Flashback Tape

s are collectible VHS tapes that are needed to unlock special types of levels, known as Flashback Levels, in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. They are chronologically set before and after the events of the first Crash Bandicoot game and focus on the experiments and trials Crash Bandicoot and Coco Bandicoot were going through right after their creation by Doctor Neo Cortex.

Flashback Levels are unlocked by finding Flashback Tapes on certain story levels without dying before obtaining it and are always unlocked in order. The game has total of 21 tapes, with 11 of the Flashback Levels being playable as Crash, and the other 10 Flashback Levels being playable as Coco. A reward for completing a Flashback Level is a Flashback Relic. The player can earn a Gold Flashback Relic by collecting also 90% of the level's crates, or a Platinum Flashback Relic by collecting all of the level's crates. Flashback Tapes use tracks from the original versions of the first two games as background music.