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Crash Bandicoot

Crash Bandicoot. Star of some decent 3D platformers and... some pretty rubbish spin-offs. Crash Bash is an OK party game, Crash Team Racing and Crash Tag Team Racing are dull Mario Kart clones (every games character has to have a Mario Kart clone - it's a tradition or a charter or something). Then there's Crash Boom Bang on DS, which is... well, we suppose a sort of party game. But it's unfathomable and about as fun as a spent party popper. Crash, buddy - stick to your day job... please?

Above: Did anyone enjoy Crash Boom Bang? We reckon it could be used to punish naughty children

Above: Did anyone enjoy Crash Boom Bang? We reckon it could be used to punish naughty children

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Justin Towell
Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.

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