex on his hoverboard in N. Sane Trilogy
Cortex's epilogue in the N. Sane Trilogy
Cortex's icon from the N. Sane Trilogy remake of Crash Bandicoot and Cortex Strikes Back
Cortex's hologram model in the N. Sane Trilogy
Cortex's icon from the N. Sane Trilogy remake of Warped
A portrait of Cortex in Lights Out
Cortex in the icon of the "Cortex N. Capacitated" trophy
Cortex in the icon of the "That's What Those Do!" trophy
Cortex in the icon of the "Cortex N. Adequate" trophy
Cortex in the icon of the "Cortex N. Furiated" trophy
Cortex in the icon of the "Cortex N. Carcerated" trophy
Cortex in the icon of the "The Riddle of the Sphynx" trophy
CrashMoji[]
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled[]
Cortex's icon
Baby Cortex's icon
Cortex wins
Cortex loses
Baby Cortex wins
Baby Cortex loses
Cortex's Electron Skin podium stance
Cortex after winning a race
Cortex after losing a race
Baby Cortex after winning a race
Baby Cortex after losing a race
Cortex in the Nitro-Fueled credits/epilogue
Cortex in the Nitro-Fueled credits/epilogue
Cortex in the Nitro-Fueled credits/epilogue
Cortex's Green skin
Cortex's Red skin
Cortex's Blue skin
Cortex's Retro skin
Cortex's Star skin
Cortex's Ninja skin
Cortex's Robo-Cortex skin
Cortex's Electron skin
Cortex's Pharaoh skin
Cortex's Clown skin
Cortex's Rustland skin
Cortex's Anime Robo-Cortex skin
Cortex's Rustland Robo-Cortex skin
Cortex's Beenox Robo-Cortex skin
Baby Cortex's Purple skin
Baby Cortex's Blue skin
Baby Cortex's Red skin
Cortex's portrait
Cortex's Pharaoh portrait
Cortex's Rustland portrait
Green Cortex's icon
Red Cortex's icon
Blue Cortex's icon
Retro Cortex's icon
Star Cortex's icon
Ninja Cortex's icon
Robo-Cortex's icon
Electron Cortex's icon
Pharaoh Cortex's icon
Clown Cortex's icon
Cortex's Rustland icon
Cortex's Anime Robo-Cortex icon
Cortex's Rusted Robo-Cortex icon
Cortex's Beenox Robo-Cortex icon
Baby Cortex's Purple icon
Baby Cortex's Blue icon
Baby Cortex's Red icon
Cortex's child portrait
A cameo appearance of Cortex disguised as Coco from Crash Twinsanity
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time[]
Pre-release screenshot
Pre-release screenshot
Cortex's life counter mug
Cortex's first boss mug
Cortex's final boss mug
"Tell me, Crash, is this all there is, forever?"
Cortex capturing Kupuna-Wa
Cortex encountering his past self
Pre-release screenshot
Cortex in the ending of the game
Cortex's face on banners in the Lab Assistants' 100% ending illustration
Cortex in Coco's 100% ending illustration
Cortex in the icon of the "What Has Been, Will Be Again" trophy
Cortex in the icon of the "The Fourth Time" trophy
Crash Bandicoot: On the Run![]
The Nitro Cortex boss fight
The Frosty Cortex boss fight
The Inferno Cortex boss fight
The Oxide Cortex boss fight
Cortex's N. Sane Trilogy model seen in an early cutscene
Cortex in intro cutscene
Cortex's nitro mug
Cortex's frosty mug
Cortex's inferno mug
Cortex's oxide mug
Cortex's nitro health mug
Cortex's frosty health mug
Cortex's inferno health mug
Cortex's oxide health mug
The Cortex team badge
Crash's cortex skin
Crash Team Rumble[]
Cortex's mug
Cortex's "Cortex the Clown" skin
Cortex's "Cybernetic" skin
Cortex's "Negative" skin
Cortex's "Science of Style" skin
Cortex's "Skele-Cortex" skin
Cortex's "Polar Vortex Cortex" skin
Cortex's "Little Green Doctor" skin
Cortex's "Boogie Baddie" skin
Cortex's "Data Doctor" skin
Cortex's "Captain Cortex" skin
Cortex's unlock screen
Cortex's Cortex the Clown skin
Cortex's Cybernetic skin
Cortex's Negative skin
Cortex's Science of Style skin
Cortex's Skele-Cortex skin
Cortex's Polar Vortex Cortex skin
Cortex's Little Green Doctor skin
