If my memory serves me - about getting gems and stuff - if you die half way through the level, and then backtrack to get the other respawned boxes, it actually doesn't count anyway! If you get to the end of a stage without dying, Crash jumps in the air and goes to the 'box counting' screen - but dying even once and getting to the end causes Crash to sigh in relief and go straight back to the map. Doesn't matter if you backtrack. Die once, no 'box counting' screen. I found that out the hard way. If memory serves, anyway!
Oh MAN, I completely forgot about that! I'm so used to resetting the stage after dying just once that I forgot one of the main reasons why I did so in the first place. Thank you dude.
Dude, your videos are so frickin' awesome! So entertaining to watch. And I especially like that you do so many of the platforming types of titles, since those are my favorites. THANK YOU!!
I suggest you try to use your audio equipment as 'linear' as possible. The jump from 1:05 quality to 1:15 quality made it seem like your first microphone wasn't up to par (Though your second microphone sounds great! Is it a Yeti?) It you could find a way to use that second microphone throughout your videos, it would probably increase the overall quality. Still a great video overall, as always!
The Microphone in the beginning comes from the camera itself, I don't have one of those clip-on mikes, nor do I have a high-end camera. Maybe in a few hundred years. But the second Mike is a Samson C01U, which I plan on replacing sometime this year. Thanks for watching Sunny. :)
It's all good! Your videos are still obviously nice and well edited, the quality is well above average UA-cam. If you are ever interested in buying a good camera with a quality built in mic you might want to check Craigslist for a Canon Rebel. T3i, or T2i (they're the same thing, one has an adjustable screen). Sometimes you can get them as low as $250. Happy filming!
Sir, you have COMPLETELY nailed the frustration of 100% completing the game because of the checkpoints. It's exactly the same frustration you get in Yoshi's Island.
Man, it's kinda funny that about a year ago I actually did video reviews for the Crash Trilogy, and now a year later one of my fav Video Game Reviewers and LPers finally got to do a review of Crash too! Seriously, great job on this one Johnny. =) (btw I love that little Drum Fill Segment near the beginning)
well to be fair this is a short game and hes not recording much like the ps1 review when he had to find/obtain and record a bunch of games, editing takes time yes but only if your making fancy edits like johns hilarious animations instead of inserting a movie clip like "thank you and goodnight"
Helvetica Neue Just curious: what genres of games do you like? Judging from this comment, you don't like a lot of games. You ALWAYS go from point A to point B in games. Especially in linear platformers like these.
One of your best, John. Up there with SA1, 06, and MP3C for me. As far as I'm concerned, you're only improving with time, so I'm looking forward to your next two vids with joyously high expectations.
Crash has always been one of my favourite series alongside the Sonic-series and Mario-series, glad to see he finally gets his place on the best channel. :) I feel like you only review games i like, and no other channel has entertained me as much as this. I just watched your classic Sonic-reviews last year, i hit the subscribe-button, and i never regret the first time i clicked on one of your videos. I know you most likely wont see this comment, but thank you for making great reviews! :D
Instead of just doing a Crash marathon, could you do a Naughty Dog marathon? First the Crash trilogy, then the Jak trilogy, followed by the Uncharted trilogy, and finally The Last of Us.
Crash Bandicoot was my childhood hero. All I ever really played on PS1. So glad you're doing a marathon on these wonderful games. I never beat the first Crash until I bought it again a few years back. Back when I was younger, I found it a scary game, especially Tawna's in-game model with that huge smile. The sequels are where the series really shines.
Oh my god Johnny I swear to god you're one of the first to pronounce Aku Aku correctly. I keep watching other UA-camrs, but for one reason or another they have very weird ways of pronouncing his name. So props to you man.
Fun fact: as we'll see at Crash 2's intro, the regular ending of Crash 1 is considered canon because Cortex is seen falling from his hoverboard, whereas the 100% ending claims that Cortex disappeared. However, the 100% ending does state what happened to the game's bosses after Crash rescued Tawna. While it's unknown whether or not most of these aftermath stories are true, Ripper Roo's aftermath has some truth to it. He got "cured" of his madness and went on to become a writer (Dr. Roo), which can be seen in Crash 2.
This is still a very good game today. I still prefer Super Mario 64 over Crash 1, but its still good. The only big flaw besides the depth perception is requiring players to complete the bonus level to save.
I love coming back to these Johnny Vs videos, I love retro gaming and honestly I'm basing my channel around that in the future and i for one was wondering which crash game outta the 3 was johnny's favorite but I'm watching all the videos to find out! Can't wait to go down memory lane!
