A new strat found by The8bitbeast that works in all versions of Crash 1, 2 and 3.

You alternate between diagonals on the DPad (or analog) every active frame (ex. up-left -> down-right) while jumping to build up backwards speed, which you then release by just holding the opposite direction to the one you want to go.

Currently TAS only, unless someone can figure out an RTA way of doing it (by pause buffering or something).

I might've assumed you meant the PSP GO way, which is the official and allowed way.

EDIT: Nevermind, there's some crashing obstacles in the way at step 4.

Found a possible Gemstone warp use:

1. Warp to Gemstone.
2. Enter a Purple Token challenge.
3. Quit to main menu.
4. Warp to Gemstone.
5. Enter Oxide, Pinstripe or Komodo.
6. Deathabuse.

This will put you back into Gemstone with the Purple Gem in your items (with its added %), however to get out you need to quit to main menu and warp back into adventure mode (probably Gemstone warp again, to do the stored Oxide challenge in Cove or something).

(someone needs to test if it counts towards unlocking Turbo Track)

A glitch that is able to increase the level counter forever.

Works on NTSC-U and on PAL, does not work on NTSC-J.

Setup:

1. Go into Battle Mode 2P, pick any characters.
2. Select Rocky Road (or Lab Basement if you have that unlocked, though that'd be NG+).
3. Battle Setup: Life Limit Mode, any lengths, Teams: P1 Red, P2 Yellow, any weapons.
4. Have P1 win and retry until you get to the value of the level you want to warp to (value gets increased by 1 at the final hit).
5. When you're at the value you want, change setup instead of retrying and start battle once you're in the setup menu.

Alt Setup (works the same): Teams: P1 Yellow, P2 Blue, and make P2 win every time.

Values: 0 - dingo canyon 1 - dragon mines 2 - crashed (blizzard bluff) 3 - crashed (crash cove) 4 - tiger temple 5 - papu's pyramid 6 - roo's tubes 7 - hot air skyway 8 - sewer speedway 9 - crashed (mystery caves) 10 - crashed (cortex castle) 11 - crashed (n.gin labs) 12 - crashed (polar pass) 13 - crashed (oxide station) 14 - coco park 15 - crashed (tiny arena) 16 - slide coliseum 17 - crashed (turbo track) 18 - nitro court 19 - rampage ruins 20 - parking lot 21 - skull rock 22 - the north bowl 23 - ROCKY ROAD <----------------- STARTING POINT 24 - lab basement 25 - gemstone valley 26 - warp room 1 27 - warp room 2 28 - warp room 3 29 - warp room 4 30 - crashed (intro) 31 - crashed (intro montage coco crashed) 32 - crashed (intro montage tiny) 33 - crashed (intro montage polar crashed) 34 - crashed (intro montage dingodile) 35 - crashed (intro montage cortex) 36 - (space intro? crashed) 37 - (intro montage crashed) 38 - (intro oxide) 39 - (main menu) 40 - (adventure character selection) 41 - (naughty dog box) 42 - Any% Ending, then credits 43 - 101% Ending, then credits 44 - (credits) 45 - (credits crash) 46 - (credits tiny) 47 - (credits coco) 48 - (credits ngin) 49 - (credits dingo) 50 - (credits polar) 51 - (credits pura) 52 - (credits pinstripe) 53 - (credits papu) 54 - (credits ripper roo) 55 - (credits komodo) 56 - (credits ntropy) 57 - (credits penta) 58 - (credits fake crash) 59 - (credits oxide) 60 - (credits green hair) 61 - (credits blonde hair) 62 - (credits black hair) 63 - (credits blue hair) 64 - (black screen) 65 onwards - crash

In case it isn't clear, to get to the Ending from Rocky Road, you win 19 times before warping.

After warping to credits, you'll be back in Adventure Mode, with the last save in memory, where you can skip trophies by dying and skip CTR tokens by dying after getting the letters (thanks to hypnoshark for finding that). Some levels will crash while entering, though. This glitch can be reversed by saving, exiting to main menu, then loading the save. Stability list: (needs testing)

crash cove - crashes roo's tubes - works mystery caves - crashes? sewer speedway - works skull rock - works

coco park - works tiger temple - crashes papu's pyramid - works dingo canyon - works? rampage ruins - works?

blizzard bluff - crashes? dragon mines - works polar pass - crashes? tiny arena - crashes? rocky road - works?

n.gin labs - crashes? cortex castle - crashes? hot air skyway - works? only in purple gem? oxide station - crashes? nitro court - works?

slide coliseum - works? turbo track - crashes?

Did some 2 Player solo testing.

