Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back/Ruination

A harder version of ../Road to Ruin/. You have to jump with timing and coordinate your movements well to proceed. Right after the start is a sneaky pitfall, with a Nitro box hidden behind some regular boxes. The crystal is located a little before the finish line. A little further on you will also find the detonator to blow up all the Nitro boxes. It is suspended in the air, in the middle of some rotating platforms on which there are enemies. To activate it without falling into the void you have to jump very carefully or try to hit it by throwing one of the enemies who are on the platforms against it, with a spin. Just before the finish line is one of the log-throwing enemies, which you may have already encountered in the similar level.

The bonus area is about halfway through the course. Before the end there is a long line of boxes suspended in the air, including some bouncing boxers. To break them all without falling you have to be very careful.

Getting the first gem
The first gem is obtained as always by breaking all the boxes. No colored gems are needed and there are no hidden boxes. The biggest difficulty is probably to break all the boxes in the bonus area. Inside the level the boxes are always easily reachable.

Getting the second gem
To get the second gem you must have already obtained the green gem from ../The Eel Deal/. At the side of the path you will find the gem that will lead you to a hidden area, similar to that of the level mentioned at the beginning. You will have to overcome many enemies throwing logs at you, jumping from platform to platform and other dangers. At the bottom you will find the gem to collect and the green gem which will lead you back to the main level. Note: There are no boxes along this path, so you can get the first gem without entering it.