Crash Bandicoot - Unused/Removed Level: Stormy Ascent (Gem Run)

[NineSkullsOriginal]

Hmm. I've got this fatbox version of Crash Bandicoot and there's this tiny screenshot in the back cover which looks like it's from the level Slippery Climb – but it really isn't. So it must be this level instead. Mystery solved, after 16 years! :P

[JabaAxe12]

@NineSkullsOriginal I never noticed that...

[Digitalsp33r]

I cannot believe how undeniably awesome you are for gem-running the hardest level in the series (to gem run at least)

[BKRagequitz]

if it took him 50 tries, god only knows how many it would take me...

[DanyelATHtrece]

2:56 FAIL

[arcticridge]

Probably a good thing they left this level out or I would be bald right now

[pokemon777rocks]

This music rocks

[pokemon777rocks]

They shouldhave put this then the boss would have been n brion

[Chapterhappy]

Neo Cortex: ... you realised we had a door right?

[supremoguerreiro]

Man! You are the master of gaming! What a fucking tough level!!!

[SammEater]

Damn, and I though the 'normal' game was hard, this level takes the cake. :P

[jrxxx100]

i played dis level when i wuz a kid :O it wuz fukin harrrrd!!!! >.<

[HLRenaissance]

It is me or this level seems much easier than Slippery Climb ?

[rodeschild]

@HLRenaissance It's you, this guy just makes it look easy

[sygnus5]

I saw 50 attempts and said "pfffffff, scrub, a REAL man shouldn't need that many runs for this level!"

And then it took me 50 attempts to beat it myself.

In typical Crash fashion, I ended up doing the final bit after 4:25 blind on my final go, lucky me!

As an aside,I can see now why this didn't make the final cut - the shit this level trys to pull is a bit much for the engine, and you get some wonkyness in parts that shouldn't have it.

[captain0ldy0da]

How can I get GameShark on my PS2 console?

[CrazyFunnyWatchers]

The first one pretty familiar to Sunset Vista

[GLaDOSV6]

I feel bad for Cortex's workers, they don't have flying scooters like him to get up that.

[lMichaelB37l]

Jesus, how tall is this tower!?!

[PrinniesRC00L]

They should have kept this level in as a bonus for getting 100% kind of like the final level in Spyro the Dragon.

[TheZombiesExist]

this and Spyro defined my childhood. Lmao

[Liquidcool24]

This doesn't look too hard...

[animefreakculicious2]

@Liquidcool24 It looks that way, bet if you actually played this level you won't be saying the samething

[SagradaMascarita]

@Liquidcool24 it's not the layout it's the clunky controls...

[ShindramusX]

Too bad they removed this level, it would look like a great challenge

[TheCaptainChalky]

Dr. Neo Cortex: Building crazy entrances to your castle since 1996.

[TinyTiger7771]

For me that level would go down in 2 minutes ;) Pure skill guys ,Pure skill. :D

[theguywhoannoysme]

That did NOT look fun...

[MrReach17]

Hot damn.

[msfwb]

i have to say that i'm happy that this level is not in the ordinary game, because i always have big problems with Slippery Climb (and it is reportedly easier than Stormy Ascent?) :D but nice video, i have watched all of your Crash-vids!

[masterpillow1]

I just got the gem on this level today. This level was hard, but I think Slippery Climb is harder than this level.

[ainsleywalker]

@masterpillow1 ''Naughty Dog removed this level due to its extreme difficulty, as it is essentially a harder version of Slippery Climb (which is already considered the hardest level in the game).''

[agapoula1911]

How did you enter this level????????

[silentwarrior43]

@agapoula1911 this level can only be accessed through gameshark, the code is in the description

[agapoula1911]

@silentwarrior43 oh,i get it! Thank u!:)))

[chewysen]

yup. If they left that in the game i would have gone on strike.

[verox91]

@3:35-3:43 WTF O.O Impossible

[scribble71891]

@verox91 lol what about 4:22?

[xRaNdOmMzZx]

Sorry i'm being stupid but if it's removed how is he playing it?

