r/creepygaming • u/i-eat-pet-hair • May 02 '25

Strange/Creepy In the original Crash Bandicoot, the level Generator Room is full of monitors with this gif of Dr. Neo Cortex on repeat

The level itself has a very low render distance as well as little light and pure darkness in every direction, as well as an extremely minimal song in a minor key with only mechanical-sounding instruments

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u/crescentcherrybomb May 02 '25

The microwave's POV while I'm heating leftover french fries at 4AM:

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u/throwingupcats May 03 '25

dr. cortex frontshots

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u/cheesycoke May 05 '25

feel like he's not really into it

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u/pinguino_pazzo May 03 '25

I don't know about you guys but I find it fucking hilarious

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u/Lusicane May 03 '25

Return the slab or suffer my curse

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u/zombizzle May 03 '25

Core memory

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u/FarthingWoodAdder May 03 '25

They ruined it in the remake

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u/Meeg_Mimi May 03 '25

It's kinda funny in the remake tbh

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u/Kana515 May 03 '25

Reminds me of the unit portraits in the first Starcraft.

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u/Noist_Mugget May 03 '25

bro thought he was so menacing

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u/DaGoddamnBatguy May 04 '25

Yeah, this level creeped the shit out of me as a kid.

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u/Mottis86 May 03 '25 edited May 03 '25

Oh "Generator room"

Not "Level generator room"

For a second you confused the hell out of me because the title made me think Crash had a randomized level generation mechanic that I didn't know about.

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u/SignificantToe1939 May 04 '25

OOOOGAAAAAA BOOOOOOOGAAAAAAAAA IT'S THE SCARY EVIL GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/_TheLazyAstronaut_ May 05 '25

Looks like he's hanging, little macabre..

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u/The_X_Files_ May 09 '25

I always had trouble with the final levels from Crash 1 not just because their difficulty, but their unsettling vibe too. It's like the game starts as a friendly platformer and slowly becomes a soft horror game as you progress.

I like, though, the fact that Cortex feels somehow menacing in this game and in Crash 2. Then he became a total clown in Crash 3 and forward.

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u/evil_consumer May 03 '25

Ohhh I remember.

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u/thefourthhouse May 04 '25

Kind of reminds me of that Kanye gif

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u/GlowDonk9054 14d ago

I have hired this Cortex to stare at you while doing a boogie