Updated 2/21/2009 Version Final Born 7/16/2003 kenb215 Kenny Barney [email protected] P L A T I N U M R E L I C G U I D E In-depth Guide --------------------------------------- Crash Bandicoot The Huge Adventure GBA --------------------------------------- _______________ /___ ___ /| / / /\ / / / | / / / \/ / / | /______________/ /| ^ | | /|| ^ / | | |/\|| / | | / | ___ ___ |||\| | / ___ | | |\ | | ||| / ___ /%%%\ | | | \| | | / /%%%\ |%%...| | | / |%%...| \___/ |______________|/ \___/ This guide is copyright Kenny Barney 2003-2004. ====================================================== _/ ===================== Table of Contents (_) =============================================================================== Note: To use the search code, press Ctrl. + F, enter the code, then press enter. You will be taken to the section that you want. Search Code 1.00..........Introduction 2.00..........Controls 3.00..........General Tips 4.00..........Enemies 5.00..........Level Guide 5.10.........Warp Room 1 5.20.........Warp Room 2 5.30.........Warp Room 3 5.40.........Warp Room 4 6.00..........Hall of Fame 7.00..........Copyright 8.00..........Credits 9.00..........Conclusion ================================================ _/ =========================== 1.00 Introduction (_) =============================================================================== Hello, and welcome to my platinum relic guide for Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure. With it, I hope to help everybody who plays this game get the best times possible. I will tell you how to beat the levels, and at the end, there is a hall of fame where the best times for all of the levels are posted. Good luck beating those times. Remember, there is often just as much luck as skill involved. If you liked this walkthrough, you might like my other work. Find it at http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/34422.html =============================================== _/ ============================ 2.00 Controls (_) =============================================================================== --------- Warp room --------- START.......................Bring up/ Exit Load/Save menu RIGHT/LEFT..................Select Level Number UP/DOWN.....................Select Warp room level A BUTTON....................Start Level Select (in Load/Save menu) B BUTTON....................Cancel (in Load/Save menu) --------------- General in game --------------- START.......................Pause game and bring up pause menu SELECT......................Bring up Status Panel with number of lives, Wumpa, and Crates --------------- Crash Bandicoot --------------- Normal Moves ------------ CONTROL PAD.................Move A BUTTON....................Jump B BUTTON....................Spin A + R.......................Body Slam DOWN or R...................Crouch CONTROL PAD + DOWN or R.....Slide DOWN or R + CONTROL PAD.....Crawl R + A.......................High jump Special Powers -------------- A + R.......................Super Body Slam After 1st boss A + A.......................Double Jump After 2nd boss R + A + A...................High Double Jump B(3)........................Tornado Spin After 3rd boss A + A + B(3)................Super Spin Jump L...........................Turbo Run After 4th boss ------------- While Hanging ------------- A BUTTON....................Jump on/Let go B BUTTON....................Spin CONTROL PAD.................Move ---------- Underwater ---------- CONTROL PAD.................Move A BUTTON....................Quick dash forward B BUTTON....................Spin, and dash forward R BUTTON....................Spin, and dash forward ---------------- Rocket (Jetpack) ---------------- CONTROL PAD.................Move A BUTTON....................Fire Laser Gun R BUTTON....................Roll right L BUTTON....................Roll left ---------- Hover Bike ---------- CONTROL PAD.................Move (This is only used in the yellow gem path.) ---------- Polar Bear ---------- CONTROL PAD.................Move A BUTTON....................Jump B BUTTON....................Turbo Run ================================================== _/ ========================= 3.00 General Tips (_) =============================================================================== -When on land, or underwater, make sure to press the turbo button constantly. When in the sky, make sure to get in all of the turbo rings. -Always go forward, and take out the first few enemies and boxes, then come back for the clock. This will save valuable fractions of a second once the clock starts ticking. -If you have a mask to spare, and there is an enemy, nitro, or TNT box that