I think that most people won't really be too interested in a category like that. The levels don't really become much more interesting with the new powerups especially considering the large amount of vehicle levels in the game. Also considering most of the warp 6 levels aren't too interesting in 106% except Solar Bowler, they'll probably be even less interesting as any% playthroughs.

You can still play the game however you like even if there isn't a category for it. Don't have to submit everything to this website.

Yeah as long as the iso or whatever that's on the bootleg CD hasn't been modified to change in-game stuff, you're fine. There's a crash trilogy bootleg out there that has been ran on and there weren't problems.

Thank you for asking first :) Any other questions you have, feel free to post more or join the crash 1 discord and ask there.

forward zigzag cycle practice

• lights out any% cycles/jaws of darkness god cycle (death abuse at the first checkpoint in lights out, and try to catch the best cycles you can in lights out and jaws). open area practice
• bridge levels
• jungle rollers straight path after the arrow+striped crate (clear the obstacles first)
• toxic waste (really good for improving on keeping your zigzag less "all over the place") left zigzag cycle practice
• great gate any% god cycle (death abuse at the checkpoint and beat all the cycles).
• native fortress end cycles (death abuse at the last checkpoint, and try to repeat the cycles seen in Koji's 40:27).
• slippery climb any% respawn jesus cycle (suboptimal but good for improving movement. die at the start of the level, don't do any spike jumps at the start, and beat all the cycles. the stairs at the end of the first floor require decent zigzag to make). open area practice
• beginning of native fortress
• extra life cache in castle machinery right zigzag cycle practice
• heavy machinery any% jesus cycle (death abuse after the checkpoint, do standard strats seen in Koji's 40:27 so you are set up to start zigzagging to the right in order to beat the 5 steam vents near the end before the platform that goes up)
• slippery climb 2nd floor any% god cycle (death abuse after the checkpoint open area practice
• beginning of native fortress
• extra life cache in castle machinery downward zigzag cycle practice
• boulder skip in boulder dash (after the 2nd checkpoint: outrun the boulder to the point where you can ride the purple gem to the secret area without having to wait for the boulder. note that this is easier on ntsc-j since the boulder is slower on that version).
• sunset vista any% god cycle from boulder dash death abuse (die at the first checkpoint, zigzag hard, and try to get cycles in sunset vista) open area practice
• boulders (more of an open level with no cycles to worry about. before the first checkpoint there aren't many obstacles in the way).

There is a neat glitch in the first three MCF games (though it feels harder in Huntsville and Ravenhearst) that allows you to skip all the levels after completing the first one.

Pulling this off requires some really hard mashing on the "NEXT" button that appears after beating the first level. Normally, hitting this button moves you to the next level, but it seems that if you mash fast enough, each additional mash will skip 1 level. If you mash enough times, you will be brought to the screen that is supposed to be before the final level in which you find the jewel box and stuff, but when you hit "Start Investigating" it brings you to the message from the Queen which means you beat the game.

This glitch is odd mainly because it's weird to think that the developers oversaw this bug. Though, it's not a simple skip to pull off as it requires fast mashing on your mouse. I think this might be lag based, though I'm not positive.

Oddly, your time isn't displayed in the "top agents" list on the main menu after you finish. However, you can still see your time in the save file menu and on the jewel box level screen.

EDIT: It has been confirmed to be lag based. You'll need a slower computer to pull this off.

Here is my really old video demonstrating this:

I have this issue too. Sorry to bump an old thread but I'm really desperate for a solution. I'm getting that same gray background with gv-usb2 selected and the same settings. If you or anyone else have since figured out a solution, please let me know.

You're fine, man. But yeah, just make sure to look at the rules before doing your runs. Remember that timing starts when you press "START" on the main menu rather than when you spawn in the first level. As for legal emulators, I recommend epsxe 2.0.0 as it was the one I used for this game before I moved to console, and I had no issues with it.

