The Lab

''Be careful! It's the last, and one of the hardest, levels! Doctor Neo Cortex himself lies in wait! Keep going right and save Tawna!'' - Level description

The Lab is the twenty-ninth and final full level and is the twelth level of the third island in the original Crash Bandicoot game. It is considered to be one of the hardest levels in the Crash Bandicoot series. Fully clearing this stage rewards the player with the Yellow Gem. This is the only level in the game to use the mechanic of ! Crates as switches to temporarily unlock doors; this, combined with the supercharged Lab Assistants and TNT Crates hidden in clusters of normal crates, provides for a challenging platform challenge. There are also no Aku Aku crates in this level, but Crash can have an Aku Aku mask if it is brought into the level, as shown in the screenshot on the right.

Walkthrough
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Password
Triangle, Triangle, Triangle, Square, X, X, Circle, X,

X, Square, Circle, X, X, X, X, Circle,

Square, Triangle, Square, Circle, Circle, Square, Square, Triangle.

Trivia

 * This level's name is a pun on the fact that this is Dr. Cortex's professional science laboratory.