takes a lot of time to go around, run through it and sacrifice your mask to save time. If you are having trouble beating the level, though, you may choose to skip this one. -Some large gaps can be cleared by using your super-spin, instead of waiting for a platform to come. -It is faster to spin through an enemy, or a box, than it is to jump on it. -You should never body slam, unless you need to get below the boxes (duh). -Make sure to get every time box that can be gotten in less time then what the box takes off of the clock. -Always look for little shortcuts to take off your time. ============================================== _/ ============================= 4.00 Enemies (_) =============================================================================== Name: Abominable Snow Monster See: Snow Monster Name: Airplane See: Fighter Name: Armored Spike Description: A blue covered half-sphere creature. Difficulty: 8 Attacks: Sends spikes out to kill you. Defeat: Any, but only when spikes are retracted. Found in: Future Levels Name: Blimp Description: A giant, green blimp. Difficulty: 5 Attacks: Shoots missiles at you. Defeat: Shoot the N Cortex head in the center. Found in: Flying levels Name: Bird Description: A purple bird that hovers in place. Difficulty: 4 Attacks: Swoops down to ram into you. Defeat: Spin into it. Found in: Earth levels Name: Bomber Description: An airplane carrying a large bomb. Difficulty: 3 Attacks: Rams you with "the bomb." Defeat: Shoot it, or dodge it. Found in: Flying levels Name: Crusher Description: A giant log that comes down to crush you. Difficulty: 5 Attacks: Falls down to crush Crash. Defeat: Time your way past it. Found in: Snow levels Name: Eel (large) Description: Large, green eel that lives in holes in the side of rocks. Difficulty Level: 4 Attacks: Strikes out to bite you, they can reach MOST of the way across. Defeat: Spin into it. Found in: Underwater levels Name: Electric Eel Description: Small, green eel that will sometimes glow yellow with electricity. Difficulty Level: 6 Attacks: Electrifies itself Defeat: Spin into it when it is not electrified. Found in: Under water levels Name: Electric Fence Description: Grey posts, and blue electricity Difficulty Level: 5 Attacks: None Defeat: Dodge it, hit it from the side, or be invincible. Found in: Chase part of snow levels Name: Electrified Robot Description: A hunk of metal with an antenna at the top, and electrodes that come out of the side or top. Difficulty Level: 7 Attacks: Electrodes may alternate between being up and down, or may stay in one position. Defeat: Spin or slide it when the electrodes are up, and jump on it when they are down. Found in: Future Levels Name: Fighter Description: An airplane that shoots you while you are in the flying levels. Difficulty Level: 5 Attacks: Cannon Defeat: Dodge its attacks and shoot it, or just wait until it passes. Found in: Flying levels Name: Flamethrower Description: A suited person, handing from a grating, that uses a flamethrower. Difficulty Level: 3 Attacks: Flamethrower Defeat: Run straight to it and spin, or wait until just after he has fired. Found in: Sewer levels Name: Frog Description: A green, wart covered from that jumps about. Difficulty Level: 3 Attacks: None, but jumps around. Defeat: Any, but spin works best. Found in: Sewer levels Name: Ice Description: Not an enemy, but blue and slippery, can make you fall into a pit. Difficulty Level: 7 Attacks: None Defeat: Be careful. Found in: Snow levels Name: Jellyfish Description: A purple jellyfish that bobs slowly up and down. Difficulty Level: 4 Attacks: None Defeat: Spin from the bottom only, or dodge the line of them. Found in: underwater levels Name: Landmine Description: A landmine that is brown and red. Difficulty Level: 7 Attacks: None Defeat: Try to avoid it. Found in: Chase section of Snow levels. Other: They will not kill you, just slow you down so the snow monster can kill you. Name: Laser Description: An orange laser beam in the future levels. Difficulty: 3 Attacks: None Defeat: Dodge it. Found in: Future levels Name: Lizard Description: Short and purple, crawls along the ground. Difficulty Level: 1 Attacks: None Defeat: Spin into it. Found in: The earth levels Name: Mine Description: Floating yellow mine with red spikes. Difficulty Level: 3 Attacks: Floats towards you. Defeat: Invincible, so swim around it. Found in: Underwater levels Name: Mouse Description: Small mouse that scurries about. Difficulty Level: 1 Attacks: None Defeat: Spin into it. Found in: Sewer levels Name: Penguin Description: A small penguin. Difficulty Level: 3 Attacks: Spins, which will make it temporarily invincible. Defeat: Any, but don�t slide when it is spinning. Found in: Snow levels Name: Penguin (Type 2) Description: A penguin that slide along the ground. Difficulty Level: 5 Attacks: None Defeat: Dodge it. Found in: Chase section of snow levels Name: Polar Bear Description: A white polar bear found in the snow levels. Difficulty Level: 1 Attacks: None Defeat: Any, use spin for fastest result. Found in: Snow levels Name: Puffer fish Description: A small, red fish. Difficulty Level: 4 Attacks: Inflates itself to become invincible. Defeat: Spin it when it is deflated. Found in: Underwater levels Name: Rat See: Mouse Name: Scrubbing Bubbles Description: Silver, sponge creature that moves back and forth. Difficulty Level: 1 Attacks: None Defeat: Spin into it. Found in: Sewer levels. Name: Seal Description: A seal that slides along the ground Difficulty Level: 2 Attacks: None Defeat: Spin into it. Found in: Snow levels Other: They always attack in groups, coming one at a time as long as you are in a certain place. You will hear them before they come. Name: Shark Description: A shark, swims in a straight line. Difficulty Level: 2 Attacks: None Defeat: Spin into it. Found in: Underwater levels. Name: Shirt See: Scrubbing Bubbles Name: Snow monster Description: A giant monster that chases you in the forward snow levels. Difficulty Level: 3 Attacks: Runs into you. Defeat: Keep ahead of it, use B to dash Found in: Chase section of snow levels. Name: Spike Description: A small, grey creature that hands upside down from a grating. Difficulty Level: 4 Attacks: None Defeat: Indestructible, use the invincible mask, or sacrifice a normal one. Found in: Sewer Levels Name: Spiked Lizard Description: A two-legged, green, lizard-like creature with a sharp rim around its head. Difficulty Level: 6 Attacks: None Defeat: Slide into the bottom of it. Found in: Earth Levels. Name: Spikes Description: Grey spikes in a pit beneath you. Difficulty Level: 2 Attacks: None Defeat: Jump over them. Found in: Earth levels. Name: Squid Description: a purple squid that darts about in a diamond shaped path. Difficulty: 3 Attacks: None Defeat: Spin it Found in: Underwater levels Name: UFO Description: A blue UFO that floats overhead, with a pilot in it. Difficulty Level: 3 Attacks: Lightning Zap below it. Defeat: Jump on top of it, or plow through below if it is safe. Found in: Future Levels Name: Venus Fly Trap Description: Has a green stem and leaves, with a purple �head�. Difficulty Level: 3 Attacks: Strikes forward to bite you. Defeat: Spin into it for quickest elimination. Found it: Earth levels. Other: It will only attack forward, so you are safe behind it. ================================================= _/ ========================== 5.00 Level Guide (_) =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------- _/ -------------------------- 5.10 Warp Room 1 (_) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================== Level 1 Jungle Jam ================== Sapphire Relic: 0:35:50 My best time: 0:21:50 Gold Relic: 0:27:50 Platinum Relic: 00:23:30 Best reader�s time: 0:17:50 First go forward until you can kill the lizard. Do so, then go back and hit the clock. You will lose any masks that you might have. Race forward with the speed shoes power up, if you have it (L). You get it when you beat Cortex for the first time. Destroy the 1 second box that you encounter. Spin through more boxes and enemies, as needed, without stopping. It is generally better, though, for you to avoid boxes and enemies, because it is faster. When you get to the BONUS area, double jump onto the steel box, and get the 3 second box above. Drop down to the right, and spin so you kill the lizard. Go right until you reach the steel platform. Double jump onto the medium height one, and then go up and right. Get the mask, but only if you think you need it, and go right. Plow through the stack of boxes with a 3 and 2 second box, and go to the end of the level. =================== Level 2 Shipwrecked =================== Sapphire Relic 1:17:70 My best time: 0:46:80 Gold Relic 1:07:70 Platinum Relic 00:54:40 Best reader�s time: 0:45:90 Press the A button continuously, for the entire level, if you can. Hit the clock, and go right. Dodge the fish, and go below the mine. Destroy the time and mask boxes in the stack. Do down, dodging the fish, then left. Spin the eels when you need to, but dodge them, by going all of the way to the other side if you can. Go right, avoiding and spinning enemies, and take out the 2 second box in the stack. Go right and get the mask, then up, taking out the eels. Go left to end the level. ====================== Level 3 Temple of Boom ====================== Sapphire