Development of Crash Team Racing began as an original intellectual property featuring block-headed characters. Naughty Dog pitched the title to Sony, who approved the project after Naughty Dog expressed a willingness to convert it into a Crash Bandicoot game. Naughty Dog started production on Crash Team Racing after finishing Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back;…

Crash Warped was released in North America on November 3, 1998. It was developed by Naughty Dog and was the last of the original PlayStation Crash platformers they created. The game sold over 5.7 million units by 2002, making it one of the best-selling PlayStation titles. The budget for the game was around USD 4-5…

The villain Dr. Neo Cortex in Crash Bandicoot is named literally after the part of the brain that holds formed memories.

The level Stormy Ascent was cut from the game for being too difficult but was added to the remaster for modern consoles.

Crash Bandicoot was secretly nicknamed by Naughty Dog programmers as “Sonic’s a$# game” because the camera would view Crash Bandicoot from the back rather than the side.