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How can Crash eat all those apples and still be so skinny?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 21, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I don't know what so many people have against this series. Personally I prefer games which are all action to games which just seem to involve wandering around becoming hopelessly lost and ending up going around in circles getting nowhere. This is an excellent example of the best kind of platform game with lots of running, jumping, item-collecting and baddie-avoiding. The game is filled with imaginatively-designed levels and humorous, well-thought-out characters. The exception to this is Tawna, Crash's girlfriend, but thankfully she only appears briefly (there is already enough blatant sexism in adventure games without it invading this kind of cartoony environment). Tawna was wisely dispensed with before Part 2 came out.

Minor gripes aside, however, this is solid platform action, the best I've played since Sonic & Knuckles on the Megadrive. Crash himself makes a likeable and interesting hero, something sadly missing from a lot of video games.

My Favorite

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Crash Bandicoot's my favorite video game character and all his work is genius. I'm looking forward to his latest video game installment, Crash Tag Team Racing. The game's graphics are good, the gameplay itself sounds amuzing, and the trailer (on GameSpot) prove how visually stunning it's going to be too. But, Crash's humble beginning is not the same as Mario and Sonic's were. It was much better, more creative, and bigger.

Mario's was just an arcade game. It was hard, but it didn't take to long to master it, and I don't even know if there was a boss. Sonic's debut was better then Mario's. A game you could play without spending money, good levels, challenging, better bosses, and a special ending you could view if you collected all the items necessary. But, these debuts lacked what Crash's had. Most challenging, best bosses, better secret ending, and most of all, a 3-D world to play in.

Crash's world is not fully 3-D in this game (in fact up till Crash Twinsanity, none of them have been), but it is very good as far as it goes. The VIRTUAL world looks like the REAL world. That's one of the game's strongest points. The controls are very solid and Crash responds amazingly well to your commands. This spoiled me. I'd play a Crash game and then go play something else with looser controls and be upset by the lack of response. I became versatile after a while though. Crash lacks moves in this game, but he has more then Sonic and/or Mario had in their debut games. Crash has 3, Mario and Soinc only had 1. Crash's moves are running, jumping, and spinning. The spinnig move is an extremely creative thing. To make up for Sonic's spin, Naughty Dog brought out the bigger and better guns. Crash's spin is much easier to control and is much more effective. It also doesn't threaten you in a strange, almost indescribable way. Sonic's spin reqired that you dash in the direction that you were facing before you started spinning. Sega called this the spin dash. This could throw you to your death. Not Crash's. Crash could move or stay still when spinning. Note: Soinc didn't have the spin dash in his debut game. Mario and Sonic's jumping, I'll admit, was better. They were tighter then Crash. Their direction could be changed much, much easier then Crash when jumping. Crash jumps higher though. Crash runs kind of slow, especially when you need to get something done. But he's slower in Crash Twinsanity. Crash's camera control is hardly ever a problem. Every once in a while you'll have to strain your eye a little, but it's still a better camera then Soinc's. Mario's is best out of all, though, 'cause you could see the entire level all at once.

As for the other features of the game, they're pretty outstanding. The levels are big and challenging. There's also secret levels in Crash. I've never seen anything like that in Sonic 1 or Donkey Kong, have you? No, I didn't think so. Crash's biggest flaw is the saving system. In the game, you must collect 3 tokens of Crash's girfriend's head (hidden in the level) to get to a bonus area. You must get to the end of the Tawna (Crash's girlfriend's name is Tawna) Bonus Round, touch Tawna (who's just standing there), and then exit the Tawna Bonus Round via a warp pad in order to save. If you don't do exactly what I said had to be done in order to save, you don't get to save. Not fair at all. But, it's still better then Sonic 1 or Donkey Kong, 'cause you can't save at all in those games. There are also two other kinds of bonus rounds in the game, The Cortex (main bad guy of the game) Bonus Rounds and the Brio (Cortex's right-hand man) Bonus Rounds. You can't save in these bonus rounds, even if you get to the end of them without falling off the platforms. Oh and get this, there aren't Tawna Bonus Rounds in all the levels, so you don't have a chance to save if your parents tell you to get off and you're in a level like Hog Wild where there's no bonus rounds. Big flaw. The 2nd biggest flaw is the way you have to collect gems. In the game you must collect 32 (I think; don't quote me on that number, because I'm not sure) gems in order to see the secret ending. However, it's a little too hard to collect them all. I understand most people think the game's not hard enough, but I think it's a little too hard. To collect a gem, you must destroy every single crate in a level and get to the end without losing a life. I'm all for destroying every crate, but I think you should be able to lose a life and still get the gem. It should only matter if you destroy all the boxes.