While Im sure you will review Jak sometime so Im not gonna ask about that, have you played the games yet Johnny? Great review my friend, just as you convinced me to get into metroid Im hoping this series will do the same.
John, you are probably now, my favorite UA-camr to date, covering everything I like, doing Let's Plays over all the games I like, you are absolutely amazing...!!!!
RafaGamersProductions Sonic 2 on the Master System. There are 4 bad things about it. 1. It's almost as glitchy as Sonic 06 2. It's EXTREMELY stingy with rings 3. The bosses are annoying because you have no rings 4. If you don't get the best ending... Tails DIES.
Very cool review! Loved that rimshot lol. I was always more into Spyro but I played Crash every now and then too. I always thought it was cool that Crash had unique death animations based on what killed him, that's something you never saw back then or even all that much today.
This game reminds me of Saturday morning cartoons (for some reason). Definitely a fun game. I remember the 2nd one being a big improvement on the first, so I look forward to that review. As far as breaking boxes goes, I no longer have the patience for breaking 1,000 boxes, collecting 100 skulltulas or 120 stars. That collection stuff was an element of early 3D gaming that I got bored with very quickly.
The crates in the game were made to fill in the more boring parts of the levels. The character of Tawna was initially removed from the series due to some complaints from the marketing director at Universal Interactive Studios. In her point of view, the initial character design for Tawna was too outrageous, so Tawna was re-designed before being built into the game. Naughty Dog thought the ending result was too different from what they had in mind, so she was ultimately removed in the sequels. This game was made in memory of Tae Min Kim, who was part of Naughty Dog when they developed Way of the Warrior (1994) for the 3DO console. When Naughty Dog came up with main character's title, the marketing executives wanted Naughty Dog to use other names for the main character. Crash Bandicoot prevailed after Naughty Dog threatened to drop the project. There was a difficult variant of the level "Slippery Climb" that was called "Stormy Ascent". It was taken out due to being too difficult. However, it can still be played in a mostly complete version with a Gameshark, as the Bonus Level wasn't coded in, getting the bonus tokens will crash the game. The game was later implemented in "Crash Bandicoot N. Same Trilogy" as a downloadable DLC. Originally, a traditionally-animated sequence was meant to serve as the game's intro. However, despite being finished, it went unused and replaced with a completely different intro, using the game engine graphics instead. The unused sequence can be found online. During development, Crash Bandicoot was codenamed "The Sonic's Ass Game", since the camera always points to the characters back side. The character Dr. Neo Cortex's name is a play on the word "neocortex", a section of the brain. The character Dr. Nitrus Brio (aka Dr. N. Brio)'s name is a play on the word "embryo", an early stage of an organism. Crash Bandicoot was originally a wombat. His name was Willy the Wombat and he went through various designs before his final one. The design process at Naughty Dog was handled by Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin. Charles Zembillas and Joe Pearson were then hired to help out with the character designs. Originally, Tiny Tiger was going to be in the game but was cut due to technological restraints. Along with Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, they are the only games where Aku Aku has no participation in the story and only speaks when he is summoned or when Crash is hit. Crash was named after his tendency to break crates. Crash Bandicoot was purposely designed to have no neck. This was to make his geometry less complicated for the designers. Even though Tawna was removed from the sequels, in Crash: Mind Over Mutant, a poster of a bandicoot who greatly resembles Tawna is seen on Crash's bedroom wall, which may show that Crash still has concern for her. The original instruction booklet lists Aku-Aku as "Witch Doctor Mask". In the Japanese version of this game and the next original two, every time Crash breaks open an Aku-Aku crate, Aku-Aku will give advice to the player on how to play the game. The game is considered the unofficial pet of Playstation despite the fact that Crash Bandicoot belongs to Universal Interactive Studio As in 1996 (the year in which the game was released) there were no analogs, when using these controls in the game it feels like Crash skates. In Uncharted 4, the level Boulders is playable as part of an Easter egg as well the original Crash game of PS1 at the epilogue. The game serves as a competition against Nintendo "Super Mario" and Sega "Sonic The Hedgehog" According to an animated beta intro that would be used in the game, Ripper Roo would be white, and the brothers Komodo and Tiny Tiger would appear. Along with Crash Bash in Japanese version and Crash Team Racing, they are the only games where in the endings or in the credits it is mentioned what happened to the characters. (In this case, the bosses of the game appear at the end and it is told what happened) Brendan O'Brien is the only actor voice in this game that made every character voices (Crash Bandicoot,Neo Cortex,N.Brio The famous Ripper Roo iconic laugh was taken from two movies: Lady and the Tramp and Tourist Trap. If you die after you reached a checkpoint, you need to restart the level to get the gem because all boxes you break respawn. This was fixed in other Crash Bandicoot games. Tawna was originally going to be named Karmen during development. Cortex was originally going to appear in cutscenes throughout the game and break the fourth wall talking to the audience on how he hates the clichés he embodies. In every game, Crash never speaks a word of English. However, if you watch this game's intro where Crash escapes Dr. Cortex's castle, Crash says, "uh-oh".
