

Future Frenzy in the alpha build of the game used the platform to send Crash from the alternate path to the main path, it was replaced with a plain platform in the final version.Warped has death route platforms for the prehistoric and future levels, but they went unused in the retail versions.This is fixed in the Crash Bandicoot N.The end of the death route has the intended death route music. Before the end of the death route in Tomb Wader, the normal area music is used briefly instead of a death route due to a mistake when setting it up.In Warped, medieval levels are the only platform levels that didn't have death routes.Similarly, death routes in Cortex Strikes Back always contain a clear gem, whereas in Warped and The Wrath of Cortex, death routes always contain a colored gem.Some death routes in Cortex Strikes Back are required for box completion, but in Warped and The Wrath of Cortex, death routes are never required for box completion.In Cortex Strikes Back, Air Crash, Diggin' It, Cold Hard Crash, and Night Fight share the same platform.The same outline is used for all ghost death route platforms in both Cortex Strikes Back and Warped, regardless of the original platform's shape.In the prototype version of Cortex Strikes Back, Death Route platforms moved much faster and the player would occasionally fall through them and lose a life, if it's not on the ground.Gold Rush - Death Route Platform (Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex) Trivia Taking the platform in Night Fight is not necessary as its death route rejoins the main path as normal and so can be accessed from there. To get the level's two clear gems in one run, Crash must death warp after collecting the death route gem as falling through the chamber it is positioned in will cause him to skip a huge chunk of the level with no other way of returning. The exception to this is Cold Hard Crash, where Crash must backtrack down the death route in order to obtain the box gem and take the same platform to back to the main path. Of these, Piston It Away is the only one where Crash must finish the level on the death route, all others apart from Air Crash (which contains no regular crates) return him to further down the main path so some backtracking is required. In Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, all death routes contain a clear gem. Some also contain crates which are needed to be opened to obtain the level's box gem. While the Death Routes themselves did not appear in Crash Bandicoot, the Gem criteria served a similar function in that the player had to not only break all the crates in the level, but also finish the level without dying. 2 Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back.In The Wrath of Cortex, death routes always return to outline form if Crash dies outside of the death route, even after Crash has already taken the death route platform. Gem paths are similar to death routes, except they require colored gems to enter, but still use the same music as a death route. They often have more nitro crates and/or TNT crates, than normal routes. Death routes usually feature more dangers than found in a normal level. Some death routes contain iron checkpoint crates as the death route is not required for box completion. The death routes always contain a gem, and sometimes also crates that must be broken to receive the level's box gem. Once Crash/Coco gains access to the lift, they will take an alternate route that is usually more difficult than the regular route. If they die along the way before reaching the lift, then only an outline will appear in its place.

Crash/ Coco will only be able to access the lift with the crossbones by making it through a certain portion of the level without losing a life. The death routes are alternate routes in certain levels that can only be accessed by a special lift that has a crossbones symbol on it. Sane Trilogy remakes of the former two games. An Egyptian Death Route platform from Crash Bandicoot: Warpedĭeath Routes (also known as Skull Routes) are special paths that appear in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex and the N.