Relic: 1:02:70 My best time: 0:45:70 Gold Relic: 00:55:70 Platinum Relic: 00:49:00 Best reader�s time: 0:37:70 Take out the boxes and the plant, the hit the clock. Go right, and jump onto the 1 second box. Double jump off of it onto the platform right. Use the arrow boxes to get another time box, and to get to the right. Press right when you fall into the pit, and you will bounce on the box and over the other obstacles. When you get to the elevator, duck, and double jump as soon as you can reach the arrow box. Get the mask at the pile of boxes, and the 1 second box there. Go right, and jump from one elevator to the next one as quickly as you can. Plow your way through the boxes. When you reach the elevator that moves up and down, jump as high as you need to in order to get the 1 second box at the top. Take the elevators left, super spin jumping to get across quickly. ======================== Level 4 Frostbite Cavern ======================== Sapphire Relic: 1:31:70 My best time: 1:01:60 Gold Relic: 1:17:10 Platinum Relic: 1:06:00 Best reader�s time: 0:53:60 Take out the penguin, then come back for the clock. Use speed shoes whenever you can, as always. Hit it, then jump over the nitro box, and the next nitro box. Get the one second box. Go right, and get the mask, jump right, and plow through the seal and boxes for a 2 second box. Fall down the hole. If the big guy gets a time box, then it won�t count, so you need to get all of them yourself, lazy. Also, if you can, hold B, turbo, the entire time. Get the two time boxes to the right. Then the mask and box, also right. Dodge obstacles, and get two 3 second boxes, again to the right. Stay in the center to avoid the barrage of penguins. Dodge the nitro box, and stay center. Go to the right for a one-second box, then stay in the center for a mask. If you managed to hold onto all of them, then you will be invincible now, and can just plow straight through everything. If so, then it will last you to the end of the section. If not, then stay in the center to avoid most obstacles. When you fall, press right so you don�t waste time on the box. Go right, jumping over the nitro�s, and get the mask. You might become invincible again. Continue to go right, spinning away seals. Ignore the Nitro detonator, and keep moving forward until you reach the end. ===================== Level 5 Just in Slime ===================== Sapphire Relic: 1:39:40 My best time: 01:04:40 Gold Relic: 1:15:60 Platinum Relic: 1:06:50 Best reader�s time: 0:53:20 Destroy the two boxes in front of you, and hit the clock. You should be able to keep the speed shoes on (L) for nearly all of the level. Go right, and jump over the stack of boxes. Smash the 2 second one at the end. Continue going right. Slide under the low hanging box, and jump over the TNT. When you reach the pipes, wait half a second, then slide under and you will take out the mouse. Get the three second box (duh). Spin and jump over boxes and enemies. When you reach the pipes, you will get a mask. If you want to kill some time, use it to hit the second nitro box so you can slide. It will shave a second or two off of your time. This is yet another thing that I discovered accident- ally, through my many mistakes. Continue to go right, and double jump over the TNT box, and get the mask. Continue to go right, and jump over obstacles, and get time boxes. When you reach the grey platforms, you can just make it with a normal jump form one to the next. You will reach the end with, hopefully, plenty of time to spare. ------------------------------------------------- _/ -------------------------- 5.20 Warp Room 2 (_) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================== Level 6 Snow Crash ================== Sapphire: 1:43:00 My best time: 1:20:50 Gold: 1:36:70 Platinum: 1:28:00 Best reader�s time: 1:13:50 Take out the penguin, and the group of four boxes, then go back and hit the clock. Sprint forward, and jump the gap. Double-jump right, and hit the box that gets in your way. Jump over the TNT box, and spin the mask, then plow your way right. Slide quickly on the ice, and jump and spin past the penguins. Dart past the crunchers before they go down, then take the arrow right in one bounce. Fall down the hole, and keep the dash button down the entire time, or when it is easy if you are not going for a good relic. Take the speed pad at the level, then stay in the center to avoid some obstacles, and get another speed pad. Stay in the center, and jump over the penguins. Continue in the center, and jump over more penguins that just barely get in the way sometimes. Continue going again, for a while, then jump over several