Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (N-Sane Trilogy)

And so another trilogy of old-school PS1 platformers is done (well, in remake form at least). The N-Sane Trilogy comes to an end with Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, the 1998 entry to Naughty Dog’s platformer series starring the eponymous deranged marsupial. The original release was one of the most well-received and best-selling games on the … Continue reading Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (N-Sane Trilogy)

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (N-Sane Trilogy)

Unlike the first Crash Bandicoot, let’s look at a game I actually had some level of genuine nostalgia for! I never owned Crash 2: Cortex Strikes Back but do remember it very clearly from those halcyon days of late-night playthroughs at friends’ houses. The first game doesn’t exactly occupy a beloved space in my memory … Continue reading Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (N-Sane Trilogy)

Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon (Spyro Reignited)

Finally we come to the end of this long-awaited dive into my childhood. Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon is the third and last entry into the Spyro trilogy and fittingly it goes all out in all the ways that only a turn-of-the-millennium 3D mascot platformer can. Multiple playable characters, vehicle sections, bigger and flashier … Continue reading Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon (Spyro Reignited)

Spyro the Dragon (Spyro Reignited)

This isn’t particularly patient, and in buying it I’ve essentially willingly extended my backlog from “crushingly and terrifyingly insurmountable” to “that again but plus 3”. Oh well, I don’t care. I’ve been waiting for flash new remakes of the Spyro the Dragon PS1 games for years. The trilogy all but defines my earliest memories of … Continue reading Spyro the Dragon (Spyro Reignited)