[aerocmetallica1995]

@xRaNdOmMzZx Read the description

[AngrySwampManStudios]

@xRaNdOmMzZx Technically, they only removed the ability to access this level. The level is still on the disk.

[jimmyg786]

When i boot the game up it just brings me back to GameShark, anybody help ?

[rijleader11]

anyone else felt reflief when hearing the exit platform sound after a though level? =P

[SammEater]

@rijleader11

It gets even funnier because of the animation Crash does at the end.

[TheDesignerdogz]

From what i heard slippery climb would look like a tutorial stage compared to stormy acsent

[Dandys11]

they could make 3rd key and unlock this level

[SmokeEver]

OMG! I have to buy this game for my PS2

[AMagicalPillow]

I had a lot of fun on Slippery Climb, despite dying a billion times. I would've love to try this level!

But since I don't have Gameshark, I can't really try it. ):

[TheTerrificTracy]

Slippery Climb is my most favorite level in the game!!!

I would die if I ever experienced the awesome epicness of Stormy Ascent!!!!

[Lugiavstitantrio974]

This level should've been in the game.

[dessertmonkeyjk]

Those who think this is easier then Slippery Climb... I tried it. It sucks big time. Might as well put up the sign: Abandon all hope ye who enter here.

[elijahhandley]

They should have replaced Lights Out with Slippery Climb, moved Jaws of Darkness to where Slippery Climb normally is, placed Stormy Ascent where Jaws of Darkness normally is, and then left Lights Out out. Lights out is far, FAR too easy, sorry

[awberg]

@elijahhandley Yeah, or replaced Lights Out with Fumbling in the Dark and put Stormy Ascent where Fumbling in the Dark normally is.

[crashbasher09]

i well wanna play this level!

why? why andy? why not put this in and put in sunset vista instead?

[TheMeekoD2]

shit!!!!!! im startin to wonder y cortex is easuer than this lvl!!

[Maneru2011]

I wanna play it soo much...

:(

[fer294able]

I think Sunset Vista is harder than this, but this lvl is awesome they should have include it

[jerkov6x3]

I'm sure Satan desinged that level.

[uncanesciolto]

it looked like a true challenge..i wonder why it wasnt included in the game..it's a very good level

[differentcheeses]

THis looks like death...I really want to try this

[boltdragon31]

mario would tell peach to go f$%^ herself if he saw this level xD

[debut71]

how did you get to play this level man?

[MABeezy009]

I don't think they removed this level, I remember playing it and hating it because it was hard. Or at least, there's a level very similar to it that I remember.

[elijahhandley]

DA-DA-DAAAAAA!

[lazicful]

@elijahhandley =0

[lazicful]

THIS LEVEL WAS CUT BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HARD!!! 0_e

[debut71]

@lazicful TRUE MAN TRUE!

[lazicful]

@debut71 IT'S... TERFFYING!!

[psychoTR2]

On crashmania net, it says that the icons that you pick up in this level are the Cortex icons, becuase when you push triangle, they appear in the bottom right corner, just like the Cortex icons. But, sometimes you can't see them, other times they appear as a jumble of pixels which was probably becuase they moved the graphic to Jaws of Darkness.

[parrotcar]

God I miss Crash, that is my childhood. Sony need to bring Crash back, naughty dog is where he belongs.

[SSJ5G]

I think Stormy Ascent would have been in between Castle Machinery and Jaws of Darkness; either that or Nitrus Brio and The Lab.

[PowerRangerFanatic6]

Damn! I barely could beat slippery climb without wasting a dozen continues. I don't see myself beating this level any time soon

[Stef04343]

It could have been a third key. That non-existent stage could have been a Cortex stage.

[PlugDuck]

4:05 - the scientist is having a wank O.O

[wizzlekidd]

2:43 NO! YOU FORGOT A WUMPA FRUIT! 

[FunkyMonkMan]

SWEETJESUS.jpg

[WhiteVenom187]

Mr. Garland i'm confused. How is it that you are just like any other Crash Bandicoot fan, but get more publicity than others that put out their gem runs and 100%s?

