Cortex Power

''You must enter Cortex's power plant and defeat the CEO: Pinstripe! ''-Level description thumb|500px|right

Cortex Power is a level from the original Crash Bandicoot, and is the second level on Cortex Island. This is Cortex's power plant, run by Pinstripe Potoroo and his minions. It is full, full, full of toxic waste and dangerous machines. Including the Blue Gem path, this level has three routes to the end, all of which must be traversed to obtain the Gem.

Trivia

 * This level's title is an obvious allusion to "White Power", a common cry uttered by white nationalists. Naughty Dog obviously intends to paint Doctor Neo Cortex - who is, not coincidentally, white - as an obvious reprehensible villain by creating a subconscious association between him and the reprehensible white supremacist movement. (In this context, it is interesting to note Cortex's falling out with Doctor Nitrus Brio, whom we later learn is sort of black in Crash: Twinsanity.) It might also allude to the fact that Cortex owns this power plant.
 * Obtaining the Gem in this stage requires a great deal of backtracking, an obvious allusion by the developers to Nintendo's rival Metroid series. Many fans continue to hope that future games will revisit this unique style of gameplay, which they have lovingly dubbed "Metroidicoot" or "Bandicootroid".
 * This level contains a machine gunner a rare enemy in this game.