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Level 9: Crash Crush
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Level 9: Crash Crush

Complete walkthrough for Crash Bandicoot Level 9: Crash Crush, including the bonus stage and optional path. Find the single Silver Gem.

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Complete walkthrough for Crash Bandicoot Level 9: Crash Crush, including the bonus stage and optional path. Find the single Silver Gem.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Exit the starting area, break the initial box, then break the two boxes in the enclosed area.
  2. 2
    Step out and be chased by the first boulder.
  3. 3
    Navigate past a pit, then an area with mines.
  4. 4
    Proceed through an area with side pits, breaking four boxes in the middle and avoiding mines near the end.
  5. 5
    Jump over a pit, then another pit along the side, watching out for a mine next to it.
  6. 6
    Jump over another pit, then cross a wooden bridge that the boulder will break and fall into the pit below.
  7. 7
    Open the checkpoint (a save point).
  8. 8
    When you reach an electric fence, slide under it.
  9. 9
    Avoid a mine and break the boxes ahead.
  10. 10
    Further along, use a speed boost path to reach an optional path.
  11. 11
    If taking the optional path, break the box, slide under the first electric fence, then slide under the next but jump at the end to clear a gap. Break the two boxes, then ride the platform back to the main path.
  12. 12
    If continuing on the main path, enter the enclosed area and break all boxes inside.
  13. 13
    Break the checkpoint outside the enclosed area.
  14. 14
    Let the boulder chase you again.
  15. 15
    Slide under the electric fence, then jump over a pit.
  16. 16
    On the other side, avoid a mine, then a pit.
  17. 17
    Hit the speed boost past the pit and cross the wooden bridge; the boulder will not fall, so keep moving.
  18. 18
    After the bridge, avoid several mines and jump across another pit.
  19. 19
    Stay away from the Nitro boxes and jump across the next pit.
  20. 20
    Slide under the next electric fence and enter the next enclosed area.
  21. 21
    Break the box outside the enclosed area and the next checkpoint.
  22. 22
    Continue forward, hit the speed boost, and walk along the narrow path between pits, avoiding a mine in the middle.
  23. 23
    Hit the speed boost at the end of the narrow path.
  24. 24
    Watch out for a mine and continue past boxes of Nitro on either side.
  25. 25
    Hit another speed boost, then slide under an electric fence.
  26. 26
    Jump over the next two pits.
  27. 27
    Hit yet another speed boost.
  28. 28
    Avoid the pit on the left and take the speed boost across a long wooden bridge; the boulder will fall into the pit below.
  29. 29
    Past the bridge, step on the ? on the ground to enter the Bonus Stage.
  30. 30
    After the Bonus Stage, you will find the CRYSTAL.
  31. 31
    Enter the enclosed space and break all boxes inside and outside, including the next checkpoint.
  32. 32
    Go along and get the next boulder to chase you.
  33. 33
    Take the first speed boost and jump over the pit.
  34. 34
    Right on the other side of the pit is a speed boost that leads through the next box and a mine.
  35. 35
    Take another speed boost.
  36. 36
    This leads to a couple of mines to avoid.
  37. 37
    Next, you will come to a place where there is a pit on the left and a speed boost on the path.
  38. 38
    Take the speed boost and jump over the pit when it crosses the whole path.
  39. 39
    Break the two boxes, then slide under an electric fence.
  40. 40
    Take a series of speed boosts.
  41. 41
    You will reach an area with pits on the sides of the path.
  42. 42
    Past the pits, break a box and a reinforced box, ensuring the boulder is far enough away.
  43. 43
    Break two final boxes on either side of the path to finish the level.

Bonus Stage:

  1. Break the first bounce box.
  2. Jump to the next platform on the right.
  3. Jump on the metal arrow box to get on top of the wall.
  4. Slide jump to the other platform to the right.
  5. Fall down to get Wumpa Fruit, then crawl back left.
  6. Get the life.
  7. Jump to the next platform to the right.
  8. Break the two boxes here.
  9. Jump on top of the big stack of boxes and break every one.
  10. Go left and break the two boxes and the ! Box (which makes metal boxes appear).
  11. Cross the metal boxes and break three more boxes on the platform.
  12. Ride the platform back up to the level.
Tips
  • Always be aware of the boulder's proximity.
  • Utilize speed boosts effectively to maintain distance and clear gaps.
  • Slide under electric fences and jump over pits to avoid hazards.
  • Break all boxes to work towards collecting all items.
  • The optional path offers additional boxes but requires precise platforming.
  • The bonus stage is accessed via a ? symbol after a long wooden bridge.

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