Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Spaced Out walkthrough: find 2 Silver Gems and 60 Boxes. Learn how to defeat enemies and navigate hazards.
Walkthrough
- 1Start by moving forward and then right when platforms shift right.
- 2Jump onto a platform that moves left and right; avoid touching its sides to prevent burning.
- 3When the platform reaches its furthest right point, jump to the next platforms.
- 4Break the two bounce boxes and prepare to face an enemy that shocks you by moving its arms up and down. Time your jump to coincide with its rightward movement, then slide/spin to defeat it.
- 5Past the platform's end, a piston will appear. Drop to the next platforms when the piston rises.
- 6To the right, defeat another enemy that shocks you by moving its arms.
- 7Past this enemy, a piston is followed by a platform below.
- 8On this lower platform, defeat an enemy that shocks you by moving its arms up and down.
- 9When the piston rises, jump right over the enemy and quickly jump over the pit to reach the next platforms.
- 10Break the box and locate a blue gem platform in an alcove. Do not take this unless you have all colored gems.
- 11Continue right, breaking boxes.
- 12You will encounter three pistons over a platform with an enemy that shocks you. Wait for the first piston to rise, drop down, and spin or slide into the enemy as it raises its arms.
- 13Jump over the next pit to face an enemy that keeps its arms down; jump on it to kill it.
- 14Optionally, bounce up to a platform that burns to get Wumpa Fruit.
- 15Proceed right to more pistons. The first and last pistons reach the floor, while others offer standing room underneath.
- 16Pass the first piston when it rises and defeat the enemy.
- 17Pass the last piston after it rises and break the checkpoint (a save point).
- 18Break the two boxes to your right.
- 19Jump over the Nitro box ahead.
- 20Continue right into an area behind glass. Jump over the Nitro box.
- 21Defeat an enemy that shocks you by moving its arms.
- 22To the right, there is another Nitro box with a similar enemy. Wait for the enemy to move right, jump over the Nitro, and wait for the enemy to return. Kill it when it raises its arms.
- 23Further right, a Nitro box is followed by an enemy. When the enemy moves right, jump over the Nitro and onto the enemy to kill it.
- 24Go right, under two Nitro boxes, then jump over the next one.
- 25You will find an enemy behind a shield. Slide into it twice to make it hit a Nitro box and die.
- 26Continue right to two Nitro boxes on the ground with an enemy with a ringed neck to the right. When the enemy moves right, jump over the Nitro and slide into the enemy.
- 27Go right, under two Nitro boxes, to an enemy that shocks you. Defeat it by timing your attacks to its arm movements.
- 28Exit the glass area and reach another checkpoint.
- 29To your right is a pit with a platform featuring hot pipes and an enemy with a ringed neck. When the enemy moves right, jump over the pit and pipes, then slide into the enemy.
- 30To the right is another pit with a platform, hot pipes, and an enemy that shocks you. When the enemy is next to the pipes, jump down and land on it to kill it.
- 31Ahead are six pistons on the ceiling, moving in pairs. Pass under the first pair when they rise, then wait for the next pair.
- 32Drop into the pit with a question mark to be transported to the BONUS STAGE.
- 33Break the Aku Aku box and follow the platforms.
- 34Break the box and slide under two pipes.
- 35Between the pipes on the ground is a metal arrow platform (a shrinking contraption). Slide under both pipes quickly.
- 36You will reach two hot pipes on the right with another metal arrow platform between them. Slide and jump to clear both pipes and the platform.
- 37Look down from the edge to see a metal arrow platform on the left of the next platform, with an enemy with a ringed neck walking back and forth. When the enemy moves right, quickly drop down and slide into it.
- 38Go under the piston on the ceiling when it rises, then jump onto the piston on the floor when it descends.
- 39When the floor piston rises, move right to an area with two pipes to slide under on either side of a metal arrow platform. Slide through quickly.
- 40You will encounter another enemy with a ringed neck, followed by a checkpoint.
- 41Break the checkpoint. Look below from the edge of the platform.
- 42On the left is a shrinking contraption with two metal arrow platforms to its right. An enemy with a ringed neck walks around these, with a piston on the ceiling to the right. When the enemy moves left, jump down and over it.
- 43Go under the piston to reach a metal arrow platform surrounded by hot pipes, with an enemy that shocks you to the right. When the enemy moves right, slide and jump over the pipes, then kill the enemy.
Tips
- When facing enemies that shock you by moving their arms, observe their patterns to time your attacks effectively.
- Use slide attacks for enemies behind shields or those that require multiple hits.
- Be mindful of environmental hazards like hot pipes and pistons, and use them to your advantage or avoid them carefully.
- The blue gem platform is only accessible if you have collected all other colored gems.
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