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Crash Bandicoot

Crash Bandicoot is a licensed platform game developed and published by Tiger Electronics and published by Universal Interactive in North America, released on a handheld dedicated console in 1998. Is the cheap…

31 December 1998

Crash Bandicoot is a video game developed by Tiger Electronics, released 31 December 1998 on Handheld Electronic LCD.

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What Crash Bandicoot is

Crash Bandicoot was developed by Tiger Electronics and released in 1998. It is available on Handheld Electronic LCD only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Crash Bandicoot is a licensed platform game developed and published by Tiger Electronics and published by Universal Interactive in North America, released on a handheld dedicated console in 1998. Is the cheap LCD version of Crash Bandicoot (99X). According to George Fergan, one of the developers of Crash Bandicoot (LCD Tiger game) and Crash (99X), their small team was divided: some people wanted to make Mr. Crumb, while others wanted to make Mr. Crool. The solution came when the team decided to use both characters for two different versions of the game. Mr. Crumb would appear as the main villain in the most powerful version, Tiger 99x. While Mr. Crool would appear as the main villain in the…
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Where it sits in the Crash Bandicoot series

Crash Bandicoot is the fifth of 72 entries we hold in the Crash Bandicoot series. The next entry was Dokodemo Crash-kun in 1999.

See all 72 Crash Bandicoot games in release order →

What it launched against

Crash Bandicoot launched on 31 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999) and Mario Party.

Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party.

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When did Crash Bandicoot come out?
Crash Bandicoot was released on 31 December 1998 for Handheld Electronic LCD.