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Level 18: Cold Hard Crash
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back

Level 18: Cold Hard Crash

Complete walkthrough for Level 18: Cold Hard Crash in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, including gem and box locations, and strategies for overcoming obstacles.

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Complete walkthrough for Level 18: Cold Hard Crash in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, including gem and box locations, and strategies for overcoming obstacles.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    At the start, jump onto the first pit's platform and quickly jump off to the other side before it falls. Break all boxes.
  2. 2
    Jump over the next pit, watching out for sliding penguins. At the top, break boxes stacked on metal boxes by jumping onto the lower ones first.
  3. 3
    Jump onto the middle pit's platform and quickly jump off to the other side. Kill the penguin and break the box.
  4. 4
    Jump onto the ice, avoiding sliding sea lions. Cross two more pits with ice. Jump on the platform to reach the next section.
  5. 5
    Break the first checkpoint. Proceed right to the crushers. Go under the wooden crusher when safe, then quickly past the stone one.
  6. 6
    Stop short of icicles to let them fall, then cross the wooden bridge quickly as planks fall behind you.
  7. 7
    At the next crushers, wait for the wooden one to rise, then slide under the stone one. Let icicles fall, then cross the wooden bridge.
  8. 8
    Kill the sea lion and bounce up the three bounce boxes to the ? Box. Break it, then break the three bounce boxes.
  9. 9
    Enter the pit with the question mark to reach the BONUS STAGE.
  10. 10
    Break the box past the bonus stage entrance. Let an icicle fall on the TNT to activate it, then move back. Let remaining icicles fall.
  11. 11
    Jump up the small cliff. Take the lower path. Break the two boxes and kill the spiked enemy (avoid when spikes are up). Hit the ! Box he was in front of.
  12. 12
    Go back and take the upper path. Break the large stack of boxes, then jump up the metal boxes to the next platform. Kill the penguin.
  13. 13
    Go down to the next platform, jump the gap, kill the platform enemy, and break the boxes, including the checkpoint.
  14. 14
    If you made it here without dying, take the SKULL PLATFORM PATH. Otherwise, go right and fall into the pit with Wumpa Fruit.
  15. 15
    Slide down the ice-covered slopes, get the life, and break all boxes at the bottom.
  16. 16
    Go right across the ice, jump over the pit. Kill the penguin and break all boxes in the area.
  17. 17
    Jump onto the TNT, then jump over the pit to the right before it explodes. Kill the penguin.
  18. 18
    Hop onto the next TNT and kill the penguin to its right. Break the checkpoint and the box on top.
  19. 19
    To the right of the checkpoint, wait for the wooden crushers to go up, then run under the first and slide past the second.
  20. 20
    Jump over the next pit and slide past the wooden crusher. Continue past the ice, killing the spiked enemy with the low ceiling.
  21. 21
    Drop down and break the four boxes forming a wall. Jump onto the metal arrow box and bounce up to the next platform. Kill the penguin.
  22. 22
    Jump over the pit to the next platform. Break the checkpoint.
  23. 23
    Jump onto the metal box to the right of the checkpoint, then jump up to the next platform. Kill the spiked enemy.
  24. 24
    Drop down and kill the penguin. Continue right. Hit the first two ! Boxes, then the next two ! Boxes.
  25. 25
    Break the four activated boxes to your right. Jump over the Nitro box, landing on the penguin.
  26. 26
    Jump down, jump over the next Nitro box, and land on the penguin. Break the box on the right.
  27. 27
    Optionally, jump into the alcove for Wumpa Fruit. Break the three boxes in front of the alcove, then jump to the next platform.
  28. 28
    In the alcove, there is a Crash Box behind two Nitro boxes. Jump up, slide to the back of the alcove to pass the Nitro, jump onto the Crash Box, and slide back out.
  29. 29
    Jump to the next platform, then up to the ice. Slide right past the stone crushers. Get the life near the end.
  30. 30
    Break the boxes at the end of the ice and continue. Drop down the pit with arrows to the next part.
  31. 31
    Get the checkpoint. Jump over the pit to the penguin. Jump to the next path and over the Nitro boxes.
  32. 32
    Jump over the pit again and get the CRYSTAL. Stay away from the left pit and kill the moving spiked enemy.
  33. 33
    Kill the penguin and break the box by the three TNT boxes. Jump on the box, then jump on the TNT.
  34. 34
    Go past the TNT and break the next box. Kill the final penguin.
Tips
  • Don't stand on the first pit's platform for too long; it falls.
  • Be quick when crossing the falling wooden bridge.
  • Wait for icicles to fall before proceeding after the TNT explosion.
  • Remember to avoid spiked enemies when their spikes are up.
  • Use the metal arrow box to bounce up to higher platforms.
  • Be cautious of Nitro boxes and time your movements carefully.
  • 2 Silver Gems
  • 155 Boxes

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