♪ (old-school video game music) ♪
- (FBE) Today you'll be playing this.
- Ooh. "Crash Bandicoot"? I have no idea what this is.
I know Naughty Dog.
- Crash Bandicoot!
My brother used to play this all the time.
And I would always watch him. I'm like, "This looks fun."
- I don't think it was this one, but I've played a Crash game.
- I don't have a PlayStation,
but I know exactly who the character is,
and I have played this game like twice.
- (FBE) This is Crash Bandicoot,
a platformer from the original PlayStation back in 1996.
Since then, there have been six main series sequels
and eight spin-offs. - Awesome.
Wait, there's eight spin-offs?
I've played one of the newer racing games,
and they're adding him in that Skylanders game.
- This game is four years older than I am.
- I'm ready. Let's go.
- Oh my gosh, I remember this.
- "Sanity Be--" "North Sanity Beach."
- Probably gonna be insane. I'm sorry.
♪ (wacky theme) ♪ - Okay, so he's deserted. Seems.
- Okay. Oh, I'm supposed to go?
Am I supposed to smash these?
(wood splinters, bell dings) - Oh, he's good for lives.
Oh, every box.
- Go pass you or...?
Oh, that works.
- Jump over him. Oh, or I'll spin him. That was the wrong button.
You don't want to jump there.
What is this?
(tiki mutters) It's like a little tiki guy.
(tiki mutters)
- It's the tiki guy.
- It's a tiki head.
It lets me get hit once.
- Run. Jump. Run. Jump.
Get that guy out of the way. Get that out of the way.
Get some mangoes.
- It's like Aladdin. But instead of apples, you have mangoes.
- This is bringing back some memories.
- This was the real-- the real Crash Bandicoot.
- There's a box with a C on it.
- Ooh. Checkpoint.
- So now, when I die, I'll go back there
and not to the very beginning. I like those.
(tiki mutters, drums play) - Whoa, I got a mask on. Okay.
So I guess you have to collect three to--
it's like the star from Mario.
- It's like a star from Mario. I don't know.
- I'm scared of these little cracks in the ground.
Oh, wow. That's a lot of apples.
- It's amazing. Oh, there's two paths. Wait a second.
I already know I'm gonna choose the wrong one,
so I'm just gonna go anyways.
- I think-- oh man, I don't know how I made that.
- Okay, that's very nice.
- Ooh, I actually did something. Cool.
- Okay. That's how it works.
- Jump. What is that?
- What is this?
- (FBE) You beat the level. - Okay. I did?
- This is so nostalgic. Like, I actually want to go home
and just play this all the time.
- Level two.
(swoosh)
- Oh, that's so cool. You get to keep the tiki head.
(tiki mutters)
- (imitates tiki)
(boom!) Oh. Okay.
- Get all the boxes. Get the mask to protect me.
(boom!) Why would I spin TNT?
I see a box. I'm like, "Oh, spin."
- Do I want to do the TNT?
I'ma skip it.
I'm not gonna take any chances here today.
- Oh no, a skunk.
Oh wow. They come at you fast.
- Boom, boom.
- Okay, now I need to jump on this.
Why is jumping so hard?
(bouncing sound effects)
(birds chirping)
- Aah. Oh no.
- What is that? Oh my god. Is this Little Shop of Horrors?
What do I do?
- Uh, spin.
Okay.
- I'm gonna wait for it to go. And then go.
What is that?
- (Crash) Whoa!
- Saw that coming.
No!
I have to start all the way from the beginning.
- Do I just spin? Ooh.
Spinning helps kill--
- (Crash) Whoa! - No!
There were two skunks.
Okay, I won't make that mistake.
(imitates tiki)
- That's the rock.
Mystery box. Fruit.
Spin.
- I'm on full blood now. I'm serious. I'm not dying.
- Just gonna keep doing that.
(distant trumpeting) - No, I need to go back and run,
'cause I'm now so afraid that I'm going to--
AAH! I literally was saying what I was about to-- I was afraid of doing.
- Okay. (grunts)
(grunts) I feel like-- oh no.
Do I have to get that? Or can I-- yeah, I don't think I should.
(twirl!)
- Oh, I was so close to falling in.
- Jump. Okay, okay. Okay.
(sharp breaths) Twirl! Okay.
Twirl, twirl, twirl.
- Oh, I'm gonna get a running start.
Ready, set... (grunts)
(sighs in relief)
- Yes! I did it.
Oh, a checkpoint. Checkpoint, checkpoint. Okay.
That was scary.
- Jump. I'm gonna be-- spin. Sick.
I will wait.
- All right, here we go.
First try. (chuckles)
- Okay.
Oh no...
Go, go, go. (squealing) No!