rows of mines. After that, jump over some penguins, then more penguins. Go slightly right to avoid a mine, then go all of the way right, so you aren�t electrified. As you fall down, back into a normal level, press forward so you don�t land on the box. Dart past more crunchers, then body slam a stack of iron crates for the 2 second box they protect. Go up the steel boxes, and from the rightmost one, double-jump directly onto the snow. Jump over the boxes, and onto the exit pad. ===================== Level 7 Rocket Racket ===================== Sapphire: 2:30:20 My best time: 2:05:00 Gold: 2:17:50 Platinum: 2:05:00 Best reader�s time: 2:01:30 Run into the clock, as opposed to shooting it. If you shoot the balloon holding a time box, you don�t get any credit, so make sure to shoot only the box. Later, when you reach the blimp, make sure that you are shooting the face before it is possible, and keep your sight in the face, even if you are moving. You need all of the time boxes and you need to shoot all of the blimps almost as quickly as possible in order to get the platinum relic. Keep shooting the blimp, ignoring any of the missiles to get the best time. Do the same thing to the second blimp. When you reach the wall of floating bombs, go in the upper right corner. You need to go through this, and all of the other speed pads, in order to get a good time. Keep going until you reach the third and final balloon. Defeat it the same way you defeated the other ones, and you will be victorious. ==================== Level 8 Just Hangin� ==================== Sapphire: 1:49:40 My best time: 1:19:80 Gold: 1:43:00 Platinum: 1:27:00 Best reader�s time: 1:08:60 Take out the bubble creature then get the clock. Go right, jump over the mouse, and repeat for several stacks of TNT. Go right more, get the mask, then hop onto the grating. Get the 2 second box, then spin as you get down so you can take out the mouse. Jump right, then get onto a second grating. Spin the flamethrower, and get off. Go right, spinning enemies, and get the second mask. Don�t jump up and grab the grating. Instead, walk along the bottom, and take out a mouse as you go. Hop onto the grating when you need to, and go past the spike, and over the iron boxes. Blow a mask on each of the next spikes so that you can shave several seconds off of your time. Jump on the TNT box to take out the 2 second box, and continue right. Spin enemies, and you will reach a bunch of pipes. Slide under them, waiting a second on the ones with a mouse under them so it can be taken out with your slide. Continue right, navigating under the grating, and exit the level. ==================== Level 9 Shark Attack ==================== Sapphire: 1:31:60 My best time: 1:01:30 Gold: 1:17:00 Platinum: 1:09:40 Best reader�s time: 0:57:50 Keep pressing the A BUTTON the entire time for the quickest time. Spin any enemies that get in your way. Get the mask, and keep going right. Navigate between the spikes, a delicate procedure, then go down, and left. Then go down again, and get the 2 second box in the back of a stack. Go right, then up, to the end. =============== Level 10 Ruined =============== Sapphire: 02:41:80 My best time: 1:53:80 Gold: 2:38:80 Platinum: 2:00:00 Best reader�s time: 1:23:40 Go right, and take out the box. Wait until the platform is just at the bottom and walk back to the clock. Hit it, and dash to the rising platform. Double-jump over the stack with a TNT box, then single jump and spin through the stack with an iron box in it. Slide-super jump at the edge of the platform, then jump and spin through the 2 second box. Go right, and ride the platform. Get off of the second platform as soon as you can reach the edge of the cliff. Stand just to the right of the pile of two boxes with the iron box in it, and slide-super jump as far as you can. With a little luck, you will land on a platform. From there, super-jump right. Kill enemies, and jump over the TNT and nitro. Jump over the lizard while getting the mask, and go right, onto the platforms. You need to get the ! box, so do so. Double jump over the stack with TNT, and spinout the 3 second box. Jump up to the platform with the TNT and iron stack. Double-jump over it, and continue. Slide the lizards out, and go up. Double jump over the stack of nitro and, yet again, go right. Ignore the platform, and slide-super jump right. Do that a second time. Jump on the TNT, and when it detonates, it will give you a 2 second box. Double jump right, then go right more. Continue right to the end. ------------------------------------------------- _/ -------------------------- 5.30 Warp Room 3 (_) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================= Level 