Man, i played all three on my Psone when i was a child and i'd have to say that this is the most platform heavy out of them all and for me the most memorable because of its difficulty. The foggy bridge level was the biggest pain to get past for me. Nonetheless this game introduced me to an entirely new platforming world and it was fun to complete them all 100%
I've just recently heard - Crash Bandicoot is going to be in the next Skylanders game... for the PS4 version. Only a few people I know of dislike this.
Tell me about it. I chose it knowing exactly what it would do to my integrity. Some say it defines me as immature. I say it defines me as having a sense of humour.
I think the original Crash Bandicoot is a really good game… when you aren’t going for 100% completion. It’s a hard game just playing normally but going for 100% on the PS1 version is one of the most painful video game experiences
Excellent Review! Not as long as the previous ones, which doesn't detract from the overall quality of the review. Well done. I hope that these shorter reviews take you less time overall so you can finish them at a faster rate. Keep it up, Johnny!
I love john's videos. It's gaming channels like these that make me want to make youtube videos. I do let's Plays, and he does reviews but I still see inspiration for a new channel. Thanks for the inspiration!
I got all 3 games from PSN because of a sale ($3 in total). So far I'm up to the 2nd game but holy shit I can literally smell the nostalgia as I'm playing.
Just a quick note. When you die, you do get to keep the boxes, but you don't get to go to the "box check screen" after clearing the level. That's why you can't get the gem.
+Josuke Higashikata yes, yes it is. You wouldn't be able to see it, but it's captioned "It was me, Diego!" (Bit ironic considering there's already a Diego Brando). See, I'm half Mexican, and I love JoJo's so I thought that it could fit for me.
2:05 now that was a funny little cut. I know in earlier videos you said your humor skits would come off as corny, but that was really simple, really well done. Do more like that.
Holy fuck man I'm so excited you covered this game. Crash bandicoot was literally the base of my main childhood games. I had the racing game of it, and another one with story mode where u could run
I only had 3 games for the PS1. This game, Hercules and Croc (Possible sub title here). My god i played those so much. I couldn't read at the time, so i always called Crash for "The man who spins on boxes and crabs"
Great review as always, Johnny. You are a way past cool guy. I hope I get to meet you someday. Also, your Vs. Playstation review is making me rethink my personal experiences with the PS1 in a good way.
Crash Bandicoot... oddly enough, I was familiar with Crash since Twinsanity, but never played a Crash game until summer of 2013. The first game was the last one I completed, and holy shit, was it hard. I was spoiled from Crash 2 and 3, so going back to the original without the slide, double jump, and Crash Dash felt odd. Regardless, I played the game, and it was okay for the most part. My main issue is the Gem collecting. I hate the Gems in this game, and this is the only time I never got all of the Gems. I've only played Crash 1-3, and games like CTR, Wrath of Cortex, and Twinsanity are in my future line up, and from what I've played of the series, I really like Crash Bandicoot. My favorite game in that series is Warped, mainly because of the power ups Crash gets. Oh, double jump, how I love you so! :)
I know I'm getting my information from wikis and UA-cam, but I was under the impression that Naughty Dog never owned Crash Bandicoot and that Naughty Dog was simply allowed to create four games. I've even heard some people claim that Naughty Dog was supposed to make THREE games, instead of four, but they were allowed to make Crash Team Racing. Oh, and thank you so much for covering the PS1 Crash games. I've never played this one, but my older sister and I *LOVED* Crash 2 and 3.
joão carlos You can tell what the improvements are after playing Crash 2/3 but to be honest, the slightly more 'slippery' or 'heavy' controls can be gotten used to. Mastering them is the trick to achieving 100%. Once you adjust, the controls feel perfectly fine, just takes a bit of practice to learn what not to do. xD
I 100% this game for the first time a couple weeks ago! Man, that was not easy, but there was only a few levels that really gave me trouble. Fumbling in the Dark, I'm lookin' at you!
I've completed this game so many times it's not that difficult to me anymore. Easy to do in one sitting. Or used to. Haven't played PS1 versions after 2018.
