THE RETROBATES

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE CRASH BANDICOOT GAME?

DARRAN JONES

I’m going with Crash Bandicoot: Warped. There’s lots of variety and it builds significantly on Crash’s first two adventures. Expertise: Juggling a gorgeous wife, two beautiful girls and an award-winning magazine, all under one roof! Currently playing: Ori And The Blind Forest Favourite game of all time: Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast

ANDY SALTER

Never played one. Expertise: Modding games, no ‘vanilla’ versions for me, thanks! Currently modding: Total War: Rome Remastered - RTR: Imperium Surrectum Favourite game of all time: Rome: Total War although I guess it’s the Remastered edition now

DAVID CROOKES

I really enjoyed Crash Bash when it was released in 2000. Its many minigames became a bit of a party favourite. Amstrad, Lynx, Expertise: Dizzy adventures, and Playstation 2 (but is it actually retro? Debate!) Currently playing: Hotel Dusk: Room 215 Favourite game of all time: Broken Sword

TIM EMPEY

The first Crash Bandicoot game. Actually, I think I only played the demo from some cover disc. God, I’m cheap. Expertise: Finishing Game Pass games before they go Currently playing: Yakuza 5 Favourite game of all time: God Hand

RORY MILNE

Naughty Dog really outdid itself with Crash Bandicoot: Warped. The variety of challenges it delivers is amazing, and for a PS1 title its visuals are absolutely stunning. Expertise: The game that I’m writing about at the time of writing Currently playing: Tempest 3000 Favourite game of all time: Tempest

ANDREW FISHER

Wrath Of Cortex on Gamecube is the one I played the most, but I also found it very frustrating. Expertise: Forty years of gaming, from Commodore 64 to Switch Currently playing: Mining My Business Favourite game of all time: Wizball

NICK THORPE

I’ll always have the softest spot for Crash Bandicoot 2, since it was one of the games that I received along with my Playstation in 1998. Expertise: Owning five Master Systems and a Mark III Currently playing: Super Magnetic Neo Favourite game of all time: Sonic The Hedgehog

PAUL ROSE

You can’t beat the first Crash! Expertise: Winging it Currently playing: Horizon Forbidden West Favourite game of all time: Half-life 2

GRAEME MASON

I spent a lot of time with the crazy Playstation original – at the time, there hadn’t been anything quite like Naughty Dog’s Crash Bandicoot! Expertise: Adjusting the tape azimuth with a screwdriver Currently playing/cowering: Alien Isolation Favourite game of all time: Resident Evil 4