Flashback Tape

Flashback Levels are special types of levels in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. They are chronologically set before 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 can be only be unlocked by finding Flashback Tapes on certain story levels without dying before obtaining it. The game has total of 21 Flashback Tapes, with 11 of them being playable as Crash, and the other 10 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 Levels are using tracks from the first Crash Bandicoot game as well as Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.