If my memory serves me - about getting gems and stuff - if you die half way through the level, and then backtrack to get the other respawned boxes, it actually doesn't count anyway! If you get to the end of a stage without dying, Crash jumps in the air and goes to the 'box counting' screen - but dying even once and getting to the end causes Crash to sigh in relief and go straight back to the map. Doesn't matter if you backtrack. Die once, no 'box counting' screen. I found that out the hard way.
If memory serves, anyway!
*****
Damn it, Manuel!
Caddy, why are you suddenly commenting on Johnny's videos?
Are you.....hinting at something?
You shmuk, where is our spyro retrospective???
Oh MAN, I completely forgot about that! I'm so used to resetting the stage after dying just once that I forgot one of the main reasons why I did so in the first place. Thank you dude.
This game is hard!
That drum clip was perfect.
2:05 BEST. THING. EVER
THANK YOU, & GOODNIGHT!!!
ENCORE.
As a musician, you love to see it. 😂
Lol I love the dancing at 4:26!
What are you doing here! I love your channel!
2:06 One of the best Johnny moments ever!
That dance at 4:24 is so funny. I would have never thought to dance like that to the Aku Aku song lmao.
laughed so hard at that.
He looks paranoid because he's scared of boulders and traps...
Along with bears, dinosaurs and other mutants, not to mention mad scientists
This video was crate
I thought I told you to go to your room.
I know I already asked a but I have to know because it's so good do you have billy hatcher!?
+SomecallmeJohnny Lonely Goomba doesn't have a room, he's stuck between two pipes
+Bryan A. and he is going to play his video game for the rest of his life.
Finnny funny XD
Dude, your videos are so frickin' awesome! So entertaining to watch. And I especially like that you do so many of the platforming types of titles, since those are my favorites. THANK YOU!!
4:28-4:30
This needs to be a gif :D
I suggest you try to use your audio equipment as 'linear' as possible. The jump from 1:05 quality to 1:15 quality made it seem like your first microphone wasn't up to par (Though your second microphone sounds great! Is it a Yeti?) It you could find a way to use that second microphone throughout your videos, it would probably increase the overall quality. Still a great video overall, as always!
The Microphone in the beginning comes from the camera itself, I don't have one of those clip-on mikes, nor do I have a high-end camera. Maybe in a few hundred years.
But the second Mike is a Samson C01U, which I plan on replacing sometime this year. Thanks for watching Sunny. :)
It's all good! Your videos are still obviously nice and well edited, the quality is well above average UA-cam. If you are ever interested in buying a good camera with a quality built in mic you might want to check Craigslist for a Canon Rebel. T3i, or T2i (they're the same thing, one has an adjustable screen). Sometimes you can get them as low as $250. Happy filming!
+ReDxcOsMiKz93 that rimshot was freakin epic!
Sir, you have COMPLETELY nailed the frustration of 100% completing the game because of the checkpoints. It's exactly the same frustration you get in Yoshi's Island.
Sonic's A$$ game:
Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric
*cough* Sonic '06 *cough*
Anibal Morales Oh yeah! I change my mind then! Sorry!
Fire & Ice is a thing. Dear God...
+Spidertendo 64 nah sonic 06 is better
+Spidertendo 64 Sonic CD or Sonic Colors
Man, it's kinda funny that about a year ago I actually did video reviews for the Crash Trilogy, and now a year later one of my fav Video Game Reviewers and LPers finally got to do a review of Crash too! Seriously, great job on this one Johnny. =)
(btw I love that little Drum Fill Segment near the beginning)
Wow, this came out fast!
gottagofast
hopefully he does the sly cooper series as well *****
well to be fair this is a short game and hes not recording much like the ps1 review when he had to find/obtain and record a bunch of games, editing takes time yes but only if your making fancy edits like johns hilarious animations instead of inserting a movie clip like "thank you and goodnight"
Jak Saward was that a Sonic X reference?
adolfhipster97 That would be cool.
Crash Bandicoot is turning 20 this year.
1996 - 2016
Awesome! Hopefully they do a 20th anniversary
+DaJoshy Crash Bandicoot died years ago friendo.
Ripley Johnson its the anniversary. they have to revive him
Carl Bloke Well get the shovel then, we got an old ass corpse to dig up.
Ripley Johnson yep
Used to play this with my friends as a child, had a "hand over the controller on death" rule. Managed a zero death run.
While I did ask this on your Playstation review already... are you gonna review the Spyro the Dragon games for PS1?
Crash was like Sony's Mario.
It's a shame he never survived, It seems cutscene heavy games with barely any gameplay is Sony's new mascot.
Heavy Rain, Uncharted, and the Last of Us.
Helvetica Neue
Uncharted? Fucking Uncharted? What do you want, no cutscenes at all?
