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Description

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.

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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User Reviews

Limited environment when you choose between levels, but other than that, great game Black Wolf (37232) 4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars

The Press Says

Absolute Playstation Jan, 1998 92 out of 100 92
The Video Game Critic Jul 15, 1999 A- 91
Netjak Apr 12, 2005 9 out of 10 90
PSX Extreme 1999 8.8 out of 10 88
GameSpot Nov 25, 1997 8.6 out of 10 86
Gamezilla 1997 85 out of 100 85
Game Revolution Jun 04, 2004 B 75

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Trivia

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.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by qwertyuiop (9696) on Sep 04, 2001.
 

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