Crash Bandicoot

Wumpa-collecting platformer protagonist

Crash Bandicoot is a video game franchise and its title character—an orange, genetically enhanced marsupial who battles the evil scientist Dr.

Neo Cortex.

The original 1996 PlayStation platformer became iconic of that console era.

The character's name combines his reckless, barrier-smashing gameplay with the Australian animal: I spent my childhood playing Crash Bandicoot.

franchise

PlayStation

Sony's gaming hardware brand

  • SonyJapanese electronics and entertainment corporation
  • ActivisionVideo game publisher
  • remasterRecreate source recording

trilogy · sequel · spinoff

platformer

jump

Propel oneself airborne

  • spinRapid rotation around axis
  • crateContainer for transport
  • checkpointInspection station on route

lives · gems · crystals · relics · bonus round · TNT · mask · time trial · secret level · chase sequence

character

marsupial

Pouch-bearing mammal

jeans · sneakers · mohawk · mutant · spin attack

setting

jungle

Dense tropical forest

castle · ice cave · sewer · space station · medieval · Arabian · Egyptian · futuristic · underwater · time warp

Categories
Opposites
1990s platformer mascot rivalry

Crash BandicootMario

Italian masculine name

Sonic the Hedgehog · Super Mario · Donkey Kong · Link · Banjo-Kazooie

video game character longevity and cultural status

Crash BandicootMario

Italian masculine name

Sonic the Hedgehog · Pikachu · Pac-Man · Link · Mega Man

character demeanor and intelligence

Crash BandicootAgent 47

Genetically engineered assassin

Batman · Sherlock Holmes · Spock

Family

crash, crashing, crashed, crashes, crasher, bandicoot, crashers, bandicoots

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G