What games are "cutscene heavy with barely any gameplay"
Darkstar
Yeah, I play games for their gameplay, not so I look at a pretty background when I go from point A to point B to get to the next cutscene.
Helvetica Neue Just curious: what genres of games do you like? Judging from this comment, you don't like a lot of games. You ALWAYS go from point A to point B in games.
Especially in linear platformers like these.
One of your best, John. Up there with SA1, 06, and MP3C for me. As far as I'm concerned, you're only improving with time, so I'm looking forward to your next two vids with joyously high expectations.
Crash has always been one of my favourite series alongside the Sonic-series and Mario-series, glad to see he finally gets his place on the best channel. :) I feel like you only review games i like, and no other channel has entertained me as much as this. I just watched your classic Sonic-reviews last year, i hit the subscribe-button, and i never regret the first time i clicked on one of your videos. I know you most likely wont see this comment, but thank you for making great reviews! :D
Oh hell yeah! This is going to be freaking epic!
i remember seeing your vids way back, like years. the black tyranno boss video on chrono trigger helped me so much. thank you saved me frustration.
Well hell yeah.
Fredrick Lucero Yep. Thank you Frederick. I appreciate it.
***** It's so ironic that i always see you jose and ***** . We're TheMegaManDatsWassupFormer Posse xD
Instead of just doing a Crash marathon, could you do a Naughty Dog marathon? First the Crash trilogy, then the Jak trilogy, followed by the Uncharted trilogy, and finally The Last of Us.
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! :DDDDDDDDDDDD
will personaly i like this idea thats quite a ammount of games but i wouldent mind it
Fantastic idea!
That would take waaaay too long. He has not even done that with Metroid, his favorite franchise period.
yeah thats my midset on this
Bahaha I laughed a little too hard at the "sonic's ass" part LOL
2:02 And I'm sure that you would know which games would be worthy of that title?
"hey, you wanna play sonics ass game?"
"sure, *which one?*"
*BUDUM TSS*
06
sonic secret rings (i like its story though, the gameplay is just slippery at times. still *kinda* fun though)
Thank you and good night!
sonic labyrinth.
secret rings or labyrinth?
This little orange guy is a big part of my childhood. Crash 1 was the first PS1 game I've ever played.
2:09, might be the greatest moment in SomeCallMeJohnny history. Very nice.
That was an amazing rimshot.
"Specially marked boxes"
I never thought about that phrasing until now, and it's hilarious.
Hmmm, Johnny's PSN icon is of Bentley from the Sly Cooper series. I think he enjoyed doing that voice a little bit much....
Crash Bandicoot was my childhood hero. All I ever really played on PS1. So glad you're doing a marathon on these wonderful games.
I never beat the first Crash until I bought it again a few years back. Back when I was younger, I found it a scary game, especially Tawna's in-game model with that huge smile. The sequels are where the series really shines.
2:04 Best part!
Oh my god Johnny I swear to god you're one of the first to pronounce Aku Aku correctly. I keep watching other UA-camrs, but for one reason or another they have very weird ways of pronouncing his name. So props to you man.
It's probably just accents. Like english accents make it sound like Ahku Ahku
Us Finns have just a dull way of pronouncing it.
GREAT! start to the Crash Bandicoot marathon Johnny.
Fun fact: as we'll see at Crash 2's intro, the regular ending of Crash 1 is considered canon because Cortex is seen falling from his hoverboard, whereas the 100% ending claims that Cortex disappeared. However, the 100% ending does state what happened to the game's bosses after Crash rescued Tawna. While it's unknown whether or not most of these aftermath stories are true, Ripper Roo's aftermath has some truth to it. He got "cured" of his madness and went on to become a writer (Dr. Roo), which can be seen in Crash 2.
This is still a very good game today. I still prefer Super Mario 64 over Crash 1, but its still good. The only big flaw besides the depth perception is requiring players to complete the bonus level to save.
It's really nice seeing you reviewing the Crash Bandicoot franchise Johnny, can't wait for the Crash 2 review!
Sonic's Ass Game... Well played Naughty Dog.
I love coming back to these Johnny Vs videos, I love retro gaming and honestly I'm basing my channel around that in the future and i for one was wondering which crash game outta the 3 was johnny's favorite but I'm watching all the videos to find out! Can't wait to go down memory lane!
Now I know what codename Clement will give to Sonic '06.
Doesn't he already call it SA3?...
Technically that was what he thought it should've been called.
This is probably your best review yet Johnny! I loved the background info you gave and felt it added to the review. Keep up the excellent work!
While Im sure you will review Jak sometime so Im not gonna ask about that, have you played the games yet Johnny?
