The game also features an alternative ending, which can only occur after gaining 100% completion. The couple take the airship and fly into the sunset. Crash is finally reunited with his beloved Tawna. Crash eventually gains the upper hand and manages to destroy Cortex's Hoverboard, causing the Doctor to seemingly fall to his death. With his plans ruined, Cortex faces Crash atop his airship. The mad doctor drinks a potion to turn himself into a monster pounding the ground, which causes the castle to go up in flames. Crash soon enters Cortex's sinister castle, where he confronts N. Cortex's plan is foiled when Crash reaches his toxic waste factory, wherein Cortex's machinery is powered and shuts it down during a battle with Cortex's top minion, Pinstripe Potoroo. There, Crash meets a floating tiki mask known as Aku Aku, who provides Crash with assistance in the form of masks that will take damage for him.Ĭortex decides that Crash must be stopped before he can return for Tawna and sends out his best henchmen after him. Crash washes up on the beach of his home island and sets out to save Tawna before Cortex can use the Vortex on her. Cortex orders that the second bandicoot he caught be prepared for the Vortex: Tawna, Crash's girlfriend. He eventually breaks through a window and escapes by falling into the sea. Crash then seizes the opportunity to escape, with Cortex in pursuit. Brio's warning that the Vortex was unstable, Cortex rushed the newly evolved Crash into the Vortex, which rejects him.

Cortex eventually subjects these creatures to the Cortex Vortex, a device designed to brainwash animals and make them obedient to him. Brio has created a machine known as the Evolvo-Ray, which is capable of giving animals anthropomorphic traits. Crash Bandicoot, a peaceful bandicoot, who is slated to become the army's general. Brio are trying to create an animal army known as the 'Cortex Commandos' to achieve world domination. On one of these islands resides Doctor Neo Cortex, who along with his assistant N. Somewhere southeast of Australia rest three little islands, teeming with wildlife. Story Ĭortex (right) and Brio (left) put Crash under the Evolvo-Ray There are three Islands on the game, between which 32 levels are divided as follows (the 6 boss levels are indicated in bold):ġ - Sunset Vista and Slippery Climb are swapped in the NTSC-J release of the game. The game is over once Crash loses all of his lives, but the player can choose to continue by selecting 'Yes' at the game over screen. If he collects all 3 masks, he'll become invincible for a short amount of time. Crash can protect himself from damage by picking up an Aku Aku mask. If Crash touches an enemy or suffers any other type of damage, he loses a life, although he can earn more by either collecting 100 Wumpa Fruit, or by breaking open crates in which some of them contain an extra life.

The gameplay in Crash Bandicoot is noticeably simpler than the series' later iterations, as Crash doesn't learn any new skills throughout the game. When the game was developed, Naughty Dog had only ten employees working for them. The company had shopped the prototype around and after reaching a deal with Universal Interactive Studios, began developing the game further into what is known today as Crash Bandicoot. In its development stages, both the game and the character were initially called Willie the Wombat.

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