Crash, allies and Cortex's cast
Meet the figures who drive the original rescue and learn how their roles affect play.
Original 1996 PlayStation release; English NTSC-U/PAL rules. Japanese changes and N. Sane Trilogy are outside this guide.
5 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.
Character directory
Crash Bandicoot
An escaped experiment who jumps, spins and breaks crates on his way back to Cortex's castle.
Aku Aku
The floating mask absorbs enemy contact and grants brief invulnerability when three masks are collected.
Tawna
Crash's fellow bandicoot is held by Cortex. Her tokens lead to bonus rounds that also provide saving opportunities.
Doctor Neo Cortex
Cortex wants an army of mutated animals and waits at the end of Crash's island route.
Doctor Nitrus Brio
Cortex's assistant created the Evolvo-Ray and fights with potions before transforming into a larger creature.
Quick notes
- Crash, Tawna and Aku Aku. Crash is the escaped subject of Cortex and Brio's experiments.
- The scientists at the end of the route. Doctor Neo Cortex directs the plan to create an animal army; Doctor Nitrus Brio created the Evolvo-Ray and acts as his assistant.
- Four distinctive earlier bosses. Papu Papu is the first major encounter, followed later by Ripper Roo, Koala Kong and Pinstripe Potoroo.
Coco belongs to the sequel; the original 1996 story centres on Crash, Tawna, Aku Aku, Cortex and Brio.
Picture details
Game artwork belongs to its respective rights holders.