Crash Bandicoot is the name of a video game series developed by the firm Naughty Dog and published by Sony for Playstation. The first game of the Crash Bandiccot's adventures was released in 1996 and more than 6 millions copies were sold worldwide.

The eponymous hero of the game is Crash Bandicoot, a genetically modified Australian marsupial created by the doctor Neo Cortex. Cortex performs genetic experimentations on animals, in his laboratory located on a island next to Australia. But after creating Crash, he abandoned him because he esteemed Crash was beneath him.

In the first episode of the game series, Crash, after being dropped on a desert island, wants to come back to Cortex's laboratory so as to set Tawna (a bandicoot female) free. Then the player has to help Crash cross the three Wumpa islands, divided into 32 levels, and each island is protected by a boss so as to prevent Crash from achieving his goal.

Six sequels to this first game were released. Besides many other based on the characters of the series were also released such as kart games like Crash team Racing, or party games.
Throughout the series, new characters appear, such as his sister Coco, or his evil double Crunch.