Great review my friend, just as you convinced me to get into metroid Im hoping this series will do the same.
John, you are probably now, my favorite UA-camr to date, covering everything I like, doing Let's Plays over all the games I like, you are absolutely amazing...!!!!
CRASH IS BACK, BABYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Inkwell there has never been a better day to be on this sweet green beautiful planet of ours earth!
Great review man! Crash Bandicoot is my favorite franchise of all time and I wish a new Crash game would come out.
1:00 this aged like a fine wine
4:24 OMG ME TOO I LOVED THAT THEME
2:02 Another nickname for Sonic 06!
And Sonic 2 MS
Giordan Diodato Wait? That's a bad game?
RafaGamersProductions Sonic 2 on the Master System. There are 4 bad things about it.
1. It's almost as glitchy as Sonic 06
2. It's EXTREMELY stingy with rings
3. The bosses are annoying because you have no rings
4. If you don't get the best ending... Tails DIES.
Giordan Diodato And there's a zone which has the word 'gimmick' in it.
Giordan Diodato I like the sms versions
Very cool review! Loved that rimshot lol. I was always more into Spyro but I played Crash every now and then too. I always thought it was cool that Crash had unique death animations based on what killed him, that's something you never saw back then or even all that much today.
I love Crash but I always liked Spyro more, who was sort of his brother/rival franchise. Looking forward to you reviewing the other games!
I'd definitely say brothers. There was never really a rivalry between the two, just mutual respect.
So many memories... thank you!
Dat Sonic roast. XD
This game reminds me of Saturday morning cartoons (for some reason). Definitely a fun game. I remember the 2nd one being a big improvement on the first, so I look forward to that review. As far as breaking boxes goes, I no longer have the patience for breaking 1,000 boxes, collecting 100 skulltulas or 120 stars. That collection stuff was an element of early 3D gaming that I got bored with very quickly.
*Sees a new video...*
Welp... there's goes my sleep.
The crates in the game were made to fill in the more boring parts of the levels.
The character of Tawna was initially removed from the series due to some complaints from the marketing director at Universal Interactive Studios. In her point of view, the initial character design for Tawna was too outrageous, so Tawna was re-designed before being built into the game. Naughty Dog thought the ending result was too different from what they had in mind, so she was ultimately removed in the sequels.
This game was made in memory of Tae Min Kim, who was part of Naughty Dog when they developed Way of the Warrior (1994) for the 3DO console.
When Naughty Dog came up with main character's title, the marketing executives wanted Naughty Dog to use other names for the main character. Crash Bandicoot prevailed after Naughty Dog threatened to drop the project.
There was a difficult variant of the level "Slippery Climb" that was called "Stormy Ascent". It was taken out due to being too difficult. However, it can still be played in a mostly complete version with a Gameshark, as the Bonus Level wasn't coded in, getting the bonus tokens will crash the game. The game was later implemented in "Crash Bandicoot N. Same Trilogy" as a downloadable DLC.
Originally, a traditionally-animated sequence was meant to serve as the game's intro. However, despite being finished, it went unused and replaced with a completely different intro, using the game engine graphics instead. The unused sequence can be found online.
During development, Crash Bandicoot was codenamed "The Sonic's Ass Game", since the camera always points to the characters back side.
The character Dr. Neo Cortex's name is a play on the word "neocortex", a section of the brain.
The character Dr. Nitrus Brio (aka Dr. N. Brio)'s name is a play on the word "embryo", an early stage of an organism.
Crash Bandicoot was originally a wombat.
His name was Willy the Wombat and he went through various designs before his final one. The design process at Naughty Dog was handled by Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin. Charles Zembillas and Joe Pearson were then hired to help out with the character designs.
Originally, Tiny Tiger was going to be in the game but was cut due to technological restraints.
Along with Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, they are the only games where Aku Aku has no participation in the story and only speaks when he is summoned or when Crash is hit.
Crash was named after his tendency to break crates.
Crash Bandicoot was purposely designed to have no neck. This was to make his geometry less complicated for the designers.
Even though Tawna was removed from the sequels, in Crash: Mind Over Mutant, a poster of a bandicoot who greatly resembles Tawna is seen on Crash's bedroom wall, which may show that Crash still has concern for her.
The original instruction booklet lists Aku-Aku as "Witch Doctor Mask".
In the Japanese version of this game and the next original two, every time Crash breaks open an Aku-Aku crate, Aku-Aku will give advice to the player on how to play the game.
The game is considered the unofficial pet of Playstation despite the fact that Crash Bandicoot belongs to Universal Interactive Studio
As in 1996 (the year in which the game was released) there were no analogs, when using these controls in the game it feels like Crash skates.
