Crash bandicoot 2: cortex strikes back (or just simply known as crash bandicoot 2) is the 2nd installation in the crash bandicoot platforming video game series. in it, the mad scientist dr. neo cortex has survived his previous defeat at the hands of the hyper evolved bandicoot,. Coco bandicoot: [takes over the hologram] crash! cortex isn't going to use the crystals to contain the planet's energy! cortex isn't going to use the crystals to contain the planet's energy! he's going to harness their force and use it to power his super cortex vortex he's built on his space station!. €