Crash Bandicoot

This article is about the video game franchise. For the titular character, see Crash Bandicoot (character). For the first video game in the series, see Crash Bandicoot (video game). For the fossil species, see Crash bandicoot (species).

Crash Bandicoot
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Publisher(s)
Others:
    • Konami (2001–03)
    • Coktel (2004)
    • WonderPhone (2004–05)[1]
    • Digital Bridges (2004–2005)[2]
    • In-Fusio (2003–05)
    • Vivendi Games Mobile (2006–09)
    • Glu Mobile (2009)
    • King (2021)
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First releaseCrash Bandicoot
September 9, 1996
Latest releaseCrash Team Rumble
June 20, 2023

Crash Bandicoot is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console. It has seen numerous installments created by various developers and published on multiple platforms. The series consists predominantly of platform games, but also includes spin-offs in the kart racing and party game genres. The series was originally produced by Universal Interactive, which later became known as Vivendi Games; in 2008, Vivendi merged with Activision, which currently owns and publishes the franchise.

The games are mostly set on the fictitious Wumpa Islands, an archipelago situated to the south of Australia where humans and mutant animals co-exist, although other locations are common. The protagonist of the series is a genetically enhanced bandicoot named Crash, whose quiet life on the Wumpa Islands is often interrupted by his creator and the games' main antagonist, Doctor Neo Cortex, who attempts to eliminate Crash as a constant hindrance to his plots for world domination.

  1. ^ "WonderPhone announces the release of its latest java game - CrashT Racing - featuring Vivendi Universal Games' Crash Bandicoot®". November 28, 2005.
  2. ^ "E3 News Digital Bridges Brings Bandicoot, Galleon to Phones". May 13, 2004.