Cortex's Boogie Baddie skin
Cortex's Data Doctor skin
Cortex's Captain Cortex skin
Cortex's Set Lasers to KO emote
Cortex's At The Ready emote
Cortex's Maniacal emote
Cortex's Chilly emote
Cortex's Pew Pew emote
Cortex's Are You Seeing This?! emote
Cortex's Spotted emote
Cortex's Groovy emote
.png "N. Tombed (Backpack).png (31 KB)")
Cortex's face on the N. Tombed backpack
.png "Sphynxinator (Backpack).png (31 KB)")
Cortex's face on the Sphynxinator backpack
Cortex's face on the Mumm's The Word backpack
Cortex in the Scheming banner
Cortex in the Crate Chase banner
Cortex in the Frosty Friends banner
Cortex in the Bandicoot Vs Evil banner
Cortex in the Bang! banner
Cortex in the Fisticuffs banner
Cortex in the Block Party banner
Cortex in the Electrifying banner
Cortex in the cover art of the Jam Boost Top Performer Music
Cortex in the icon of the "Heavyweight Champ" trophy
Cortex in the icon of the "I Am Cortex, Hear Me Roar" trophy
Cortex in the icon of the "Transformative" trophy
Other Media[]
Crash Bandicoot[]
A photo of a page from the manga seen on Naughty Dog's 1998 website
Cortex as he appears in the manga
Cortex on the title page of Chapter 1
Crash Bandicoot: Dance! Then Jump! Na DaibÅken[]
Cortex on the cover art of volume two
Artwork of Cortex
A Dansu! De Jump! title page in color from CoroCoro magazine
Cortex as he appears in Dansu! De Jump! Na Daibouken
Cortex on the title page of Volume 1, Chapter 1
Cortex on the title page of Volume 2, Chapter 2
Cortex on the title page of Volume 2, Chapter 3
Cortex on the title page of Volume 2, Chapter 5
Cortex on the title page of Volume 2, Chapter 6
Cortex on the title page of Volume 2, Chapter 7
Cortex on the title page of bonus chapter 1
Crash Bandicoot: Kattobi! Spin World[]
Cortex as he appears in Crash Bandicoot: Kattobi! Spin World
Cortex on the title page for the April '99 issue
Cortex on the title page for the June '99 issue
Cortex on the title page for the October '99 issue
Cortex on the title page for the August '01 issue
Cortex on the title page for the February '02 issue
Cortex on the title page for the April '02 issue
Cortex on the title page for the June '02 issue
Cortex on the title page for the August '02 issue
Crash Team Racing: Turbo Time![]
Cortex as he appears in the comic
Cortex in the Disney Adventures CTR promotional comic
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Digital Comic[]
Crash Team Rumble promotional comics[]
Cortex as he appears in Catbat
Cortex being confronted by Catbat in Catbat
Concept Art[]
Crash Bandicoot[]
Early concept art and profile of N. Cortex by David Siller
Early concept art of N. Cortex by David Siller
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
An early Cortex concept
An early Cortex concept
An early Cortex concept
Early sketches of Cortex
Early concept art
Early concept art
Early concept art
A paper giving Cortex's name, along with additional info
A document talking about Cortex
Cortex sketches, along with info about Cortex
Part 1 of May 1995 version of Neo Cortex's bio, published in The Crash Bandicoot Files
Part 2 of May 1995 version of Neo Cortex's bio, published in The Crash Bandicoot Files
A concept sketch of Cortex
A concept sketch
Concept art of Cortex
Concept art of Cortex
Concept art of Cortex
Concept art of Cortex
Concept art of Cortex
Concept art of Cortex
Concept artwork
A Christmas-themed holiday card produced by Naughty Dog
Concept artwork featuring Cortex and all major characters at the time
Concept artwork featuring Crash hanging out with Cortex
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back[]
Crash Bandicoot: Warped[]