[GarlandTheGreat]

@WhiteVenom187 Because I was the first one to put a 100% playthrough on Youtube.

[WhiteVenom187]

@GarlandTheGreat But you do nothing different than any other FFVll/Crash Bandicoot fan I've ever seen. How are you so awesome?!

[COR07124063]

@GarlandTheGreat

Damn, 50 attempts; did you get really frustated by this level?

[COR07124063]

@GarlandTheGreat

Really, wow I did not know that....

[RaxUltimateForge]

i would so laugh if he failed on the last jump XD

[123cooldanny]

how many times did it take u to beet this?

[BCFCSEAN]

:O

[CITGProductions]

Slippery Climb was one of the easiest levels in the game. I'm serious. It took me about 4 tries my first run and 2 tries my second to get the gem. I've died plenty more times on other levels. Also, Toxic Waste is pretty easy too. I guess I just cope better with levels that require patience.

[FunkyMonkMan]

@CITGProductions What was your hardest level so?

[CITGProductions]

@FunkyMonkMan Jaws of Darkness or that level with the green gem with the same theme as Sunset Vista. Sunset Vista is actually pretty simple imo. Cold Hard Crash and Future Frenzy are also pretty easy levels. The levels that aren't considered hard by the common Crash audience may sometimes be considered my hardest levels.

[FunkyMonkMan]

@CITGProductions The Lost City? I'll agree with ya on Jaws of darkness. I found temple ruins hard enough! Future Frenzy is ok, but on time trial, it's the devil's level!!! EVIL!!!

[CITGProductions]

@FunkyMonkMan I'm not much of a time trial guy, but I got all golds except for Mad Bombers, which I somehow managed to get a sapphire on. Mad Bombers, imo, is the hardest level in the whole series to 100%, including developer time.

[y2k4ever1]

My version of this game has that level, im 99% sure of it, i beet this game to the 100% i have this game in both download and disk, and i can swear one of em had this, maybe im wrong but im gonna check now.

[PuksisKissa]

Thumbs up for the save state :)

[GarlandTheGreat]

@PuksisKissa Haha, if you think I used save states, then you are very wrong.

[EagleXassassinShadow]

@GarlandTheGreat Me I already know do you not use save states ... the save states is for n00bs, and me I didn' t use.

[crazysolo95]

@GarlandTheGreat how do you go to this level?

[absol259cb]

It normally took for me 1 hour to get the red gem at Slippery Climb, If this level had been added (i would have liked it), i'd took 3 HOURS to get it, but it would be worth it

[absol259cb]

2:58 WTF

[Evanator1991]

@absol259cb yeah, I hate when this game glitches.....

[d3vils4t4n]

i dont know how the hell, but i have played this level on my copy of crash (i have sold it) it was PAL version, buyed from finland

[PointlessVideos4Lyfe]

@d3vils4t4n No, you didn't. You must be confusing it with Slippery Climb.

[d3vils4t4n]

@PointlessVideos4Lyfe oh, my bad but slippery climb was just so similar, long time has gone when i have played this game (sorry my bad english :D)

[modernmobster]

ya know I always did find it enjoyable to stand on the edge of a building shaking chemicals and throw them for no reason

[Bamananatic]

I love how every time someone posts a video of an unused scene, level or anything else that is only possible to unlock by hacking the game, there will be at least one dufus claiming to have seen or played said content by normal means.

[TheGlobalPanacea]

1. This level is fantastic. 2. You're a legend.

I miss the days when games were about testing artificial skills and not about some girl's arse or sweary language or achievements or fucking microtransactions. Glory be with those who do what they do for love and not for money.

[ddvb1980]

I always hated this level.

as I kid I finished this one ^^

but now like 15 years later, hehe dont make me start about it

[DinerSals]

@ddvb1980:

Hey asshole.

This level isn't even in the final game. So stop your bullshit.