Super Famicom controller with a USB adapter. My current controller has a pretty worn left button on the d-pad, so backwards jumps in levels like 4-2 can be annoying to do on it :P

That would be great. Feel free to message me on twitter or discord and I will give my constructive feedback on it.

The biggest issue with your guide was that it was misleading. It was also vague. Something like this should be more detailed in mentioning the box snipe (which some don't know is faster). And it tries to mention where any% goes but only for the one part, not for the rest of the level. So it makes it seem like the hundo route is the same until that part which is untrue These are the reasons why it was deleted. I asked other people about it for their opinion before I deleted it, btw.

△△△△×◻△△ △△◻×△◯△△ △◯◻△×××× Everything is done and unlocked. 100% complete.

△△×△◯◯◻△ ◻◯◻△◻◻×◯ ◻◻△◻××△△ All main levels unlocked + The Lost City’s green gem is collected. This password is useful for any% practice as all the levels are unlocked, and the green gem is collected so you can get the lives in Castle Machinery for practicing. By having no other gems unlocked, the box screen still shows up at the end so you can practice carrying the cycles from the Rolling Stones death abuse to Native Fortress (global cycles still run during the Hog Wild box screen that is not skipped).

△△×△△◯×△ ◻×◯◻◯◻×◯ ◻◻△◻◯△◻× All main levels unlocked, and no gems or keys are collected. Not recommended for practicing unless you are on emulator and have save states, as you will run out of lives quick and have to keep continuing after game overs before being able to continue practicing. However, this can be used for practicing The Lost City and Temple Ruins cycles that you carry from Up The Creek in any% (global cycles still run during the gem screen in The Lost City).

△△×◻△◻◻× △△◻×△◻◻× △××△◻××◻ Everything is complete except for the Jaws Of Darkness Cortex Bonus, so it can be practiced.

△△△◯×◻◻× △△◻×△◯◯△ △×◯◻△××◻ Everything is complete except for the Sunset Vista Cortex Bonus, so it can be practiced.

Oct 2020 password generator by dass: https://mandude.github.io/crash-bandicoot-pwgen/

There are lots of other passwords that could be useful, but these are the ones that I think people will use the most. If you need a password but you don't think other people will need it, try out the password generator linked above!

Password generator tool by Dezgeg: https://cdn.rawgit.com/dezgeg/crash-bandicoot-password-cracking/master/pwgen.html

Forum post about the password generator with level codes, etc: http://crashbandicoot.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:21352

Github for the password generator: https://github.com/dezgeg/crash-bandicoot-password-cracking

Just gonna list some stuff that's relevant to speedrunning:

• PAL runs at 25 FPS
• Crash's base movement speed has been increased, but don't be fooled into thinking this makes PAL faster than NTSC. His jump height has also been increased, which makes some 100% skips easier, but not necessarily faster.
• The zigzag generally just isn't as good as on NTSC. Most PAL runners don't even zigzag at all, but you can do a bit of it if you do it well. It's not as fast as NTSC, though.
• Things like bosses, transitions like going between islands, and cycles are all slower.

tl:dr PAL Crash 1 is garbage and NTSC is the way to go if you wanna do speedruns.

The category forbids doing the orb/cloud stock.

haha

Maybe switch from ePSXe 1.9.0 to 2.0.0. I use this emulator and it works great. Perhaps 1.9.0 has issues with being recorded with OBS. They even say it is more accurate to the PS1.

I use OBS to record/stream speedruns with ePSXe, and it works great for recording speedruns and having the timer on the side. I add ePSXe as "game capture," but I don't know if window capture would work the same. The only thing is the black borders, which I have to manually crop out of the capture.

Also, I think OBS works better for speedrunning in general.

I just did practice instead of runs. I think I did fine practicing with my illness but I don't think I would have been able to do a decent full run.

Thank you!

http://imgur.com/Ijd4EOD And, a few minutes ago when I went on the site again and I had 113 notifications of those two things in the picture?

Has this happened before? Is there a way to fix it?

the fiyness gyym pacer test

Crash Bash. Made me want to gouge my eyes out with a fork. Even playing it casually is horrible.