Cortex with Uka Uka (Naughty Dog Artwork) in Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Concept art of Cortex with Uka Uka
Concept art of Cortex with Uka Uka
Concept sketches of Cortex as a baby from the 100% ending
Crash Bash[]
A storyboard for an early version of the "good ending" cutscene
A storyboard for an early version of the "good ending" cutscene
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex[]
Various concept art in the Japanese manual
Concept art for Cortex's Japanese promotional design
Concept art featuring Cortex getting crushed by Crash using an atlasphere
Crash Nitro Kart[]
Concept art of Cortex on an early version of the Team Cortex Kart
Crash Twinsanity[]
Early concept of Cortex's redesign
Concept art of Cortex
Prototype models of Cortex in an alternate art style
Cortex with a planned cannon weapon
A teenaged Cortex with the unmutated Evil Twins
Cortex's Evolution design (top middle) among many other characters designed for the game
.jpeg "Komodo Joe (Crash Twinsanity).jpeg (392 KB)")
Cortex thaws himself from the ice, only to find his minions slacking off
Concept art of Cortex's boss fight
Cortex in a draft of the Carvern Catastrophe title card
Concept art of the scene in Cavern Catastrophe where Cortex finds the first crystal
Concept art of Cortex in the Doc Amok segment of Totem Hokum
Concept art of Cortex captured by the bear in Totem Hokum
Concept art of Cortex being attacked by a bear in Totem Hokum
Cortex in concept art for the totem god fight
Concept art showing Cortex in the totem god boss fight
Concept art of Cortex in the Slip Slide Icecapades level
Concept art of Cortex and Crash sliding through Cortez in Slip Slide Icecapades
Concept art of Cortex in the snowball section of Slip Slide Icecapades
Concept art that shows Cortex was meant to be present in High Seas Hi-Jinks at some point
Uncolored version of previous image
This concept art shows that Cortex was originally supposed to be present for the Henchmania boss fight
Concept art of Cortex as a child
Concept art of Cortex as a child along with the un-mutated evil twins
Concept art featuring Cortex as a child at Madame Amberley's Academy of Evil
Concept art of young Cortex
Concept art showing Cortex getting eaten by a stripy worm creature on an early version of Twinsanity Island
Concept art of Cortex in Rock-Slide Rumble
Rock-Slide Rumble concept art
Concept art of Cortex approaching Evil Crash's house with Crash, Coco and Nina waiting outside
Concept of Cortex and Crash overlooking Ant Agony
Concept art of Cortex being chased by the Evil Twins in an early version of the Deathbot
Concept art of Cortex, Crash and Nina running from the Evil Twin's deathbot
Concept art of Cortex on his hoverboard with Crash riding on his back in the cut Hoverboard level
Concept art featuring Cortex in the cut level Megalomaniac Mind Mania
Concept of Cortex and Nina being chased by a strange hammer robot
Concept of a cut level showing Cortex being chased by students on a football field at the Academy of Evil
Concept art of a scrapped train level
Cortex on a concept for the box art
Concept art of Cortex and Dingodile
Concept art of Cortex at the Psychetron
Crash of the Titans[]
Concept Art of Cortex in Crash of the Titans
Concept Art of Cortex in Crash of the Titans
Crash Nitro Kart 2[]
Cortex in an early mockup screenshot, featuring a cut snow world
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled[]
Concept art of Rustland Cortex
Concept art of the graffiti art seen around Megamix Mania, including two of Rustland Cortex
Concept art of Rustland Cortex, along with the other Rustland skins
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time[]