That was hard, 'cause they were just going back and forth.
And I couldn't see where I was going.
- I got to split the defense.
Nailed it.
(twirl!) (fruit collected)
- And we are done. Like a boss.
- Yay!
(claps) My hands are sweating.
I'm actually like, that was nerve-wracking.
- I think it's pretty fun.
Like, obviously it's a really old and simple game.
But I'm still having fun with it.
- This is The Great Gate.
- Let's open the ga-- wait a second. What?
Oh.
- Okay. Okay, okay. I got this.
- Oh, that's like a trampoline.
- Oh, come on. There's not e-- there's not even an enemy.
Just... Crash?
(exotic bird tweeting) (bouncing off platforms)
- I did that. That just happened.
- Oh. Aah.
Yes. Okay.
- There we go. Okay.
Oh, cool, a mask. I'm gonna need that.
- Come here, turtle. Time to die. Thank you.
- Dang it.
Okay. How do I get up there?
- Maybe if I hit it, it'll spin?
Ha.
- Okay, that's cool. That was cool.
(fruits collected)
- Come on. (grunts)
(fruits collected)
This game is not easy.
- There we go. Another checkpoint.
And I hope there's no more jumping, 'cause I suck at it.
(twirl!)
- Okay. Now I gotta go back and then kill this stupid monkey.
- Ah.
Oh, spiky pillars. Now we're working it.
- Oh, bad idea. (gasps)
Oh, is that the teleporter?
- Okay, yes.
- Aha. No, I want to jump over.
Oh well.
- Yay!
I did it!
- That was a lot worse than the first two.
- "Boulders." Oh no. Is this like Indiana Jones?
Are they gonna be coming at me?
- Hopefully it's not hard.
- (deep sigh)
(game blips) My old enemy.
(swoosh) - What's going on?
He's running towards me. I don't like that.
- Oh no.
I have to walk towards the camera? What is this?
How do I know when the boulders are coming?
- This is the level.
This is the exact level on Uncharted 4.
- Uh-uh. Uh-uh, no. No!
- It's like Indiana Jones.
No!
- ♪ (vocalizing Indiana Jones theme) ♪
Oh. The name of the game is Boulder, or the level.
- This is exactly what Temple Run was.
I'm-- this-- that was like a complete ripoff.
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Life! Life!
- Okay, I'm good. We're safe.
- Oh, there's another one?
Screw the mango. Yeah, keep it going.
Oh no. Keep going. Keep going.
- Pillar's coming up pretty soon. You'll see.
Boom.
(deep groan)
(boulder rumbling)
- Oh. Oh.
(grunts)
- (Crash) Whoa! - No, the fence!
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
(crash!)
I became a pancake.
- Aah. No. (breathes nervously)
Jump. Jump! Jump.
(growls)
(shrieks, gasps shrilly)
Check!
- Time this one right.
(Crash twirling)
Aah! (inhales deeply)
(exhales deeply)
- Oh my god! Yes!
- Okay. Not sure how that happened.
Bless.
- Heck yeah!
(crates break, fruit collected) Suck that, boulder.
I don't want to touch it, though,
'cause I'm afraid he's gonna hit me. Checkpoint!
- Here we go.
Oh, that's a big-- (grunts)
How can the boulder roll over that? Really?
- Oh, pillars. Pillars. I forgot about you guys.
Hah. Hah! Hah! Hrr.
Okay. Breezy. Easy breezy. Oh, the fences.
- Oh my gosh.
(boulder tumbling, fruit collected)
- Following the apples. Oh god. Oh god.
(boulder rumbling, crashing)
Oh god. I'm trying to escape.
- Run from the boulder!
All right, there's gonna be two things now.
Got it that time. Oh, there's three?
(gasps)
(crash) Yes!
(relieved sigh) Yeah. "Phew!" is right.
- And then we're there.
Oh my gosh, we are done.
(crash)
- Yes! I did it! Oh my god.
- Call me... boom!
That's how I feel right now. (pants, sighs)
- It's fun but very frustrating.
- I thought it was pretty fun, and it started off super easy.
But it got really hard really fast.
- Even though it was difficult and I died frequently,
at least I was enjoying myself while doing it.
- I miss games like this, you know?
Simple, not like the stupid mobile games, you know?
Like the classic Temple Run.
But still. This is the real MVP.
- Thanks for watching us play Crash Bandicoot
on the React channel.
- What games should we play next?
New or old? Let us know in the comments.
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- Bye, guys. Booga-booga.
- Derek here, one of the producers from the React channel.
Hey, something about Crash I've always wanted to know
is, what does a Wumpa Fruit taste like?
Is it like an apple, or is it like a peach or an apricot?
Perhaps a melon.