Instawin in 2P works just like in 1P, except for a few challenges:

• Ballistix gems (except Sky Balls) can be insta-won at the start regardless of starting health
• Dash items (except Trophy) fail on timeout instead of lowest lap winner (might be normal if it sums up team laps?)
• Tie Breaker doesn't have force victory, works normally

Instaboss, Dash Panic and Timer effects work the same.

Nothing else happens differently (at least as far as up to Oxide).

Solo-ing 2P is almost easy, if you were to use the Player 3 deletion code, but you end up having to get 1 gem, from either Pogos or Sky Balls. Solo-ing Painter or PAG gem is possible, without timer, with Player 3 deletion, but at that point you could maybe do Dash gems...

It shouldn't matter, I've been using the Greatest Hits one myself.

Reworked codes to fix Oxide, and combined some effects.

Global changes:

• Anything with this Panic Dash crashes when changing save slot from the topleft one (can still use that one to save/load or add more codes)
• Anything with this Instaboss makes pause menu not have item count
• Anything with this Instawin has stacked first digits on Balls and Dash, but it's just a visual glitch
• Need to save something in save slot 1 before doing the codes or else the game will crash after entering them

Panic Dash - Dash gives you wumpa and powerups all the time, Polars AI is messed up and Melt Panic gives players debuffs all the time (always a positive so it's included in all of these)

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, L, L, R, R, U, R, L, L, L, D, R, L, R, U

Timer code v4 (+ Panic Dash) - All effects of Panic Dash and Timer code (Timer goes to 0:05 after 1:00)

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, L, L, R, R, U, R, L, L, L, D, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, L, R, R

Instaboss (+ Panic Dash) - All effects of Panic Dash, and all 4 bosses get instantly won when entered

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, L, L, R, R, U, R, L, L, L, D, R, L, R, U, R, L, R, U, D, L, U, L, U, U, L

Instawin v5 (+ Instaboss + Panic Dash) - All effects of Panic Dash, Instaboss and Instawin.

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, L, L, R, R, U, R, L, L, L, D, R, L, R, U, R, L, R, U, D, L, U, L, U, U, L, L, R, U, D, L, R, L, R, L, L, L, R, L, R, R, L, U, R, D, U, U, R, R, L, R, L, U, R, U

IMPORTANT: May crash on Tank levels depending on level order. Enter the tanks first, or do reverse level order in warps 2-4 to not crash on Tanks!

How to use Instawin v5: Crates - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Balls - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Sky Balls gem force victory always fails. Pogo - changes nothing. Bears - randomized win when forced victory. Tanks - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Dash - changes nothing. Medieval - changes nothing, except for Keg Kaboom where forcing victory deletes all enemies, but you keep going until time runs out. Keg Kaboom crystal instafails on force victory. Bosses - changes nothing. Instawin these by using Instaboss.

New code, might not be too useful: 1 Second Rounds

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, D, L, L, L, U, U, U, R, R, U, U, U

Crashes on Oxide, and maybe has some other side-effects, not tested much. Makes rounds last 1 second in: Polars, Crates, Pogos, Tanks, Dash, Medieval

Timer code V3 - Works with saving, Tanks, Komodo, no Dash changes (that means no Dash boosts), no Polar changes (that means no AI or Melt Panic stuff). Still crashes on Oxide, unless you combine it with Instant Oxide.

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, L, R, R

Instant Win V4 - Now it gets tricky

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, L, L, R, R, U, U, L, R, R, U, U, U, R, U, U, L, R, R, U, R, U

Global changes: -No shadows -No countdown models -Most powerups don't show over players -Win camera is dynamic -Crashes on warp room pause

How to use: Crates - Force victory when at full health to win any item. On PS1, may crash on the first wumpa wave, so pause stall there. Balls - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Pogo - changes nothing. Bears - randomized win when forced victory. Tanks - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Sometimes crash sometimes on load - depending on level order. Other times it has harmless graphics glitches.. Pause stall to be safe. Dash - changes nothing. Medieval - changes nothing, except for Keg Kaboom where forcing victory deletes all enemies, but you keep going until time runs out. Papu/Bearminator - broken healthbars, but the fights work normally. Bearminator crosshair is invisible. Komodo - changes nothing. Oxide - Crashes, unless you use instant Oxide.

Instant Win V3 - Slim & almost not crashing anymore!

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, R, R, D, R, U, R, U, R, R, U, R, U

How to use: Crates - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Snow Bash doesn't load. Balls - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Pogo - changes nothing. Bears - randomized win when forced victory. Tanks - Force victory when at full health to win any item. Dash - changes nothing. Splash Dash doesn't load. Medieval - changes nothing, except for Keg Kaboom where forcing victory deletes all enemies, but you keep going until time runs out. Papu/Bearminator - broken healthbars, but the fights work normally. Komodo - changes nothing. Oxide - Crashes.

