On the back of the PAL Crash Bandicoot case, one of the pictures has the level Stormy Ascent on it.To see it on the cutting room floor was always a tragedy.' The work that went into making a level like that is incredible. Long, a bit brutal, but it looked great, and had a real rhythm to it.' Jason Rubin said, 'There was never anything sadder than dropping a level that close to completion. 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.

Andy Gavin said, 'Stormy Ascent was just cut because it was too long and too hard and we ran out of time. In response to a question that was asked on a blog article, some Naughty Dog members explained their thoughts about this level being cut. The clear gem in this level does not count towards completion, nor total gem count. Collecting Cortex Tokens in this level increases the frequency that the split-second freezes occur, and collecting 3 tokens cause the game to crash in the retail versions of the game because no Cortex bonus round corresponds to Stormy Ascent, and the game doesn't assume a default bonus round (unlike in the prototype). It's also the last level of the Crash Bandicoot prototype.

Naughty Dog removed this level due to its extreme difficulty, as it's essentially a harder version of Slippery Climb (which is already considered one of the hardest levels in the game), its counterpart, and also because it had many bugs that Naughty Dog couldn't fix in time. It's not accessible through normal means, but it can be played by using a GameShark code. Naughty Dog removed this level due to its extreme difficulty. The level consists of fast retracting steps, vertically and horizontally-moving birds, vial-throwing Lab Assistants, many iron spikes, and moving platforms in complicated patterns. The level consists of fast retracting steps, vertically and horizontally-moving birds, vial-throwing Lab Assistants, many iron spikes, and moving platforms in complicated patterns. Stormy Ascent is a cut level from the original Crash Bandicoot. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Stormy Ascent is a cut level from the original Crash Bandicoot. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a 'scraper' or 'downloader' program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic. Some unofficial phone apps appear to be using GameFAQs as a back-end, but they do not behave like a real web browser does.Using GameFAQs regularly with these browsers can cause temporary and even permanent IP blocks due to these additional requests. If you are using Maxthon or Brave as a browser, or have installed the Ghostery add-on, you should know that these programs send extra traffic to our servers for every page on the site that you browse.The most common causes of this issue are: Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests.

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