The Crash Bandicoot Files: How Willy the Wombat Sparked Marsupial Mania Hardcover – 22 Mar. 2018

This book is the bible/design documents behind the making of Crash Bandicoot and is basically the bulk of pre-production work towards the project before it changed name, the work is done by internal employees and external hired artists. It is no means an 'art of' book, it contains more typed documents of descriptions, level layout for the game design and scripts for the pitch than it does art. All the pages are scanned from the original documents and all the folds, ink spots and fading of print can be seen from continual faxing or photocopying.It feels like history in your hand and as you flip through the pages you can see history unfold as the project jumps from Willy the Wombat to Crash Bandicoot and the world he lives in gets more and more defined. It also includes cut material like the script to the cut cartoon Animaniacs-like intro singalong for the game and designs for the Komodo Bros and Tiny Tiger before they were cut and saved for the second game.One for hardcore Crash collectors, not for a coffee table book, but for pure inspiration and emulating how to build a solid pitch and bible of preproduction work. One for professional and aspiring game designers, concept artists, animators and script writers alike.

Honestly is a must buy for anyone heavily interested in Crash Bandicoot and the history, design/development and background of the iconic games. The book mostly focuses on the creation of the first Crash Bandicoot game. The book is heavy on artwork with some text here and there. As much as I love this book, it would have been nice for more text and information on the other Crash Bandicoot games. Looks lovely on my bookshelf and is excellent quality.

Love Crash Bandicoot since I was a child, It's so nice to have added this to my collection.

This isn't so much an art book as a design document so bear that in mind.But for those who have been following Crash since the beginning this is a great way of seeing early versions of how the game was designed as well as early sketches of characters and level design.Highly recommended for longtime fans.

Brilliant - gave as a Christmas gift and was very well received

My son loved it

I found this book interesting.

It’s a development book that only covers crash 1, hoped it cover 2 and 3, still nice to have. Also don’t get this book if your expecting lots of art especially art that you haven’t seen before, a lot of the content is available online via concept searches.

Ni siquiera lo he leído y quedé encantado. Yo soy fan de Crash desde mis 7 años y realmente es impresionante el libro desde su portada. Lo amo :)

Simpele kartonnen verpakking zonder bescherming, met als gevolg schade onderkant hoek van hardcover.Zeer spijtige zaak, sinds dit een collectors item is.

Very nice book. Full of pictures and drawings of crash and his buddies, and all the game environments that you play in.Not cheap but if your into crash this book is for you!! I’m

È una manuale perfetto per ogni amante del videogioco, ci sono i bozzetti originali di scenari e personaggi, oltre agli script dei dialoghi. Edizione di ottima qualità

Absolut großartiges Werk, welches Einblicke in die Entstehung des berühmtesten Maskottchens Sonys gewährt. Voll mit Konzeptgrafiken, Designinfos und Skripten, hübsch aufbereitet in Hardcover. Für Fans und Spieleentwickler empfehlenswert und seinen Preis absolut wert.