Cortex in the released concept art of It's About Time
Concept art of Cortex's redesign
Concept art of Cortex
Concept art of Cortex's character expression sheet
Concept art of the Cortex Command Center
Concept art of Past Cortex's cage
An early smaller, rounder design for Cortex
Cortex concept sketch
Concept sketches
Concept sketch
Concept art of Cortex
An unused caveman Cortex concept
An unused elderly Cortex concept
Hologram concepts of Cortex
Concept art of an unused Cortex skin
Bears Repeating concept
Bears Repeating concept
Fossil Fueled concept
Fossil Fueled concept
Fossil Fueled concept
Fossil Fueled concept
Fossil Fueled concept
Concept of the ending cutscene to A Hole in Space
The Crate Escape concept
The Crate Escape concept
The Crate Escape concept
Seeing Double concept
Seeing Double concept
Seeing Double concept
The Past Unmasked concept
Concept art of Cortex's face on the monitors in the flashback tape levels
Flashback tape level concept
Concept of an unknown area
Concept of an unknown area
Cortex and his ray gun
Cortex in the storyboard for the intro cutscene
Cortex in the storyboard for the intro cutscene
Cortex's shadow in an early concept for a loading screen
Crash Bandicoot: On the Run![]
Concept art of Cortex
Concept art of cut backpacks for Crash, featuring one shaped like Cortex
Miscellaneous[]
Concept art of Cortex for a toyline, 1997
Merchandise[]
Cortex on packaging for Crash & Spyro McDonalds toys
1998 Cortex Resaurus plush
Late 90's/Early 2000's Cortex Resaurus action figure
A design document for the Resaurus action figures
A 1999 CTR flag
2000 CTR Cortex RC car
A 2000 line of Crash "little big head" figurines
2005 Cortex Kellytoy plush
2016 Crash and Cortex Skylanders
2017 Cortex Funko Pop
2018 Cortex Totaku figure
2018 Kidrobot PHUNNY Cortex plush
2018 Cortex Kidrobot mini
2019 prototypes of cancelled Coco and Cortex NECA figures
2019 Cortex Funko vinyl
Paladone Cortex lamp
Numskull Cortex rubber duckie
A 2020 line of plushes by Play By Play
2020 Cortex First 4 Figures statue
The 2020 Cubic Heroes paper-crafts by Creative and Cool, given out alongside sales of It's About Time in Europe only
2020 Cortex Youtooz figurine
2021 Cortex Nanoblocks
2022 Headstart Cortex action figure
2022 Headstart 4 pack, featuring Cortex
2022 Headstart surprise figurines
Videos[]
N. Cortex - Final Boss - Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex Strikes Back - 100% Playthrough (Part 33)
Cortex boss fight in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Crash 2 Cortex Voice Clips
Cortex Strikes Back quotes
Crash Bandicoot 3 Timetwister Message - Dr. N. Cortex (HD)
Cortex's time twister messages
N. Cortex - Final Boss (Normal Ending) - Crash Bandicoot 3 Warped - 105% Playthrough (Part 27)
Cortex boss fight in Crash Bandicoot: Warped
CTR Neo Cortex voice taunts quotes lines Crash Team Racing
Team Racing quotes
Wrath Of Cortex Cortex Voice Clips
Wrath of Cortex quotes
Crash Nitro Kart - Dr Neo Cortex quotes and taunts
Nitro Kart quotes
Crash Twinsanity Cortex Voice Clips
Twinsanity quotes
CTTR Character Voices Dr. Neo Cortex 1 2
CTTR Character Voices Dr. Neo Cortex 2 2
Crash of the Titans Cortex Voice Clips-0
Titans quotes (home console)
Crash of the Titans DS Cortex Voice Clips
Titans quotes (DS)
Mind Over Mutant Cortex Voice Clips
Mind Over Mutant quotes
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - Crash 1 - Final Boss & Ending (Dr. Neo Cortex)
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - Crash 2 - Dr. Neo Cortex (Ending & Final Boss)
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - Crash 3 - Dr. Neo Cortex (Ending & Final Boss)
N. Sane Trilogy Cortex Voice Clips
N. Sane Trilogy quotes