Crash Bandicoot was one of the first video games I ever owned. I have only just now actually managed 100% completion.
It’s an interesting game. It’s packed with fun and inventive level designs, and it also manages to pack most of those levels with what can only be described as Pranks. The Pranks themselves aren’t actually of much consequence thanks to the game being generous with checkpoints and even more generous with lives, but that generosity is meaningless when you need a deathless run of a level to get the gem. It puts so much pressure on you that the greatest obstacle often ends up being you just psyching yourself out.
The second biggest obstacle is usually the Literally Fucking Invisible Platforms They Put At The End Of The Level! Hope you’re intimately familiar with your jump arc, chucklenuts!
Anyway game is alright. I think I’ll have a much better time with Crash 2, though.