Boulders

''Are you an Indiana Jones or a simple player? Take your chance, survive the boulders and run to the level end!'' -Level description

Boulders is the 4th level of Crash Bandicoot. It is notable as the first "chase" style level, in which Crash must outrun something that is chasing him.

Layout
Throughout the course of the level, Crash must run away from several large spherical boulders. If he is too slow, he will be crushed. Each boulder starts rolling from the top of a bridge-like tunnel. It is stopped either by smashing into the wall of the next tunnel along the way or by plunging down a hole. There are several wooden obstacles along the way which will slow Crash down if he runs into them.

The level is extremely linear, however the camera is pointing towards Crash's front-side throughout. Players must run toward the screen, an unusual departure from the first three levels. This seems to be acknowledged by Naughty Dog, as players are pointed in this new direction at the start of the level by an arrow made of Wumpa Fruit. The camera angle means that players can not see what obstacles lay ahead of them until the last second, giving them little time to react.

Gem
If all 16 crates are broken and the level is completed without dying, you will be awarded a clear gem. Crates smashed by the boulder are not counted.

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

X, Circle, Circle, Triangle, Triangle, X, X, X,

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

Trivia

 * The premise of this level mirrors an iconic scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, in which Indiana Jones runs from a pursuing boulder.


 * This is the first level in the series where the player must escape from a dangerous hazard that is chasing them. The format has been used several times in later games:
 * In Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back with giant snowballs and giant polar bear.
 * A Triceratops in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped.
 * Avalanches, tsunamis and dragons in stages in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.
 * A giant bipedal polar bear in Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure.
 * Rusty Walrus in Crash Twinsanity.
 * A giant fruit in Crash Tag Team Racing, at Happy Heavily Faster.

Video walkthrough
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