Each game focuses on the titular protagonist Crash Bandicoot, an anthropomorphic orange bandicoot. Most of the games in the franchise are platform games, although the series also includes other genres such as racing video games, party games and endless runners. Most Crash Bandicoot games have either been platform games or released for Sony consoles and handhelds. The series debuted in 1996 with the Sony PlayStation video game Crash Bandicoot, premiered in North America on September 9, 1996. It is published by Activision, Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games, Konami, Universal Interactive Studios, King, and Sony Computer Entertainment, with entries developed by Polarbit, Toys for Bob, Beenox, Radical Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Traveller's Tales, Eurocom, King and Naughty Dog. Crash Bandicoot is a video game series created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin.
