This is a particularly tough boss to outwit in Crash Bandicoot.
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Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy hands-on: This is one wacky remaster

Crash Bandicoot helped Sony cement the popularity of the original Sony PlayStation. And now the marsupial is coming back in a remastered version for the Sony PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 4 Pro, dubbed The Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. I got some hands-on time with the third game in the trilogy, which debuts on June 30.

Activision and developer Vicarious Visions have re-created the originals with modern graphics in a bid to get nostalgic gamers to plunk down another $40 for the three original titles that started the phenomenon. Back in 1996, Crash Bandicoot saved the PlayStation as it competed against the Nintendo 64 and Super Mario 64. Crash sold more than 6.8 million units, and Sony adopted Crash Bandicoot as its mascot in its TV commercials.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.