So, if you're wanting to compare Mario and Sonic to Crash, I'd say Crash all the way. And, as you can see, if you're reading this, Crash's 1st game was much better then Mario and Sonic's. I say Crash is best, no matter what anyone else tells me.

I'd buy it used

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game when I first got my PS1 because I loved playing my cousin's Crash Bandicoot 2 game. While this game is fun, the part I hate about it is you have no control over when you can save the game. You are given the option at odd points in the game, and even if you beat 3 levels after the level you saved at, if you start over, you'll start at the level you saved at, and not the one you most recently beat.
...I recommend getting this game because it IS fun...

The original crash bandicoot

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have all the crash bandicoot games, including Crash tag team racing and crash bash. This one is the best in my opinion. I think crash is better than sonic, mario and spyro. This game is very frustratingly hard, you run through all 32 levels avoiding the enemies and collecting the wumpa fruit and then defeat Dr Neo Cortex at the end. A classsic game that is stillm great fun even though it is 10 years old.

Tony Blair lookalike.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 14, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I don't know what some people have got against these games. Alright, so Crash can only go in one direction, but frankly I prefer games such as this which are non-stop action to games in which the object seems to be to wander around aimlessly and get hopelessly lost.

The levels in this game are imaginative and the characters are interesting and humerously-designed. Crash himself makes a likeable hero (something missing from too many games these days) and there is plenty of running and jumping.

The only let-down is the fact that later levels can get frustrating after a while. If you get hit so much as once you get sent back no short distance.

But overall, the Crash series are the first decent platform games with real long-term appeal I've come across since 1994's Sonic & Knuckles on the Mega-Drive. If you're the owner of a Playstation then this game is unmissable.

AWESOME GAME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Crash Bandicoot is an awesome game. It is one of the most addictive games there is. The levels are all great and there are great graphics. The game is a lot of fun also. Crash is really cool-looking! BUY IT!

good game, not the greatest

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I agree with the person who says that its difficult to save a game in progress, frustrating my kids to no end. You can only save at certain points. Otherwise the game play is fun and suitable for all ages.

David J. Glaser, Sand Point Alaska

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I like this game very much because it has cool music and sound.
I got this game when I was little.(I don't know how old I was)
If you have a PS or PS2, I think you must get this game. There
was this boss I cannot beat and I Beat him. His name is Dr Bito (I don't know how to spell his name) The game has three islands
with levels and bosses and more. I have this game. Crash has spin
attacks and you can jump on some enemys. And get all the boxes and you can a gem. there is passwords you will get and a super
password and it will allow you to have all the gems and there's
keys to unlock two levels. it's about Dr Neo Cortex makeing
Mammels and there's one Cortex said "Crash should be a leader.
until one day Crash ecaped from Cortexs lab to N.sandy beach
where this is the place you start.

Crash Bandicoot crashes like hell!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

He's fast.He's action packed.He's...A bandicoot?!
Crash Bandicoot is a game where you as a furry little bandicoot must travel to tropical jungles,Castles and Dark temples.
And you must save your girlfriend before it's too late!
What is so great about this game?:
Cool graphics
Nice soundtracks
Cool suprises
Very challenging stages

What is not so cool?:
Well his name is Crash and he keeps crashing if you don't jump in a correct way.

crash bandicoot

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: September 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

alot of people that own n64 get jealous of games like crash bandicoot,saying that boring mario 64 and donkey kong 64 are better. those games are stupid and they both copie each other they both collect stars or bannanas,in crash you fight evil bosses get chased by bolders jump over deep holes and kill dangerous jungle creatures and fight neo cortex...

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