Ace of Space

Ace of Space (ぎんがの アスレチック lit. Galaxy Athletic in Japanese) is the twelfth stage and the first space-themed level in Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure. It's also the second level in the third warp room in the game. It has lots of obstacles like spikes, red and green falling plates, lasers, and UFOs. This one, as well as the other space-themed levels in the game, has music remixed from the future-themed levels of Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped.

The yellow gem path has Crash flying the space motorcycle through space. This path is necessary for both clear gems, as it contains a clear gem, as well as 85 crates and is therefore, also necessary for the box gem. To reach the yellow gem platform, Crash must fall down a pit in the middle of the level with wumpa fruit leading the way, and then continue to move to the right with several long jumps that require either the double jump or death tornado spin.

Types of crates

 * Aku Aku Crate (bonus round and yellow gem path only)
 * Arrow Crate - iron
 * Basic Crate
 * Bounce Crate
 * Checkpoint Crate
 * Crash Crate
 * ! Crate
 * Iron Crate
 * Locked Crate
 * Nitro Crate
 * Nitro Switch Crate
 * Outline Crate
 * ? Crate
 * Slot Crate
 * Time Crate (1/2 seconds)
 * TNT Crate

Hazard Count

 * Plasma Gates: 24
 * UFO Lab Assistants: 4
 * Spiked Shells: 16

Relic Times

 * Sapphire: 1:58:40
 * Gold: 1:55:80
 * Platinum: 1:39:50

Trivia

 * This level has the most crates in the game. An old trailer shows that at some point in the game's development process, this level was to contain 218 crates, which would have been the most crates for any level in any Crash Bandicoot game. Instead, Gold Rush from Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex contains the most crates in the series with 209.
 * Additionally, the gem path contains the most crates of any gem path in the entire series.
 * The name of this level is a pun on either "ace of spades" or the Swedish music group Ace of Base.
 * If Crash enters the yellow gem path with two Aku Aku masks, it takes only a few seconds to obtain a third mask, and then Crash will be invincible for the remainder of the path if he also hits the second Aku Aku crate in the path.
 * There is a stack of four iron crates near the end of the level, followed by a pit which leads to a platform lower than the previous one, which contains the nitro switch crate. This makes it impossible to travel the yellow gem path after detonating all of the nitro crates (which would make the path easier).