Crash Bandicoot cheats: How to cheat the PS1 classic and the remaster

22.02.2024 - 14:35 / radiotimes.com

Crash Bandicoot was an icon of the '90s.

His offbeat and quirky personality made him an ideal mascot for the first PlayStation (a title he shared with Spyro), and the legacy of the original games was celebrated in 2017's N Sane Trilogy.

There are plenty of games that came out between those releases, but the the first three Crash titles are easily the most iconic.

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They're not easy, though. The older generation aren't lying when they say games aren't as challenging as they used to be.

If you're struggling with the original trilogy, then the following Crash Bandicoot cheats might help you out...

We'll flag here that this article only aims to cover the original PS1 trilogy, and the remastered versions of 2018.

So, while we're sure there are plenty of cool cheats for the PS2 games, we're only looking at the two incarnations of the first trilogy here!

As you would expect from PS1 games, the first three have old school cheat codes that you enter at the password screen in the first game (hearkening to an era when saving wasn't always possible), and in various other places in the sequels.

The cheats for the remasters aren't quite the same, but there are a few cool secrets we'll share.

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As we said, these codes should be entered at the password screen from the main menu. They're mostly to help you skip levels and raise you percentage completed of the game.

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