In Uncharted 4, the level Boulders is playable as part of an Easter egg as well the original Crash game of PS1 at the epilogue.
The game serves as a competition against Nintendo "Super Mario" and Sega "Sonic The Hedgehog"
According to an animated beta intro that would be used in the game, Ripper Roo would be white, and the brothers Komodo and Tiny Tiger would appear.
Along with Crash Bash in Japanese version and Crash Team Racing, they are the only games where in the endings or in the credits it is mentioned what happened to the characters. (In this case, the bosses of the game appear at the end and it is told what happened)
Brendan O'Brien is the only actor voice in this game that made every character voices (Crash Bandicoot,Neo Cortex,N.Brio
The famous Ripper Roo iconic laugh was taken from two movies: Lady and the Tramp and Tourist Trap.
If you die after you reached a checkpoint, you need to restart the level to get the gem because all boxes you break respawn. This was fixed in other Crash Bandicoot games.
Tawna was originally going to be named Karmen during development.
Cortex was originally going to appear in cutscenes throughout the game and break the fourth wall talking to the audience on how he hates the clichés he embodies.
In every game, Crash never speaks a word of English. However, if you watch this game's intro where Crash escapes Dr. Cortex's castle, Crash says, "uh-oh".
Is it me, or does this game look better than I remember?
It could be because he's recording from his PS3, so the quality will look better than it looked from a late 90's CRT.
Ps3 has a smoothing factor
This was hilarious!
Made my night :3
Johnny: Thank you! :D Annnnd goodnight~! *ba-dum-tish mic drop walkaway* x) ^_^
Will you ever review Ratchet and Clank 1, 2 and 3?
Man, i played all three on my Psone when i was a child and i'd have to say that this is the most platform heavy out of them all and for me the most memorable because of its difficulty. The foggy bridge level was the biggest pain to get past for me. Nonetheless this game introduced me to an entirely new platforming world and it was fun to complete them all 100%
I've just recently heard - Crash Bandicoot is going to be in the next Skylanders game... for the PS4 version. Only a few people I know of dislike this.
Plus remakes of Crash 1,2, and 3
2:05
Damn you SGB, my sides hurt so much because of that.
KEEP DOING IT PLEASE.
Any thoughts on the N. Sane Trilogy, Johnny?
Tell me about it. I chose it knowing exactly what it would do to my integrity. Some say it defines me as immature. I say it defines me as having a sense of humour.
Crash's Underwear He actually just uploaded it.
I think the original Crash Bandicoot is a really good game… when you aren’t going for 100% completion. It’s a hard game just playing normally but going for 100% on the PS1 version is one of the most painful video game experiences
Can we get a spyro marathon please?
Oussama Okbi We probably won't since he doesn't like Sypro.
@@godofwar234regi5 Its not that he doesn't like Spyro. He just didn't play it yet.
Excellent Review! Not as long as the previous ones, which doesn't detract from the overall quality of the review. Well done. I hope that these shorter reviews take you less time overall so you can finish them at a faster rate. Keep it up, Johnny!
heh, admittingly I hope he reviews the Spyro the Dragon trilogy!
I love john's videos. It's gaming channels like these that make me want to make youtube videos. I do let's Plays, and he does reviews but I still see inspiration for a new channel. Thanks for the inspiration!
Now that you've done Crash…We. Need. Spyro. hahaXD
Johnny has reached Bro level for being a fan of Crash. :D
Nice review. I've only played the third game, though.
Play the second on an emulator! It's great!
I've only played the second.
I got all 3 games from PSN because of a sale ($3 in total). So far I'm up to the 2nd game but holy shit I can literally smell the nostalgia as I'm playing.
I LOVE the 3rd one!
I absolutely loved the "thank you and good night line." so much.
I want a new Crash game! *cries* Also good video!
SomecallmeJohnny, always improves at proving points, specific details, and overall making awesome reviews. Thank you John Ortiz. Forever...
I bought a ps1 for spyro
spyro ftw
I got a PlayStation 1 for both Spyro and Crash
Just a quick note. When you die, you do get to keep the boxes, but you don't get to go to the "box check screen" after clearing the level. That's why you can't get the gem.
That's a negative good sir, I checked. The boxes behind the checkpoint respawn when you die.
I just checked myself and you are right. I guess we should check things we think are true from our childhoods huh? Thanks for responding.
Hi Josh! Y'know me? I think you do ;)
Thomas Joosten Yes, you're Fsawks #1 fan.
