<s>
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
CTR	B-Application
:	I-Application
Crash	I-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
1999	O
kart	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Naughty	O
Dog	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
efforts	O
of	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
,	O
Doctor	O
Neo	O
Cortex	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
ragtag	O
team	O
of	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
series	O
,	O
who	O
must	O
race	O
against	O
the	O
egomaniacal	O
Nitros	O
Oxide	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
Earth	O
from	O
destruction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
fifteen	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
series	O
characters	O
,	O
though	O
only	O
eight	O
are	O
available	O
at	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
19	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
October	O
20	O
,	O
1999	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
successor	O
,	O
Crash	B-Device
Nitro	I-Device
Kart	I-Device
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
,	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
N-Gage	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remaster	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
titled	O
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
Nitro-Fueled	I-Application
,	O
was	O
announced	O
at	O
The	O
Game	O
Awards	O
2018	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
June	O
21	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
is	O
a	O
kart	O
racing	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
universe	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
whom	O
compete	O
in	O
karts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
racing	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
accelerate	O
,	O
steer	O
,	O
reverse	O
,	O
brake	O
,	O
hop	O
or	O
use	O
weapons	O
and	O
power-ups	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
controller	O
's	O
analog	B-Device
stick	I-Device
and	O
buttons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
distinct	O
forms	O
of	O
crates	O
are	O
scattered	O
throughout	O
the	O
tracks	O
and	O
arenas	O
of	O
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
crucial	O
maneuver	O
in	O
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
is	O
the	O
power	O
slide	O
;	O
the	O
player	O
executes	O
the	O
slide	O
by	O
holding	O
down	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
shoulder	O
buttons	O
to	O
perform	O
a	O
hop	O
,	O
and	O
steering	O
before	O
the	O
kart	O
lands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
features	O
5	O
racing	O
modes	O
:	O
Adventure	O
,	O
Time	O
Trial	O
,	O
Arcade	O
,	O
Versus	O
and	O
Battle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
multitap	B-Device
can	O
be	O
installed	O
to	O
allow	O
three	O
or	O
four-player	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fifteen	O
characters	O
are	O
playable	O
in	O
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
,	O
although	O
only	O
eight	O
of	O
them	O
are	O
playable	O
from	O
the	O
start	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
,	O
the	O
main	O
protagonist	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
all-round	O
racer	O
with	O
balanced	O
acceleration	O
,	O
top	O
speed	O
and	O
handling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Preceding	O
Oxide	O
are	O
four	O
boss	O
characters	O
:	O
Ripper	O
Roo	O
,	O
a	O
deranged	O
straitjacket-wearing	O
kangaroo	B-Application
;	O
Papu	O
Papu	O
,	O
the	O
corpulent	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
island	O
's	O
native	O
tribe	O
;	O
Komodo	B-Application
Joe	O
,	O
a	O
Komodo	B-Application
dragon	I-Application
with	O
a	O
speech	O
sound	O
disorder	O
;	O
and	O
Pinstripe	O
Potoroo	O
,	O
a	O
greedy	O
pinstripe-clad	O
potoroo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
boss	O
characters	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
an	O
imperfect	O
and	O
morally	O
ambiguous	O
clone	O
of	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
named	O
Fake	O
Crash	O
,	O
become	O
accessible	O
as	O
playable	O
characters	O
if	O
the	O
Adventure	O
Mode	O
is	O
fully	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
started	O
with	O
block-headed	O
characters	O
with	O
no	O
Crash	O
or	O
otherwise	O
related	O
personalities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Naughty	O
Dog	O
began	O
production	O
on	O
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
after	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Cortex	I-Application
Strikes	I-Application
Back	I-Application
;	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
for	O
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
was	O
created	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
:	I-Application
Warped	I-Application
was	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
having	O
exhausted	O
human	O
,	O
animal	O
,	O
machine	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
combinations	O
for	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
bosses	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
decided	O
to	O
have	O
Nitros	O
Oxide	O
be	O
an	O
otherworldly	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
prototypical	O
stage	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
built	O
a	O
replica	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Crescent	O
Island	O
"	O
course	O
from	O
Diddy	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
to	O
test	O
whether	O
a	O
racetrack	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
scope	O
and	O
scale	O
was	O
possible	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
turbo	O
system	O
that	O
gives	O
the	O
player	O
boosts	O
of	O
speed	O
during	O
power	O
slides	O
and	O
by	O
gathering	O
hang	O
time	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
make	O
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
feel	O
more	O
interactive	O
and	O
involving	O
than	O
older	O
kart-racing	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
central	O
antagonist	O
character	O
Oxide	O
was	O
never	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
playable	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
console	I-Device
's	O
memory	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Said	O
limitations	O
further	O
affected	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
roster	O
of	O
playable	O
characters	O
;	O
Polar	O
and	O
Pura	O
were	O
originally	O
to	O
ride	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
kart	O
and	O
be	O
played	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
character	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
ultimately	O
split	O
into	O
separate	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
both	O
Komodo	B-Application
Brothers	O
were	O
to	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
before	O
Komodo	B-Application
Moe	O
was	O
omitted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
went	O
into	O
the	O
alpha	O
stage	O
of	O
development	O
in	O
August	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
beta	O
stage	O
on	O
September	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
U.S.	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Magazine	O
described	O
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
as	O
"	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
made	O
kart	O
racing	O
cool	O
"	O
and	O
proclaimed	O
that	O
"	O
nothing	O
has	O
ever	O
matched	O
its	O
quality.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
heavily	O
inspired	O
by	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
,	O
but	O
still	O
an	O
amazing	O
multiplayer	O
racer.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Gerstmann	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
a	O
great	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
clone	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
opined	O
that	O
it	O
succeeded	O
where	O
similar	O
games	O
like	O
Mega	B-Application
Man	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
&	I-Application
Chase	I-Application
,	O
Bomberman	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
Race	I-Application
,	O
Diddy	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
,	O
Chocobo	B-Application
Racing	I-Application
and	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
64	O
had	O
failed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameRevolution	O
Johnny	O
Liu	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
were	O
"	O
smooth	O
and	O
seem	O
to	O
push	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
's	O
limits.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
the	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
he	O
concluded	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
"	O
nothing	O
really	O
that	O
cute	O
,	O
clever	O
or	O
memorable	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
Crash	O
's	O
voice	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
extremely	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Luigi	O
from	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
Team	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
has	O
sold	O
1.9million	O
units	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
over	O
300,000	O
units	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
its	O
success	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
Greatest	I-Device
Hits	I-Device
line-up	O
in	O
2000	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
Platinum	O
Range	O
on	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
indirect	O
sequel	B-Language
titled	O
Crash	B-Device
Nitro	I-Device
Kart	I-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
and	O
N-Gage	B-Device
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
series	O
to	O
feature	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
.	O
</s>
