Crash Bandicoot is a platform game developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation. Released initially in 1996, it is the first entry into the Crash Bandicoot series. This game starts the series with Crash Bandicoot being experimented on by Doctor Neo Cortex and his assistant Doctor Nitrus Brio to become the latest addition to Cortex's animal army created from enslaved animals across the Wumpa Islands. After the failed experiment, Crash escapes and resolves to save his captured girlfriend, fellow bandicoot Tawna. The game was emulated on the PlayStation Network on December 4th 2006, allowing it to be played on the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3. The game has sold 6.82 million copies globally since its original release.
A complete remaster of the game was released alongside Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot: Warped as part of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.
Canoncity
The verse is an entire multiverse where all of the old games took place in an alternate timeline, these include: Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Crash Team Racing, Crash Bash, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure, Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced, Crash Bandicoot Purple: Purple: Ripto's Rampage, Crash Twinsanity, Crash Nitro Kart, Crash Boom Bang!, Crash Tag Team Racing, Crash of the Titans, & Crash: Mind over Mutant. For the new timeline, the games currently included are: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy & Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. Meanwhile games like Crash on the Run takes place at the center of the multiverse.
Power of the Verse
Original Timeline
The original timeline of Crash Bandicoot is surprisingly strong, with characters having Metropolis level to Large Island level AP, with Supersonic+ travel speed & Massively Hypersonic reactions. The verse is also impressive with technology and items, having dimensional travelling devices to even devices that hack brains, and it also contains mystical power sources like Crystals and Gems.
New Timeline
Unlike the old timeline a lot of the primary characters are around Wall level in AP. This also applies to their speed which is Supersonic+.