[ddvb1980]

@DinerSals lol this is Slippery Climb dumb shit.

and we all know who's the asshole here, yeah thats right, thats you.

have a nice day

[DinerSals]

@ddvb1980:

lol dumb ass can't read the motherfucking title.

"STORMY ASCENT", not "SLIPPERY CLIMB".

lol try again, troll.

[cHaViTaz]

I Have this on PSP!Is there anyway u can play this level on there?

[DeoxProductions]

Why was this removed ? ;o

[64mgv]

JEEZUZ U R GOOD @ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

[metalsonic71]

the first and only game that actually requires SKILL and should be the only game to be called "a true classic"

i made it too 9/10 percent in one day all day too beating it but it was hard and game overs cost a whole new play-through without memory cards but i almost beat it and i was still worried about the gems the whole time which i was 7/10 to getting all of them the time i did have a memory card and still was stuck at some cheap bridge level...the bonus room at the castle was so tempting! :P

[Tonytambe]

@metalsonic71 The Road to Nowhere or The High Road?

[metalsonic71]

@Tonytambe from what it looks like i think both of them are cause of the invisible jumping sections...i don't know much cause i haven't touched the game in a long time and that was the time i had no internet or a wii.

when i find it i'll use my ps2 cause i don't have a ps1 anymore.

[Tonytambe]

@metalsonic71 OK, Im probably sure it is the Road to Nowhere because some people say it is the hardest level in the game.

[gamerfan789]

it dont look long plus it dont even look hard

[jackasspuchungas]

eres la verga muy chingon¡¡¡¡

[shlakenjake]

I have to acknowledge, you're pretty good at the game. I would have died a few times.

[modernmobster]

pffft too hard? nothings too hard for garlandthegreat apparently!

[TheEscapedBalloon]

It looks too long, not too hard.

[oscarj08]

WTF Ia new level like slippery climb

[crashcrazy555]

Ironically, once you practice, these two levels really are not that hard.

[chrisandsamvideos]

I'm playing this level now on my PAL copy :/ Maybe they only removed it from the american versions?

[Spugler]

is it weird that my copy of the game did have this level Im sure of it O_O i remember it being anoyingy long compared to the rest of the game and i remember it being confusing alot as well lol

[RealDeathstrikeable]

how can you play this when its removed? p.s. i dont care what Andy Gavin said this level is easier than passing the whole game without dying... (yea, i did this game without dying 100%)

[blur207]

Andy Gavin was a genius.

[Shianetto]

@blur207

why he removed it?

[DoctorWhoMe]

200th comment!

Also I think this level was replaced by Jaws of Darkness.

[ferripol]

I use ePSXe with the PSX emulation cheater. I inserted all the codes and then boot the game. It loads Stormy Ascent, but just hangs in the loading screen. Any help?

[XoravaX]

@ferripol I managed to solve the problem by just switching the disk to an NTSC one. The PAL one just kept freezing.

If you are going to try this, remember to get an NTSC BIOS as well.

[ferripol]

@XoravaX It worked thanks.

[psnaddict]

wow.. i harder version of slippery climb :O

[dezimo]

Damn D: Slippery Climb was my favorite level and this one looks even more fun.

[rixymisterio]

so what!!! a little competition won't hurt.....

[GiratinaofFury]

Now that looked hard.

[shadowmalik24]

At first seeing this i was like hay i can do this, but later in the video at 2:17 i said F NO theirs no way a person can do this for 5 min,get all the crates,and wihtout dying just to get the gem.

[shadowmalik24]

At first seeing this i was like hay i can do this, but later in the video at 2:17 i said F NO theirs no way a person can do this for 5 min,get all the crates, wihtout dying just to get the gem.

[GarlandTheGreat]

Andy Gavin's own words on why this level was cut:

"Stormy Ascent was just cut because it was too long and too hard and he ran out of time. I wish we had put it in as some kind of easter egg, as it was an awesome level, one of my favorite in the game. Long, a bit brutal, but it looked great, and had a real rhythm to it."

