Archive EntryPreservation Record

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Shelf markLIB-0186

Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record

2018Game

Catalog Information

Original Title: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Release: 1996–1998 (originals) · 2017 (N. Sane Trilogy, PlayStation 4, June 30) · 2018 (Nintendo Switch, June 29)
Developer: Vicarious Visions · Iron Galaxy
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Region: Region-free Nintendo Switch software
Medium: Nintendo Switch game card · retail edition
Subjects: Platformer · Remake · Crash Bandicoot · Collection · Lineage · Preservation

Archival Status

Custody: Permanent archive holding
Reference Copy: Nintendo Switch game card in retail case
Filed: October 5, 2026

Curator Notes

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy rebuilds Naughty Dog’s Crash Bandicoot (1996), Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (1997), and Crash Bandicoot: Warped (1998) from the ground up. Vicarious Visions developed the remakes, first released on PlayStation 4 on June 30, 2017. Iron Galaxy ported the collection to Nintendo Switch, where Activision released it on June 29, 2018. This filing opens the Crash Bandicoot lineage on the shelf.

Collection Documentation

The retained object is Activision’s retail edition of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy on a Nintendo Switch game card. All three games are held on this card. Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.

Preservation Notes

Access Hardware: Nintendo Switch; compatible Nintendo Switch family hardware
Original Hardware: Nintendo Switch
Playback Compatibility: Nintendo Switch software is region-free. The retained game card is the primary access copy and runs on any Nintendo Switch console.
Preservation Concerns: Game cards are flash media; long-term charge retention, contact wear, and loss of the small card from its case are the principal risks. All three games are held on this copy’s card, so the trilogy is preserved by the card itself; only later patches depend on Nintendo’s servers.
Edition History: Original games released 1996–1998 on PlayStation. The N. Sane Trilogy released on PlayStation 4 on June 30, 2017; Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC versions followed on June 29, 2018.
Access Status: Distributed at retail by Activision, with a digital edition on the Nintendo eShop.

Connections

Archival Lineage: LIB-0186Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (2018)this filing
LIB-0187Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (2019)
Series: Crash Bandicoot
Editorial Record: Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.

Artifact Documentation

Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.

Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.

Stewardship History

A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.

Oct 5, 2026
Collection Documentation entered
Oct 5, 2026
Connections established
Crash Bandicoot recorded.
Oct 5, 2026
Official artwork entered
Official Nintendo Switch front cover filed under the Library accession path.
Oct 5, 2026
Curator Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0186.
Oct 5, 2026
Preservation Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Published to the public shelf