Crash Launch Commercials

Sep15

In honor of the recent 15th Anniversary of my baby Crash Bandicoot, I present collected together the original suite of American TV Ads which premiered in September of 1996. It’s the suit that helped make the Bandicoot what he was.

Thanks to Playstation Museum for collecting and uploading these. You’re hurting my elbow!

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By: agavin
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Tagged as: Characters of Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot, Naughty Dog, Playstation, pt_crash_history, Television Ads, Video game

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AWESOME!
Ami Blaire

Hey Andy! Happy Anniversary! I can’t believe it’s been 15 years! I was just talking about these ads the other day….to date these will go down in history as one of the best campaigns I managed. A definite shout out to the Chiat creative team – the best ever – awesome!
Pat Caldora

Hey Andy, it’s me again. I was zoning around youtube and I found this:

Was there just one actor who played the Crash suit or numerous?
http://twitter.com/Ratcicle Mint H. (@Ratcicle)

Haha I like thae cosplay suit.
Gabriele

Those commercials are so funny XD!
I saw also the ones for Crash Bandicoot 3 and Crash Team Racing. Why For Crash Bandicoot 2 there is only the one with the 3D model of Crash?
- http://mascherato.wordpress.com agavin
  
  Crash 2 has some really good ones with the suited guy. He’s trying to get thru airport security with his jetboard and some other funny moments.
  - Gabriele
    
    I’ve never seen it. usually I research them on YouTube because I don’ t think that in Italy these spots have never been shown on TV.
  - Pat Caldora
    
    I found that commercial a couple of minutes ago! It’s really funny! Ah, memories:
    http://www.tvspots.tv/video/7779/SONY–JET-PACK
    
    WOAH HELLO!!!!!
  - http://mascherato.wordpress.com agavin
    
    Good stuff. There is another airport one with the waterboard (jetboard) whatever we called it.
Gabriele

Very Funny!
“Woah! Hello!” XD.
This kind of commercial exist also for The Wrath of Cortex and for Crash Nitro Kart. (The last one exist also in italian).
- http://mascherato.wordpress.com agavin
  
  There are lots of fun Crash ads from around the world. The Japanese suit ones for Crash 2,3 and CTR are hilarious too.
  - Pat Caldora
    
    I found yet another Crash 2 ad but WAY more funnier than the first:
    http://www.belefant.com/Frequent_Flyer.html
    
    Hacking the computers to play some Crash 2, you silly bandicoot
    
    “Quiet or I’ll crush you” made me rofl
Kalle Mattila

Hi! As a great fan of the series, and a musician, I made a couple of short pieces in the style of the old Crash games. After finding out about this site and that this anniversary was quite recently, I just couldn’t resist posting them here. So here’s to Crash and you (although I realize I’m a bit late… at least it’s the right year )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FCr_MjqL1A

That “plumber boy” had no chance…
- http://mascherato.wordpress.com agavin
  
  never too late!
  - Kalle Mattila
    
    I thought so! I’d really, really appreciate a short comment regarding those compositions of mine, if it isn’t too much asked
toasty

Good day, Andy. May I ask you some questions?
In recent time i have seen a lot of crash bandicoot fan games. What are you thinking about crashbandicoothd.blogspot.com, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crash-Bandicoot-Legacy-Racing/132892580144229, http://www.moddb.com/mods/crash-bandicoot-return, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9dzYqYBZ9g&feature=g-user, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn7iMWhWEbU ?
OrangeBandicoot

Andy, what do you think about the silence of Crash?