11 Snow Joe ================= Sapphire: 2:12:10 My best time: 1:51:50 Gold: 2:08:00 Platinum: 2:04:40 Best reader�s time: 1:22:40 Take out the bears, then hit the clock. Plow through the boxes and enemies, and get the mask. Keep going until you reach the final ice platform. Double-jump over the nitro, and on to the arrow box. Fall down into the black hole. When you reach the bottom, if you are going for platinum, turbo the entire time. Otherwise, just use turbo when it is safe. The first time box is right, then a mask is left. After that it�s turbo time. There is a 2 second box just past an electric fence. When you reach the walls, sprint jump immediately when you land each time to get through fastest. Dodge obstacles, and continue to the end of the section. Go right, and jump to the 2 second box at the end of the TNT. Double-jump off of that onto the box to the right. Continue to sprint right. You can just barely make it through the last two falling pillars in one drop. After that it�s basically straight line sprinting to the end. ===================== Level 12 Ace of Space ===================== Sapphire: 1:58:40 My best time: 1:14:30 Gold: 1:55:80 Platinum: 1:39:50 Best reader�s time: 1:06:00 First take out the stack of TNT, then hit the clock and sprint with all you have. Jump over the laser. When you see the 2 second box under the TNT, just jump on the TNT, then spin through the UFO. Jump right, then immediately onto, and off of the spinning, floating, platform. Jump over the stack of 4 boxes, while spinning to take out the 1 second one. If you hurry, which you should be doing, you can just make it across another switching platform. Continue right, and go under the UFO. Yet again, they give you just enough time to get across the platforms before they switch. Spin through the armor. Double-jump over the stack of iron boxes, and get the 2 second box on the way down. Plow though everything right. When you get to the part where the floor goes backwards, it is quicker for you to jump to the right. Jump over the lasers, and continue right, jumping over the TNT. Go right as quickly as you can, and you will eventually encounter the first platform that you can�t cross quickly enough. Instead, spin double jump to the arrow box, then go right. Hit the TNT to shatter 3 one second boxes, then double-jump to the top of the stack of steel. Jump right, carefully over the lasers and end the level. ==================== Level 13 Sunken City ==================== Sapphire: 1:39:60 My best time: 1:07:90 Gold: 1:21:70 Platinum: 1:14:20 Best reader�s time: 0:59:80 Hit the clock and go right. As always, for the best time continuously press the A BUTTON. Swim past the enemies, spin any that get in your way, and go to the TNT box. Spin the wooden crate in front of it, let it blow a path for you, then continue. Spin through the squids and the shark, then go past the ! box, which you don�t need to get. Go below the first mine, then spin through the squid and go above the second mine. Get the one second box, then spin through the boxes guarding the second one. Get the two that is right near it, and continue. Follow the path, dodging enemies, until you reach the end. ====================== Level 14 Down the Hole ====================== Sapphire: 1:32:40 My best time: 1:07:40 Gold: 1:23:40 Platinum: 1:07:40 Best reader�s time: 0:58:30 Detonate the TNT, then go back and hit the clock. Double-jump onto the platform, then hop off so you go over the spiked lizard. Jump right, and get the mask and 1 second box. Stop to get both time boxes next to the nitro, and continue right. Double-jump over the iron crates and TNT, then go right. Jump on top of the box near the nitro, and continue. Spin the weirdly dressed person, then get the mask. Continue going up, then body-slam your way down as quickly as you can. Pick yourself up, and go right. Fall down, and get the mask, then jump over the stack. If you are invincible, dash as quickly as you can. If not, then take out or dodge enemies, and jump over the nitro. Spin the TNT to save time, if you have a mask and need the time, then keep going. ====================== Level 15 Blimp Bonanza ====================== Sapphire: 2:58:20 My best time: 2:35:20 Gold: 2:44:90 Platinum: 2:36:30 Best reader�s time: 2:30:80 Run into the clock, and shoot the time boxes as they come up. Make sure to go through all of the speed pads. Shoot as many enemies that you can while dodging bullets (not matrix style), and getting all of the time boxes. When you come to the blimp, start shooting in advance, and continue shooting, in the head, until it falls. Continue shooting enemies and time