Crash holding a birthday cake
Crash getting launched on a rocket
Crash with glowing Aku Aku
Japanese Crash promotional artwork
Japanese promo art of Crash running
A Japanese render of Crash
A Japanese render of Crash
A Japanese render of Crash
Aku Aku promotional artwork
Japanese Aku Aku promotional artwork
Cortex promotional artwork
Japanese Cortex promotional artwork
Early Tawna promotional art
Japanese Tawna promotional artwork
Promotional Japanese artwork of Tawna for Crash Bandicoot, seen in The Art of Naughty Dog
N. Brio promotional artwork
Japanese N. Brio promotional artwork
Papu Papu promotional artwork
Papu Papu promotional artwork
Japanese Papu Papu promotional artwork
Ripper Roo promotional artwork
Ripper Roo promotional artwork
Japanese Ripper Roo promotional artwork
Koala Kong promotional artwork
Japanese Koala Kong promotional artwork
Pinstripe Potoroo promotional artwork
Promotional render of Pinstripe Potoroo for Crash Bandicoot, seen in The Art of Naughty Dog
Japanese Pinstripe promotional artwork
Concept artwork featuring most major characters at the time
Concept artwork featuring Crash hanging out with Cortex
Very early concept art for Crash Bandicoot
Early concept art of Crash Bandicoot
Another concept art of Crash
An early concept drawing of Crash Bandicoot
And another concept drawing of Crash
Early concept design of Crash
Early concept art of Crash. At this point in development, he was a wombat named Willie
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Crash from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Rotation of Crash's final design
Concept art of the game's cover art
Early concept art and profile of N. Cortex by David Siller
Early concept art of N. Cortex by David Siller
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
A very early Cortex concept
Early concept art of Cortex
Early concept art of Cortex
Early concept art of Cortex
A concept sketch of Cortex
A concept sketch of Cortex
Concept artwork of Cortex
Concept art of Cortex from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Cortex from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Cortex from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Cortex from The Crash Bandicoot Files
A Christmas-themed holiday card produced by Naughty Dog featuring Neo Cortex
A very early concept of Tawna. At this point in development, she was a wombat named Karmen
A more polished Tawna concept
A more polished Tawna concept
Concept art of Tawna's final design
Concept art of Nitrus Brio from The Crash Bandicoot Files
A Christmas-themed holiday card produced by Naughty Dog, featuring N. Brio
Concept art of Brio in his monster form
Concept art of Brio in his monster form from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Brio in his monster form from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Brio in his monster form from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Aku Aku when he was still human
Early concept art of characters that would become Aku Aku. There would have originally been a "fairy godmother" type character in Aku Aku's role as Crash's guardian
Early concept art of Papu Papu
Early concept art of Papu Papu
Early concept art of Papu Papu
Early concept art of Papu Papu
Concept art for Ripper Roo by Charles Zembillas
Concept art of Ripper Roo from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Ripper Roo from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Ripper Roo from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Early concepts of Koala Kong
Concept art for Koala Kong by Charles Zembillas
Concept art of Koala Kong
Concept art of Koala Kong from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Pinstripe from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of Pinstripe from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Charles Zembillas' concept art for an early version of Komodo Joe, published in The Crash Bandicoot Files
An early concept of Ripper Roo, alongside concepts for the Komodo Brothers
Concept art of an early version of Komodo Joe
Concept art of an early version of Komodo Joe
Concept art of an early version of Komodo Joe
Charles Zembillas' concept art for an early version of Komodo Moe, published in The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of an early version of Komodo Moe from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of an early version of Komodo Moe from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of an early version of Komodo Moe from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of an early version of Tiny, published in The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of an early version of Tiny from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of an early version of Tiny from The Crash Bandicoot Files
Concept art of an early version of Tiny from The Crash Bandicoot Files
An overview from the Crash bible
The original script for the intro from the Crash bible
The original script for the intro from the Crash bible
The original script for the intro from the Crash bible
The original script for the intro from the Crash bible
Crash's bio from the Crash bible
Cortex's bio from the Crash bible
More of Cortex's bio from the Crash bible
N. Brio's bio from the Crash Bible
Tawna's description from the Crash bible
Aku Aku's description from the Crash bible
Ripper Roo's description from the Crash bible
Koala Kong's description from the Crash bible
Pinstripe's description in the Crash bible
Papu Papu's description from the Crash bible
The Komodo Brothers' description from the Crash bible
Tiny's description from the Crash bible
Colored concept art of the Evolvo-Ray
Concept art of the Vortex's interior
Concept art of a beach level
Concept art of a beach level
Concept art of a jungle level
Concept art of a jungle level
Concept art of the native village
Concept art of a village level
Concept art of a ruins level
Concept art of a ruins level
Concept art of a ruins level
Concept art of a bridge level
Concept art of a power plant level
Concept art of a power plant level
Concept art of a power generator
Concept art of a castle level
Concept art of a castle level
Concept art of the giant tree on Wumpa Island
Concept art of an unused cave level
Concept art of an unused cave level
Concept art of an unused cave level
Concept art of an unused cave level
Concept art of an unused cave level
Concept art of a unused dungeon level
Concept art of a unused dungeon level
Concept art of an unused swamp level
Concept art of an unused snow level (This idea was also used in Cortex Strikes Back)
Concept art of an unused underwater level (This idea was later used in
Warped)
Concept art of an unused underwater level
Concept art of an unused underwater level