Crash Bandicoot is the title character and main protagonist of the Crash Bandicoot series. Introduced in the 1996 video game Crash Bandicoot, Crash is a mutant eastern barred bandicoot who was genetically enhanced by the series' main antagonist Doctor Neo Cortex and soon escaped from Cortex's castle after a failed experiment in the "Cortex Vortex". Throughout the series, Crash acts as the opposition against Cortex and his schemes for world domination. While Crash has a number of offensive maneuvers at his disposal, his most distinctive technique is one in which he spins like a tornado at high speeds and knocks away almost anything that he strikes.
Crash was created by
Andy Gavin and
Jason Rubin, and was originally designed by
Charles Zembillas. Crash was intended to be a
mascot character for
Sony to use to compete against
Nintendo's
Mario and
Sega's
Sonic the Hedgehog. Before Crash was given his name (which stems from the visceral reaction to the character's destruction of boxes), he was referred to as "Willie the Wombat" for much of the duration of the first game's production. Crash has drawn comparisons to mascots such as
Mario and
Sonic the Hedgehog by reviewers. His animations have been praised, while his voice has faced criticism. He has been redesigned several times throughout many games, which have drawn mixed reactions.
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Crash Bandicoot is a video game franchise, originally developed by Naughty Dog as an exclusive for Sony's PlayStation console and has seen numerous installments created by numerous developers and published on multiple platforms. The series consists predominantly of platform games, but also includes spin-offs in the kart racing and party game genres. The series was originally produced by Universal Interactive, which later became known as Vivendi Games; in 2007, Vivendi merged with Activision, which currently owns and publishes the franchise.
The games are mostly set on the fictitious Wumpa Islands, an archipelago situated to the south of Australia where humans and
mutant animals co-exist, although other locations are common. The main games in the series are largely platformers, but several are spin-offs in different
genres. The protagonist of the series is a genetically enhanced
bandicoot named
Crash, whose quiet life on the Wumpa Islands is often interrupted by the games' main
antagonist,
Doctor Neo Cortex, who created Crash and wants him dead as he is a failed experiment. In most games, Crash must defeat Cortex and foil his plans for world domination.
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A light fixture (US English), light fitting (UK English), or luminaire is an electrical device used to create artificial light by use of an
electric lamp. All light fixtures have a fixture body and a light socket to hold the lamp and allow for its replacement.
Fixtures may also have a switch to control the light, either attached to the lamp body or attached to the power cable. Permanent light fixtures, such as dining room chandeliers, may use a wall switch to turn them on and off; as such, these fixtures may have no switch on the fixture itself.
Fixtures require an
electrical connection to a power source, typically
AC mains power, but may also have battery power for camping or emergency lights. Permanent lighting fixtures may be directly wired. Moveable lamps have a
plug and cord so that they can be plugged into a wall socket.
Light fixtures may also have other features, such as
reflectors for directing the light, an
aperture (with or without a
lens), an outer shell or housing for lamp alignment and protection, an
electrical ballast or
power supply, and a shade to diffuse the light or direct it towards a workspace (e.g., a desk lamp). A wide variety of special light fixtures are created for use in the
automotive lighting industry,
aerospace, marine and
medicine sectors.
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