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kingdrake2 posted...

if worried about lives and time trials there's a certain level in crash 1 that will solve your life problem. it'll give plenty if have a certain gem on that level.

You don't lose lives in Time Trial mode.

DarkAssassin89 posted...

I enjoyed the challenge of gem collecting in Crash 1 on PS1.

There was a level called Slippery Climb I believe that was brutal but felt so good when I got the gem. I vividly remember my heart beating out of my chest when I could see the stage end and there was just one more scientist throwing explosive potions in my way. I was confident I had gotten all the boxes and managed to do it all without dying. I think I stared at that scientist enemy for about ten minutes before I worked up the nerve to kill him and finished the level to get the last gem in the game. Great times!

The N Sane Trilogy adds time trial modes to Crash 1 and 2 levels (Crash 3 already had this even on PS1), so you get to do that with time pressure now. And if that's not enough, the remakes also add a DLC level that's based on Slippery Climb but like 50 times harder, Stormy Ascent. (Technically this level was on the disc in the PS1 version, but could only be accessed via gameshark or similar, and had a tendency to glitch / crash. Its bonus round is entirely original to the remakes though.) The gem for it isn't a colored one so you don't need a no-deaths run for the gem, but you still do for time trial mode. The one saving grace is the time requirements are extremely generous... not that that really matters when just completing the level without dying is insanely hard to achieve.