After the last battle with Crash Bandicoot, Cortex is thrown down to Crash' island. In a cave he finds a crystal which he finds out holds great powers. Cortex plans to use these powers for an improved Cortex Vortex which will turn everyone on Earth into his mindless slaves. But in order to do that he has to find 25 other crystals to power the Cortex Vortex. He recruits his old enemy, Crash, to find them, but Crash doesn't know about Cortex' evil plans.

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Alternate Titles

"Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex no Gyakushuu!" -- Japanese title
"Crash 2" -- informal name
"クラッシュ・バンディクー2 コルテックスの逆襲!" -- Alternate Japanese Spelling
"クラッシュ・バンディクー２コルテックスのぎゃくしゅう！" -- Japanese spelling

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The Press Says

Consoles Plus	PlayStation	Dec, 1997	94 out of 100	94
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Jan, 1998	92 out of 100	92
The Video Game Critic	PlayStation	Jul 15, 1999	A-	91
Netjak	PlayStation	Apr 12, 2005	9 out of 10	90
VicioJuegos.com	PlayStation	Jan 31, 2006	90 out of 100	90
PSX Extreme	PlayStation	1999	8.8 out of 10	88
GameSpot	PlayStation	Nov 25, 1997	8.6 out of 10	86
Gamezilla	PlayStation	1997	85 out of 100	85
IGN	PlayStation	Nov 04, 1997	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Revolution	PlayStation	Jun 04, 2004	B	75

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Trivia

References to the game

In The Simpsons sitcom, episode Lisa Gets an "A" (10th season), Lisa plays video game called Dash Dingo. It's parody of Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. The music that plays when the game starts is similar to the music when the Crash game starts. Also, the evil floating Australian head is a parody of the Crash games' villain, Doctor Neo Cortex. The game also revolves around finding and devouring "seven crystal babies", referencing the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance and the Crystals in the aforementioned game.