Red Silvers
Pokemon Red w/ 1 Nidoran
(Thread migrated from old forum! Pardon our dust!
In the 16-bit era, there was a major rivalry. Nintendo and Sega... Mario and Sonic. Sure, these two alone didn't define the era, but they were the big name mascots and they were prime examples of what their systems could bring.
In the following era of gaming, the Sony PlayStation was a surprising powerhouse, competing against the Nintendo 64 and Sega Saturn. And while Sony didn't have an official mascot, they did have one that was an unofficial one... Crash Bandicoot.
Naughty Dog released a platforming trio staring the ditzy bandicoot, and then as their swan song with Crash, they made a kart racer, one that was competing with the likes of Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing. Mario invented the kart racer, but could someone else improve upon it? It's subjective, of course, but I will say that I enjoyed CTR more than Mario Kart 64 (though I still greatly enjoyed that game). You see, in those days, a young Red really, really, REALLY wanted a Nintendo 64, and one fateful Christmas... received a PlayStation. It was some time before I got an N64 of my own, instead getting in bits and pieces of time with the included game Crash Bandicoot 2.
While I never played the original Crash Bandicoot game, the other three games were some of my favorite games of the time. But after Naughty Dog was no longer involved in the series, things got a bit more awkward. The quality of the games dropped quite a bit and while there are some hidden gems here and there, the brand was not the powerhouse it was.
Fast forward to this gaming generation, and Crash came back with a vengeance. The original trilogy remade with modern flair to great fanfare... and then CTR was remade as well. But they didn't just remake the game, they added on to it. They added all the tracks from the PS2 sequel, Crash Nitro Kart. They added more characters. And they added new tracks. The Grand Prix system gradually added more and more and more content. At the time of this posting, the game has just started its final Grand Prix.
In honor of this, I decided to play through the original version for the PlayStation.
In the 16-bit era, there was a major rivalry. Nintendo and Sega... Mario and Sonic. Sure, these two alone didn't define the era, but they were the big name mascots and they were prime examples of what their systems could bring.
In the following era of gaming, the Sony PlayStation was a surprising powerhouse, competing against the Nintendo 64 and Sega Saturn. And while Sony didn't have an official mascot, they did have one that was an unofficial one... Crash Bandicoot.
Naughty Dog released a platforming trio staring the ditzy bandicoot, and then as their swan song with Crash, they made a kart racer, one that was competing with the likes of Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing. Mario invented the kart racer, but could someone else improve upon it? It's subjective, of course, but I will say that I enjoyed CTR more than Mario Kart 64 (though I still greatly enjoyed that game). You see, in those days, a young Red really, really, REALLY wanted a Nintendo 64, and one fateful Christmas... received a PlayStation. It was some time before I got an N64 of my own, instead getting in bits and pieces of time with the included game Crash Bandicoot 2.
While I never played the original Crash Bandicoot game, the other three games were some of my favorite games of the time. But after Naughty Dog was no longer involved in the series, things got a bit more awkward. The quality of the games dropped quite a bit and while there are some hidden gems here and there, the brand was not the powerhouse it was.
Fast forward to this gaming generation, and Crash came back with a vengeance. The original trilogy remade with modern flair to great fanfare... and then CTR was remade as well. But they didn't just remake the game, they added on to it. They added all the tracks from the PS2 sequel, Crash Nitro Kart. They added more characters. And they added new tracks. The Grand Prix system gradually added more and more and more content. At the time of this posting, the game has just started its final Grand Prix.
In honor of this, I decided to play through the original version for the PlayStation.