boxes until you reach the next blimp. Shoot it and repeat until you reach the speed pads. Hit all of them, and shoot everything until you reach the final blimp. Destroy it, and get a relic. ------------------------------------------------- _/ -------------------------- 5.40 Warp Room 4 (_) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================= Level 16 Star To Finish ======================= Sapphire: 2:07:60 My best time: 1:25:10 Gold: 1:59:50 Platinum: 1:44:10 Best reader�s time: 1:15:00 Take out the box and the UFO, then race forward. Plummet straight to the bottom, without jumping on the boxes, then run onto the spinner. Jump right, and plow through the mask. Double-jump, and take out another UFO. Jump over the armored spike. Go forward, and take the first two spinners up. Jump the last leg of the path, then go right. Take out or jump over the two electrified ones, then jump on the TNT to get both time boxes. Ride the arrows up, and spin the 1 second box. Jump over the other ones, and body-slam the iron boxes, taking out the robot if needed. Do the same thing two more times, and you will reach ground level. Jump over the spike if it is open, or spin it if it isn�t, and proceed right. Double-jump over the nitros, and jump onto the spinning platform as soon as you can. Jump over the obstacles, and dart past the UFO. At the tall stack, double-jump to get the 2 second box, then take out the bottom box, and jump over the stack. Slide out the armored spike under the laser, and dart right. High double-jump right, then go left. Get the three second box, and go right again. Double-jump over the nitro, then do the same over the second one, with a super-spin if the spike is deployed. Hit the !, and go across the now filled pit. Go right, and jump over the enemies. =================== Level 17 Air Supply =================== Sapphire: 2:09:30 My best time: 1:31:20 Gold: 1:50:40 Platinum: 1:41:70 Best reader�s time: 1:10:10 Grab the clock, and plow your way down. Like in the other swimming levels, pressing A continuously will get you through the level the fastest. Get the mask and the two second box. Go right, and down. If possible, swim past the eels because they could electrify themselves, and kill you, at any moment. Go right, spinning past the eel, and up, past the much easier large eel. Go up, and left more. Take the lower route, and go below the eels, then go down in between the spikes coming out from the side. Go right, and get the three second box. Go down, and spin through the squids. Spin through the boxes, then tough the TNT, and back off. Spin through more boxes, hen go down and around. Grab the mask and the one second box. Hit the !, then the TNT and let it explode. Go right, and up. Go left, below the eels, and exit the level. ==================== Level 18 No-Fly Zone ==================== Sapphire: 3:26:30 My best time: 3:08:50 Gold: 3:17:10 Platinum: 3:09:60 Best reader�s time: 3:08:00 Run into the clock (make sure you actually hit it, unlike me :( ), and begin shooting. Take out the first time box, then go through every one of the speed pads. Shoot down more enemies, and time and health boxes. Take out any enemies that you can that are right in front of the blimp, but be sure to be shooting it as soon as N. Cortex�s head turns red. Shoot your way through the firework display, then take out the airplanes as soon as they come down in front of you. Dodge them right after that so you won�t get hit. Another barrage of firecrackers, then more bombers. Keep moving, at all costs, except for getting time and health boxes. Once again, ignore the airplanes as you concentrate on the blimp. Blast the firecrackers out of existence, and take out the time box. Go through all of the speed pads, then follow your religious practices for death before the final wave. Shoot as much as you can, and keep moving. Take out the blimp, as usual, and hopefully you will get the relic. ========================= Level 19 Drip, Drip, Drip ========================= Sapphire: 2:28:40 My best time: 1:26:30 Gold: 1:37:00 Platinum: 1:29:60 Best reader�s time: 1:18:50 Take out the first five boxes, then hit the clock. Spin the frog, and jump over the nitro. Double-jump over the next set of nitro, then spin through frogs and boxes. Dash right, through more enemies, and side just as you reach the pipes. Slide under the spike so you can take out the box at the same time, and crawl right until you can safely get up. Slide again, and jump over the next set of boxes. Plow your way through frogs, then jump over slime. Double-jump right, then spinout the bottom 2 second box. Jump right, and spin the mask as you come down. Spin the three