
Inside the Blue gem path found in Hang Eight Sane Trilogy version of this level adds an alternate exit.Ĭrash Bandicoot 1 All Gem Paths With Commentary Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

*In the Japanese version, this level's gem path can be accessible the first time you enter **The N. Levels whose gem paths can't be accessed the first time you enter this level through normal gameplay are listed in bold, the same holds for other games. The gem platforms are smaller and rapidly rotate when the appropriate gem isn't collected and shrink further when the player gets close, but stay enlarged and rotate more slowly when solid. This path is not required for box completion, and in fact, the player will have to play through the level the normal way to collect the level's gem. The green gem opens up a path at the beginning of that level, which allows the player to skip right to the end of the level, picking up 27 lives on the way. Unlike in future titles, many of the gem paths in the original game do not pose a challenge to the player and simply lead to extra crates, for example in Jungle Rollers, Rolling Stones, Boulder Dash, Lights Out and Castle Machinery. However, those seen in levels such as The Great Gate, Upstream, Cortex Power and Jaws of Darkness are longer and contain hazards, which have since become a staple of alternate routes in the series.Ĭastle Machinery has a different type of gem path.

If the player obtains all of the clear gems in the game (which also requires every colored gem), the entire path is complete, allowing the player to access the 100% complete ending. This game also exclusively features the clear gem path in the 'castoff' level, The Great Hall. Both of these levels are originally found before Slippery Climb and so the clear gem on these two levels were unavailable at first. Taking these gem paths allow the player to break the crates in areas formerly inaccessible in the level, leading to the player obtaining the clear gem in that level.

For example, after obtaining the red gem from Slippery Climb, the player has access to the gem paths found on Native Fortress and Road to Nowhere. A single colored gem can unlock multiple routes. In Crash Bandicoot, gem paths are used to pick up crates in specific levels, which are a necessity to acquire the level's gem. The clear gem path exclusive to Crash Bandicoot, found on The Great Hall
