This page details one or more prototype versions of Crash Bandicoot.
Two demos of the game were made available during development. Three full prototypes of the game were released.
Sub-Pages
| April 8th, 1996 build A preview version dated around three months before the final build. A copy of the original SCEA disc was made by some magazine staff before the loaned disc was returned to SCEA. |
| May 11th, 1996 build This version was first playable at E3 1996 and was later repurposed as a preview, sent out by SCEA and SCEE for preview purposes. It is the first of two pre-release builds to be distributed by SCEE, from a black label disc labeled "V3.44". It was also sold as a bootleg copy. |
| Jungle Rollers Demo (PAL) The playable demo of the game found on many demo compilation discs, released in Europe and Austraila. |
|
---|
PlayStation | Crash Bandicoot (Prototypes) • Cortex Strikes Back (Prototypes) • Warped (Prototypes) |
PlayStation 2 | The Wrath of Cortex (Prototypes) • Crash Twinsanity (Prototypes) • Crash of the Titans • Mind Over Mutant |
Xbox | The Wrath of Cortex (Prototypes) • Crash Twinsanity (Prototypes) |
Xbox 360, Wii | Crash of the Titans • Mind Over Mutant (Prototype) |
GameCube | The Wrath of Cortex (Prototypes) |
Game Boy Advance | The Huge Adventure • N-Tranced • Crash of the Titans |
PlayStation Portable | Mind Over Mutant • Crash of the Titans |
PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows | N. Sane Trilogy • It's About Time • Crash Team Rumble |
PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X | It's About Time • Crash Team Rumble |
Android, iOS | On The Run! (Older Versions) |
|
Racing Games |
PlayStation | Crash Team Racing (Prototypes) |
GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2 | Crash Nitro Kart (Prototypes) • Crash Tag Team Racing (Prototypes) |
Game Boy Advance | Crash Nitro Kart |
PlayStation Portable | Crash Tag Team Racing |
PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch | Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled |
|
Party Games |
PlayStation | Crash Bash (Prototypes) |
Nintendo DS | Crash Boom Bang! |
|
Miscellaneous |
Game Boy Advance | Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage • Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy |
Nintendo DS | Crash Landed (WayForward) (Earlier Prototypes) |
Adobe Flash | Crash and Spyro |
Adobe Shockwave | Crash Nitro Mini Golf |