flamethrowers with out waiting, if you can. If you have a mask, then use it to plow through the spike with out waiting, if you need the time. Go right, and ignore the nitro !. Jump right, and bounce on the box. You can just make it to the platform to the right, without super-spinning, which will slow you down. Do so, then spin the frog. Go right, and take out any frogs or boxes that get in your way. Double-jump over the slime, shatter two final frogs, then end the level. ======================== Level 20 Final Countdown ======================== Sapphire: 2:30:40 My best time: 1:49:80 Gold: 2:13:80 Platinum: 1:58:20 Best reader�s time: 1:23:10 Destroy two boxes, then hit the clock. Now it is safe to get the mask. Spin through the 1 second box, then go right. Double-jump over the nitro, then jump over the robot. Spin through the UFO, then get the box with the mask. Navigate through the lasers, then go right. You can just make it past the platform before it turns. Double-jump over the armored spike, and onto the middle arrow. Slide out the robot, and go through the UFO. Bounce over the armor, and fall down. Slide, and use up a mask on the nitro to save several seconds. Go past the piston, then ignore the 1 second box. In the time it takes you to get it, you will miss your opportunity at the platform. Ride the first platforms, then use the arrow to quickly go right. Take out the enemies as needed, and continue right. Use the super-spinner to go over the armored spike, then slide right. Again, use a mask on nitro, then go down. Go past the pistons, and continue right. Super-spin-jump right. Do that again while standing on TNT to get across the nitro. Use the spinner to go over the nitro, then continue right. Jump over each of the lasers. Carefully jump over the lasers, and to the platform when it is safe. Continue to the end. =============================================================================== 6.00 Hall of Fame =============================================================================== The hall of fame contains the best times that have been obtained on each of the levels. It looks like I've been kicked out of first place from every level. If you have any contributions to make, contact me at [email protected]. Level 1 Jungle Jam 0:17:50 jeffy! Level 2 Shipwrecked 0:45:90 ntropydude Level 3 Temple of Boom 0:37:70 ntropydude Level 4 Frostbite Cavern 0:53:60 ntropydude Level 5 Just in Slime 0:53:20 ntropydude Level 6 Snow Crash 1:13:50 ntropydude Level 7 Rocket Racket 2:01:30 ntropydude Level 8 Just Hangin� 1:08:60 ntropydude Level 9 Shark Attack 0:57:50 Josher1212 Level 10 Ruined 1:23:40 ntropydude Level 11 Snow Joe 1:22:40 ntropydude Level 12 Ace of Space 1:06:00 ntropydude Level 13 Sunken City 0:59:80 Josher1212 Level 14 Down the Hole 0:58:30 ntropydude Level 15 Blimp Bonanza 2:30:80 ntropydude Level 16 Star To Finish 1:15:00 ntropydude Level 17 Air Supply 1:10:10 ntropydude Level 18 No-Fly Zone 3:08:00 ntropydude Level 19 Drip, Drip, Drip 1:18:50 ntropydude Level 20 Final Countdown 1:23:10 ntropydude =============================================================================== 7.00 Copyright =============================================================================== This walkthrough was created by kenb215 (Kenneth W. Barney). It may be freely saved to your hard drive or printed, as long as it is not used for monetary purposes. You may post it on your website provided that I am informed of this, that I retain credit for creating the guide, and that no part of it is altered in any way. I reserve the right to require any website hosting this guide to remove it at my choosing, for any reason, or for no reason at all. All copyrights and trademarks are copyright and trademark by their respective owners. By breaking this copyright, you are in violation of copyright law under Title 17 Chapter 5 Section 506(d) of US Copyright Law you can be fined for up to $2,500. =============================================================================== 8.00 Credits =============================================================================== JARED LYNCH [[email protected]]- For correcting my mistake of naming Snow Joe as Snow Job. =============================================================================== 9.00 Conclusion =============================================================================== In conclusion, I would like to thank everybody who helped me in the making of my guide. Namely Crocomire, and now everyone else who has posted their level times. Much appreciated. I thank all of you for using my guide, and wish you all good luck in beating those times. So long for now. Signing out kenb215.