Boulders

Not to be confused with the titular hazards.

Boulders
Level number	4
Number of crates	16
Gem type
N. Sane Trilogy hint	Break all of the boxes in a level to earn a clear gem.
Relic times	: 1:04.00 : 0:49.44 : 0:47.48
Developer time	0:46.11 (Dan T.)
Bonus round(s)	None
Previous level	The Great Gate
Next level	Upstream

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

Level description

Boulders (おおいわ ゴロゴロ lit. Big Rock Rattle-rattle in Japanese) is the fourth level of the first island in Crash Bandicoot and the N. Sane Trilogy remaster of the first game. It is notable as the first chase style level in the Crash series, in which Crash must outrun multiple boulders that chase him. The Tawna bonus round in the previous level, The Great Gate, saves at this level.

Level design

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 no enemies in this level apart from the boulder. However, there are several wooden obstacles along the way which will slow Crash down if he runs into them.

The level is extremely linear; the camera, however, 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. Following wumpa fruit will make sure Crash avoids the wooden obstacles however.

Gem

If all 16 crates are broken and the level is completed without dying, the player will be awarded a clear gem. Crates cannot be smashed by the boulder, as it bounces over them although this issue was fixed in the N. Sane Trilogy.

Types of crates

• Basic Crate
• Bounce Crate - 1
• Checkpoint Crate - 1
• Crash Crate
• ? Crate
• Time Crate (1/2/3 seconds)
• TNT Crate (Beta only)

Hazard Count

• Boulders: 3
• Wooden Fences: 5
• Wooden Posts: 4

Stage parameters

• Aku Aku Crates: None
• TNT Crates: None. (1 in Beta)
• Other Crates: 16 (15 in Beta)
• Tawna Bonus Round Crates: None.
• Brio Bonus Round Crates: None.
• Cortex Bonus Round Crates: None.

Walkthrough

Crash Bandicoot Prototype, Part 8 Boulders

Crash Bandicoot - E3 Beta Version, Part 4 Boulders

Boulders - Clear gem - Crash Bandicoot - 100% Playthrough (Part 2)

Crash Bandicoot Japanese Version 100% Part 5 - Boulders - Indianish Jones

Crash Bandicoot "N. Sane Trilogy" Boulders (Box Gem Walkthrough) 1080 HD

PLATINUM RELIC CRASH BANDICOOT N SANE TRILOGY Crash 1 - Boulders

Password

This corresponds to a save file at this level (9%, 0 keys, 2 gems).

Gallery

Remastered level.

Coco in the level in the N. Sane Trilogy.

Promotional artwork.

Icon from N. Sane Trilogy Save/Load Screen.

Trivia

• This level is the eighth level in the March 8, 1996 prototype.
• The premise of this level mirrors an iconic scene from Raiders of Lost Ark, in which Indiana Jones runs from a pursuing boulder.
  • The level description refers to this by mentioning Indiana Jones.
• This is the first level in the series where the players 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 bears.
  • A Triceratops in Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped.
  • Avalanche, Tidal Wave, Dragon, fireball, and Py-Ro Crunch in stages in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.
  • A giant Yeti and Mega-Mix in Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure.
  • A Shark in Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced.
  • Rusty Walrus, natives, ant drills, rising toxic waste, and a school bus tied to Cortex's airship in Crash Twinsanity.
  • A giant fruit in Crash Tag Team Racing, at Happily Ever Faster.
  • A large spiked pillar in Crash: Mind Over Mutant.
• This is one of the levels with the least changes over from the March 8, 1996 prototype to the retail version.
• This level was completely remade for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End. Nathan Drake ends up telling his wife he could beat her high score in her "TV Game Thing," which is immediately revealed to be a classic white PlayStation with Crash Bandicoot loaded.
  • It is impossible to beat Elena in the version where she tutors Nathan on how to play.
    • Nathan can, however, beat her high score in the epilogue extras of the game.
• In the N. Sane Trilogy, the boulders no longer hop or bounce & can now break the crates on the path, where as in the original it just bounced over them. The similar goes for Boulder Dash, Crash Dash and Crash Crush.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
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