Crash Bandicoot

Corridor-3D platforming gave PlayStation a mascot and a console-friendly alternative to free-roam.

Released 1996 Developer Naughty Dog Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment Platform PlayStation Genre Platformer Era The 3D rupture

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Crash Bandicoot inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Lives and Continues ~~1978~~Checkpoint Respawn ~~1984~~Momentum-Based Platform Control ~~1985~~True Polygonal Free-Look Space ~~1996~~

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