Crash Dash (level)

Crash Dash is the fifth level in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back. In this level, Crash will have to be quick on his feet, lest he become flattened by one of the terrifying rolling snowballs throughout this stage - it is, as such, similar to the first game's escape levels, Boulders and Boulder Dash. In order to keep his speed up, he will have to avoid a variety of obstacles designed to slow him down, including electric fences and weird futuristic mines.

Trivia

 * This level's title is shamelessly recycled for several other things in the series, including the final powerup from Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped and the racing minigames in Crash Bash. Interestingly, the Warped powerup was renamed Speedy Shoes and Turbo Run in The Wrath of Cortex and The Huge Adventure, respectively, a fate most fans expect to befall this level as well in the inevitable Crash 2 remake.
 * Since this level's name apparently isn't a reference to either of those things, one can only presume, then, that it is an obvious allusion to the popular and famous Mrs. Dash brand of seasoning blends, invented as a flavorful way to season pretty much any meal without turning it into a ghastly unhealthy monstrosity. Exactly like Mrs. Dash, this level is famous for not containing salt.


 * While the snowball will break many of the crates in this level for Crash, it will jump over others, a la the boulders in the first game. This is unusual, however, as real-world snowballs usually do not jump. Fans suspect that the snowballs might somehow be sentient creatures, perhaps even simply giant hamsters, mutated by either Cortex or N. Brio, rolling around in a big hollow snow-patterned hamster ball.