Fixed Oxide win by Dustiel: (allowed, though still breaks things so use at the end) (crashes on pausing!)

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, L, R, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, R, U, R, R, U, U, R, U, U, U, D, D, R, D, D, U, U, L, R, R, D, D, R, U, L, D, U, U, U, D, R, R, L, R, U

Oxide instant win by Nerf: (breaks some things, so just use it at the end I guess?)

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, L, R, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, R, U, R, R, U, U, R, U, U, U, D, L, R, D, D, U, U, L, R, R, D, D, R, U, L, D, U, U, U, D, R, R, L, R, U

Edit: Confirmed to not work on console and some emus, banned.

Edit: Nvm, these two make saving not work.

New code: Instant Win V2 - now with working Tanks!

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, R, U, R, R, U, U, R, U, R, U

How to use: Crates - only on Gem/Crystal. WAIT UNTIL you hear the sound of the force win menu to close the rules, or else you risk a game crash! Balls - use on any item except the gem. Press X when the force win window shows up. Pause to stall until the force win window shows up to avoid crashes. Pogo - does nothing. May crash if all AI gets hit at the same time (EPL). Bears - randomized win, probably not worth it. WAIT UNTIL you hear the sound of the force win menu to close the rules, or else you risk a game crash! (alternatively pause the game on round 2/3) Tanks - use on any item. Press X when the force win window shows up. Pause to stall until the force win window shows up to avoid crashes. Dash - does nothing, also crashes. Medieval - lets you force win, but still takes your score, also crashes. Papu/Bearminator/Komodo - instant win, nothing to do. Oxide - crashes the game.

Timer code with fixed Tanks and Komodo (but also loses the easy Dash levels): R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, L, R, R

New code, thanks to Nerf: Timer skip to 0:05 after reaching 1:00, Easy Dash arenas, Messy Polar AI Crashes Oxide, Tanks and Komodos, like instaWin V1 !!

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, L, R, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, L, R, R

Yeah, assume all codes are on NTSC-U from now on. I've explored pretty much all there is on PAL and NTSC-J.

New code: Instant Win V1 (NTSC-U)

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, L, U, L, R, U, L, R, L, R, R, L, U, R, L, R, U, L, R, U, L, R, R, L, D, R, L, R, L, U, D, R, U, R, R, U, U, R, U, R, U

How to use: Crates - only on Gem/Crystal. WAIT UNTIL you hear the sound of the force win menu to close the rules, or else you risk a game crash! Balls - use on any item except the gem. Press X when the force win window shows up. Pause to stall until the force win window shows up to avoid crashes. Pogo - does nothing. May crash if all AI gets hit at the same time (EPL). Bears - randomized win, probably not worth it. WAIT UNTIL you hear the sound of the force win menu to close the rules, or else you risk a game crash! (alternatively pause the game on round 2/3) Tanks - lets you walk onfoot and crashes the game. Dash - does nothing, also crashes. Medieval - lets you force win, but still takes your score, also crashes. Papu/Bearminator - instant win, nothing to do. Komodo/Oxide - crashes the game.

I messed around the save's name input screen and found out that you can make the selection go "out of bounds". Now I took a look at it in the game's memory and it turns out that on NTSC-U and PAL you can make the memory value for the selection go nuts with the right inputs.

How-to: Enter save screen, select any file, select the letter V, press left and down at the same time and if the selection disappeared, it's out of bounds. Do the button combination with the DPad, then press Start and then Triangle to exit the screen. Video form:

Here's some combinations I've figured out so far on NTSC-U: (R - Right, L- Left, U - Up, D - Down)

R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, U, R, D, R, R, R, L, L, L, D, D, D, D - Player 3 replaced by invisible dummy Kong R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, R, R, U, R, U, U, L, L, L, R, R, R, 7xU - Super speed in Crate Crush R, D, U, L, U, L, D, R, D, L, L, R, U, R, R, R, U, R, U, U, L, L, L, R, R, R, R - Only melee does damage in Crate Crush

Some effects carry over even after going to the main menu, so speedrun-wise either a console reset should be forced, or pre-run manipulation should be allowed.

Value notes, if you're into that sorta thing: http://pastebin.com/FW0yvERt

On PAL, the possible combinations only crash or don't do much. On NTSC-J, even though the glitch is possible, the value is capped on 2 of the 3 fonts, and the last one just softlocks when you try anything.

As with games themselves, series moderators should be able to adjust the default filtering/sorting settings (not just on/off) for a series.

Series mods should also be able to remove a game's series tag if it's inappropriate (for example: a Sonic mod -> a Mario game having a Sonic series tag).

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