Crash Bandicoot used to piss me off so badly! I hate how if I don't press the "spin" button in time before I hit the enemy I die. And for some reason, the game NEVER saved for me. I got to one of the last sections of the game and it "magically" erased.
I loved the Spyro games. The first 3 for the PS were great. After that though... they sucked.
well i can't think of a reason so don't ask me to give one, i will post one later if i happen to think of one, but i prefer Spyro over Crash Bandicoot.
I haven't played any new iterations of the games, but for the original playstation I'd have to lean more towards spyro. It offered a lot more freedom than the crash games. Not to say that I disliked either series, because I did not.
I like Spyro more. Crash Bandicoot was pretty.. frustrating for me. The sequels to these, I haven't played. I just played Spyro 1-3 for the PS, and Crash Bandicoot:Revenge of Cortex (something like that) for the PS.