GAME · 1998
Crash Bandicoot: Warped
28 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
All facts (28)
- #001
The artwork featuring Crash and Coco on a motorcycle is a parody of the movie poster for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).
- #002
This is the first appearance of N. Tropy.
- #003
Defeating Cortex for the first time unlocks a secret warp room. The elevator leading to it is in the middle of the main warp room. Inside the secret warp room, you will find an assembly line where Cortex's cyborg minions are fitted with fake skin and sent to different time periods. This is a reference to the terminators in the Terminator series.
- #004
This is the first appearance of Uka Uka, Aku Aku's evil twin brother and Cortex's boss.
- #005
During production of the game, Naughty Dog lost the lease on its office space and had no choice but to work in the studio's hallways. It was also a hot summer and the air conditioning broke down. Employees had to resort to electric fans, and at times the servers showing the game's progress crashed due to the high temperatures.
- #006
In the pyramid levels, hieroglyphs depicting Naughty Dog's pet mascot (now deceased) Morgan T. Dog can be seen.
- #007
This is the first appearance of Dingodile.
- #008
After the player defeats Cortex a second time, fake crashes can be seen in some places: on an island in the 'Making Waves' level and at the roadside in the 'Hog Ride' level.
- #009
Initially this was to be Naughty Dog's last game after its three-game contract. However, after convincing Universal Interactive Studios to make a racing game, they were allowed to make one more game.
- #010
It is the most played game of the trilogy.
- #011
This is the first game in which Coco faces a boss.
- #012
The name of the character Dr. Nefarious Tropy (also known as Dr. N. Tropy) is a play on the word "entropy," the second law of thermodynamics.
- #013
Secret Levels: one is unlocked when you hit a sign with a picture of an alien on it in 'Road Crash,' and the other when the first pterodactyl takes the hit during the triceratops chase in 'Dino Might.'.
- #014
Whenever Crash is crushed by heavy objects, the death animation leaves his head on top of his shoes. The death animation had to be changed for the Japanese version because at the time there was a serial killer in Japan who cut off people's heads and placed them on top of their shoes.
- #015
On the main menu, press the following button combination: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Square. Doing so unlocks a secret Spyro the Dragon demo.
- #016
At one point the underwater levels of Atlantis were going to resemble an underwater version of Ancient Rome. However, to avoid similarity to the Tiny Tiger boss fight, which already took place in Ancient Rome, they were changed to a more alien-style level.
- #017
A panda bear was going to be used in the Ancient China levels before Pura the tiger. However, it was cut so as not to resemble Polar the polar bear.
- #018
In the Spanish version of this game, the player playing Dingodile says Mexican words instead of speaking Castilian (as in the Spanish version of the dub), which was later corrected in later games such as Crash Twinsanity.
- #019
In this game, Coco Bandicoot does not say anything.
- #020
In the 'Dino Might!' level, you encounter fish enemies that fly around and spin. This is meant to be Crash's "prehistoric" version before he became a bandicoot. It even has the same eyes, and its blue tail is thought to represent his blue pants.
- #021
Crash Bandicoot: Warped was one of the few games with PocketStation compatibility in Japan.
- #022
The 2018 PlayStation Classic Mini console did not include Crash Bandicoot: Warped, disappointing many Crash Bandicoot fans.
- #023
According to Toys for Bob, this game was the last in the series before the then-upcoming Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time in 2020.
- #024
In the Castilian version of Crash Bandicoot 3, Warped was titled Crash Bandicoot: teletransportado.
- #025
The Time Trial mode was created by the developers so that players could return and keep playing the game even after completing it.
- #026
It is the last Crash Bandicoot of the original trilogy.
- #027
The game features a level called "Under Pressure," a reference to Queen's song "Under Pressure."
- #028
Crash has the ability to defeat a boss for the first time.
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