Crash Bandicoot (video game)

thumb|WHOA! Crash Bandicoot, also known as simply Crash Bandicoot 1, is a 1996 platformer by Naughty Dog and the first installment of the Crash Bandicoot franchise. Dr. Neo Cortex Moron! This bandicoot will be my general. He will lead my Cortex Commandos to world domination! This time, I shall reign triumphant! We are closer than ever before! Quickly! Into the Vortex! Failure again...! CAPTURE HIM! Prepare the female bandicoot! Darn you, Crash Bandicoot! Dr. Nitrus Brio But, Dr. Cortex, the Vortex is not ready! We have no idea what it could do? But, Dr. Cortex! We have not determined the cause of past failures! Dialogue [Castle Cortex is shown, shrouded in twilight. N. Brio is heard talking.] Dr. Nitrus Brio: But Dr. Cortex! We have not determined the cause of past failures! [Brio laughs giddily. The camera pans down inside a room in the castle, showing a large machine pointed at a table with a bandicoot strapped to it. Brio and Cortex stand either side of the table.] Dr. Neo Cortex: Moron! This bandicoot will be my general, and he will lead my "Cortex Commandos" to world domination! This time, I shall reign triumphant! [The machine fires a beam at Crash, making him cry out in pain. The camera shows stack of cages all marked with different species of animal. Brio is shown pulling a lever to raise Crash, who is now seated on a chair, into the Cortex Vortex.] Dr. Neo Cortex: We are closer than ever before! Quickly! Into the Vortex! Dr. Nitrus Brio: But Dr. Cortex, the Vortex is not ready! We have no idea what it could do? [Crash is raised into the Cortex Vortex. A loud mechanical droning is heard, a bright lights go off. A screen at the Vortex's control panel shows that Crash, labelled "BANDICOOT 1.0", has been rejected.] Dr. Neo Cortex: Failure again...! CAPTURE HIM! [Cortex chases Crash across the screen. Crash runs and smashes through a window.] Crash Bandicoot: Uh-oh! [Crash plummets into the ocean below. Tawna is shown, being held against a wall by Lab Assistants. She lifts her head, looking horrified.] Dr. Neo Cortex: Prepare the female bandicoot! External links Category:Crash Bandicoot (series) Category:1996 video games Category:PlayStation video games Category:PlayStation-only video games Category:Naughty Dog Category:Single-player video games Category:3D platformers