 Crash Bandicoot is the first installment in the Crash Bandicoot series , chronicling the creation of the title character at the hands of the series antagonist Doctor Neo Cortex and his henchman Doctor Nitrus Brio . The game 's story follows Crash 's effort to stop Brio and Cortex 's plans for world domination , and to save his girlfriend Tawna , a female bandicoot also evolved by Brio and Cortex . 