[boitahaki]

lol the game designers were EVIL

[zekromism]

That is the earse level of the CB1 because is the most hard level of the game. I never played the earse level of CB1

[Destructerator]

Just found out about this level today. I was so glad to hear about a classic Crash level I hadn't played yet.



[XoravaX]

Did you have any problems with loading the level? For me (using ePSXe 1.7 w/ PEC 2.5) the level just freezes in the loading screen? Do you have any particular settings to get it work?

[ferripol]

@XoravaX I have the same problem :(

[numbuh745]

Maybe the creators that that Slippery Climb was hard enough. But change of subject, dude, you are just awesome.

[Lolguyoneone]

While waiting for GameShark to load, I looked at the back of my Crash Bandicoot cover (still intact!).

Guess what? There is a picture of this very level, the third screenshot on the cover. You can see the part where the very first scientist is standing at the beginning.

Search the cover up!

[FordyShan]

@Lolguyoneone Haha you're right!

[BaronKRoolenstein]

@Lolguyoneone wow yea your right! I never knew that.

[ferripol]

@Lolguyoneone Indeed :p

[xXxsilverdragonxXx]

@Lolguyoneone hey man listen i am a HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE fan of crash bandicoot can yo pm a picture plss :)

[Seaturtle1015]

My brother had this Crash Game, and he had this level. But when you have it, I read it was unused and removed? But then I realized it was his game and he used codes. This all brings so many memories back that I'm going to play it again ;3

[TheGBAer]

First of all , it was removed because of its diffuculty level but I do agree that it couldve been a reward for getting a 100% completion or something like that.

And second of all you cant actually access it in the game , you have to know a certain gameshark code and I dont know it , I just know thats how you access it.

[tobymonas]

But how can you play this level ?

[Digitalsp33r]

Good god you are amazing at crash bandicoot.

[GAMEFIGHTER3000]

why can you play this lvl

[whatontheearth]

at 2:13, you probably went like: "WTF?"

[tobymonas]

@whatontheearth

I did O_o

[whatontheearth]

@tobymonas if it's not available, then how can you play this level? :p

[calumelliott]

it would be awseome if there was a level creator

[vallu111]

omg! Looks so hard! If this would be in the game this would be longest level! Great job of gettin a gem from it!

[KasMage]

I'm going to have nightmares about this tonight.

[kayniyne]

Crash mania said this would have probably been the hardest level in the series, this looks easier than slippery climb, although as I am just watching I may be mistaken.

[pat678457]

Oh God, Slippery Climb was one of the most frustrating levels I've ever played. What sick freak at Naughty Dog thought it needed a harder version?

I sure am glad this level got removed.

[Wheeburger]

I played this level today and it is an absolute nightmare :(

[Criticismguy2009]

thats a lie u dumb ass i layed that level lol

[Scourgeandmephiles93]

In the beginning I was going to say that this level looks easier than Slippery Climb. But I take that back now. I think this one is longer too.

[kanerocks1998]

this was origanaly ment to be in fumbling in the darks place if u look at beta photos

[DMG125]

Wow, there was a deleted stage. I never knew about this despite that I manage to finish this game 100% back then. O___O

[tottfan1993]

Effing hell m8 you're so good at it, and you make it look so easy :D ! Naughty dog ROCKED !, nothing like the spoilt shit we have to play nowadays

[Franchico60]

The scenario in 0:22-0:27 makes part of Slippery Climb.

[Franchico60]

Stormy Ascent>Slippery Climb

[NeoTStyle]

OH GOD OH GOD THIS IS THE DEVIL

Also, hi garland :3

[btnheazy03]

SWEET RAPTOR JESUS WHY DID THEY TAKE THIS OUT!!!

[STUNTS1516]

Holy crap I remember this level!

I unlocked it with a cheat code...

I think its time to dust off crashbandicoot 1..

[DIOMEDEEPSILON]

Wow, guess I'm a bit late to the party on this one, but it's still fascinating. My guess is that it was cut because they decided they didn't need the extra gem this level would provide, maybe it screwed with The Great Hall or something. I also wonder where this level might have fit on the castle. Maybe before The Lab?