Crash Bandicoot

1996 platform video game
VideoGame video_game Q719176
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Summary

Crash Bandicoot is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,535 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Jason Rubin[3]
  • Composer: Josh Mancell[4]
  • Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment[5]
  • Genre: 3D platform game[6]
  • Developer: Naughty Dog[7]
  • Part of the series: Crash Bandicoot[8]
  • Inventory number: SCES-00344[9], SCPS-10031[10], SCUS-94900[11]
  • Part of: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy[12]
  • Commons category: Crash Bandicoot[13]
  • Platform: PlayStation (console)[14], Microsoft Windows[15]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[16]
  • Language of work or name: English[17], Japanese[18]
  • Distribution format: optical disc[19]
  • Input device: PlayStation controller[20]
  • Country of origin: United States[21]
  • Publication date: September 9, 1996[22], November 1, 1996[23], December 6, 1996[24]
  • Characters: Crash Bandicoot[25], Doctor Neo Cortex[26], Nitrus Brio[27], Ripper Roo[28], Koala Kong[29], Tawna[30]
  • Distributed by: Vivendi Games[31], PlayStation Store[32]
  • Narrative location: Australia[33]
  • ESRB rating: Kids to Adults[34]
  • CERO rating: A (All ages)[35]
  • Official website: http://www.naughtydog.com/crash/[36]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 3[37]
  • USK rating: USK 6[38]
  • Programmer: Andy Gavin[39]

Why It Matters

Crash Bandicoot has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Matthias M. · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk rating → USK 6, USK 6
    Characters → Crash Bandicoot, Doctor Neo Cortex, Nitrus Brio +3
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Usk rating: USK 6"
  2. 18d ago · ~2026-53422-25 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 36
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'he',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Characters: Crash Bandicoot"
  3. 4w ago · Leandro Di Renzo · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vgmdb product id → 12520
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Vgmdb product id: 12520"
  4. 5w ago · Jakub Vrána · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Databáze her video game id → 13379
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54523|batch #54523]]: Databáze her representative"
  5. 11w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk id → 2006
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Usk id: 2006, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142815940|Crash Bandicoot (#142815940)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'n'match"
  6. 18w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → video game
    Part of the series → Crash Bandicoot
    Set in environment → fictional island
    Game mode → single-player video game
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Games/Crash_Bandicoot, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293310764|Crash Bandicoot (#293310764)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8000|‎"
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