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Level 7: Air Crash
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Level 7: Air Crash

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Air Crash walkthrough: Find 2 Silver Gems, 102 Boxes, a Secret Warp Room, Bonus Stage, and the Crystal.

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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Air Crash walkthrough: Find 2 Silver Gems, 102 Boxes, a Secret Warp Room, Bonus Stage, and the Crystal.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Start by jumping to the platform with a plant, kill it, and jump onto the moving platform when it approaches.
  2. 2
    When the moving platform nears platforms that rise, jump onto them. At the top, jump across the next set of platforms, avoiding the piranha.
  3. 3
    Break the four boxes and jump across two moving platforms.
  4. 4
    Walk along the path, avoiding three piranhas and a plant.
  5. 5
    Break the three boxes on the pier, including the checkpoint (a save point).
  6. 6
    To continue, jump on the jetski.
  7. 7
    You can jump across floating boxes in the water to an empty platform to reach the SECRET WARP ROOM, which grants access to a hidden part of Level 2: Snow Go.
  8. 8
    If you do not go to the Secret Warp Room, continue on the jetski past mines and run into all boxes around wooden fences.
  9. 9
    Dodge the moving mine at the end and break the two boxes.
  10. 10
    Use a ramp with a speed boost to break the box on one ramp, then repeat on the other ramp.
  11. 11
    Continue forward, run into the two boxes left of the whirlpool, and jump over the fence with a ramp.
  12. 12
    Avoid mines and Nitro (explosive boxes) before the pier with the next checkpoint.
  13. 13
    After the checkpoint, go to the end of the platform, look past the hippo, and jump onto the hippo and then onto a sinking platform as it rises to reach the other side.
  14. 14
    From there, you will see a platform leading to the BONUS STAGE.
  15. 15
    Jump across gaps and kill the plant to the left.
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    To get the box in the water, jump onto it and then back to the platforms; missing means death.
  17. 17
    Break the box at the end of the platforms to get the CRYSTAL.
  18. 18
    When two sinking platforms rise, jump on them and cross to the platform with Aku Aku.
  19. 19
    There is an outlined platform that may be usable now.
  20. 20
    If you reach this point without dying, you can take the SKULL PLATFORM PATH by jumping on the platform with a skull on it.
  21. 21
    On the Skull Platform Path, jump on non-TNT boxes to break them, then jump on a TNT box to detonate them all.
  22. 22
    Kill the plant and proceed to the checkpoint.
  23. 23
    To get all boxes, do not jump on the jetski yet. Slide and jump to the platform on the left of the water, then to the next, and finally to the last one with four boxes.
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    Slide and jump back to the pier, then hop on the jetski.
  25. 25
    Avoid mines and Nitro, then run into all floating boxes, avoiding Nitro.
  26. 26
    Jump the fence, avoiding the mine on the other side.
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    Continue, avoiding a mine and whirlpool, and run into the next two boxes.
  28. 28
    Jump the next fence carefully, avoiding mines.
  29. 29
    Pull into the pier and break the box.
  30. 30
    Walk along the last platform, jumping over Nitro and avoiding piranhas to reach the end.

BONUS STAGE:

  1. Jump onto metal boxes and hit the first ! Box (a box that triggers an event).
  2. Walk across the boxes that appear and break the box, then hit another ! Box.
  3. Walk across these boxes and jump on the TNT to destroy the ! Box.
  4. Body slam the reinforced box to break it and activate the ! Box.
  5. Jump onto three boxes to reach a solid platform.
  6. Jump down and break the next two boxes, landing on the platform after the second one.
  7. On this platform, jump onto the metal arrow box and follow the Wumpa Fruit path with a life at the top.
  8. Jump across the last platforms to reach the end.

SECRET AREA:

  1. Access this area only through the Secret Warp Room, which can be reached from Level 13: Bear Down.
  2. At the start, either jump onto the jetski or jump on bounce boxes for lives before getting on the jetski.
  3. Break all remaining bounce boxes and go forward to fences in the water.
  4. Break the boxes, watching out for Nitro.
  5. Pass the moving mine and go around the mine on the left to reach two boxes.
  6. Go forward and to the right, breaking all boxes.
  7. Go between the last two Nitro boxes to the left, break the box, and use a speed boost past the whirlpool to the pier.
  8. Spin into the Green ! Box and walk to the four large platforms at the end to be warped back to the start of the main level.

SKULL PLATFORM PATH:

  1. Accessible by jumping on the platform with a skull halfway through the level after obtaining the silver gem.
  2. Jump over the small gap between the first two platforms to avoid falling into the water.
  3. Jump forward onto the next series of platforms.
  4. At the end, jump onto rising and sinking platforms, continuing to jump forward until reaching normal platforms.
  5. Walk to the end, where a hippo and sinking platforms are visible.
  6. When the first sinking platform rises, jump on it, wait a few seconds, then jump to the hippo, and then to the next rising platform.
Tips
  • You will not be able to get all of the boxes and the first silver gem unless you have gone through the secret area via the Secret Warp Room.
  • Miss the jump for the box in the water, and you die.

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