What do you mean, his #1 fan? JK I actually am sorta. I am a #1 fan of a lot of people ;)
C R A S H I S B A C K B O Y S
:D
As a Skylanders character.
*TRIGGERED*
Is that DIO in a Mexican getup
+Josuke Higashikata yes, yes it is. You wouldn't be able to see it, but it's captioned "It was me, Diego!" (Bit ironic considering there's already a Diego Brando). See, I'm half Mexican, and I love JoJo's so I thought that it could fit for me.
HES BACK REALLY CRASH IS BACK!!!!!!!!!
I remember being impressed by the graphics back when this game was first released, and that's about as far as my admiration went.
2:02 well thats something new
2:05 now that was a funny little cut. I know in earlier videos you said your humor skits would come off as corny, but that was really simple, really well done. Do more like that.
bring back the ratings!
Holy fuck man I'm so excited you covered this game. Crash bandicoot was literally the base of my main childhood games. I had the racing game of it, and another one with story mode where u could run
I think my first PS1 game was Spyro the Dragon
my first videogame was Crash Bandicoot 1, 2, 3, Team Racing and Bash, then Spyro
My first ps1 game was Batman & Robin...
You poor...poor soul
I only had 3 games for the PS1. This game, Hercules and Croc (Possible sub title here). My god i played those so much. I couldn't read at the time, so i always called Crash for "The man who spins on boxes and crabs"
Apple Stormy that should've been the actual title
This marathon was 6 years ago? God damn, I loved watching these as they dropped lol
Crash 1 is HAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDD
Yeah, I know it's nowhere near as hard as Castlevania 3. I just wanted to reference the Castlevania 3 review. :P
you mean the must challenging one
Getting those boxes is like getting the rings in the special stages from Sonic 2!
if 2 is not up by tomorrow I will be very disappointed
Why?
U mad bro XD
its not
Excellent review Johnny!
Wait Elliot plays the drums?
***** oh yeah
Loved this video as the first 3 original Crash Bandicoot games are my favourite game series!! Love these games so much :)
If I remember your last review right, you also forgot Spyro.
Great review as always, Johnny. You are a way past cool guy. I hope I get to meet you someday. Also, your Vs. Playstation review is making me rethink my personal experiences with the PS1 in a good way.
Crash Bandicoot... oddly enough, I was familiar with Crash since Twinsanity, but never played a Crash game until summer of 2013. The first game was the last one I completed, and holy shit, was it hard. I was spoiled from Crash 2 and 3, so going back to the original without the slide, double jump, and Crash Dash felt odd. Regardless, I played the game, and it was okay for the most part. My main issue is the Gem collecting. I hate the Gems in this game, and this is the only time I never got all of the Gems. I've only played Crash 1-3, and games like CTR, Wrath of Cortex, and Twinsanity are in my future line up, and from what I've played of the series, I really like Crash Bandicoot. My favorite game in that series is Warped, mainly because of the power ups Crash gets. Oh, double jump, how I love you so! :)
It's the other way around for me, I could never get all the gems in the other games. But this one I could.
I know I'm getting my information from wikis and UA-cam, but I was under the impression that Naughty Dog never owned Crash Bandicoot and that Naughty Dog was simply allowed to create four games. I've even heard some people claim that Naughty Dog was supposed to make THREE games, instead of four, but they were allowed to make Crash Team Racing.
Oh, and thank you so much for covering the PS1 Crash games. I've never played this one, but my older sister and I *LOVED* Crash 2 and 3.
I should try this game sometime. Havent played a Crash game in like 9 years o_O
***** Yeah, Ive heard of its flaws. Im gonna play it again sometime though!
joão carlos You can tell what the improvements are after playing Crash 2/3 but to be honest, the slightly more 'slippery' or 'heavy' controls can be gotten used to. Mastering them is the trick to achieving 100%. Once you adjust, the controls feel perfectly fine, just takes a bit of practice to learn what not to do. xD
All I can say is, I can't wait for your review on the sequels. Love, love, LOVE, Crash Bandicoot.
Johnny you are fantastic!
2:04
The joke: -_- Seriously?
The rimshot and the "Thank you and goodnight": XD XD XD XD XD XD
I 100% this game for the first time a couple weeks ago! Man, that was not easy, but there was only a few levels that really gave me trouble. Fumbling in the Dark, I'm lookin' at you!
What about slipery climb, I have the nsane trilogy version and I am still stuck in that level
I've completed this game so many times it's not that difficult to me anymore. Easy to do in one sitting. Or used to. Haven't played PS1 versions after 2018.
I remember this game. My brother got it and we played it. Brings back my childhood. Great review :) I love if you do more crash games. :)