Crash 3 Glitch FAQ

I know a little more about this than I did yesterday, so I decided to update this some more.

Questions that will most likely be asked, with answers;

— What are you doing?
	I am exploiting a glitch in the game that allows you to abuse where items are stored in the memory.
	By killing enemies in a row, you build a "chain kill count".
	If you get this chain kill count to ridiculous numbers, you can acquire Crystals, Gems and even Relics.

— Why?
	Due to the limited memory of the PS1, they probably stored the collectables there to save on space.
	They never expected you to be able to kill 200 enemies in a row, more than likely.

— No, I mean... why do this?
	You need 25 Crystals to be able to access Cortex and beat the game.
	It is faster to get all the Crystals from here and beat the other 4 bosses than it would be doing all 25 levels.

— How are you keeping the chain kill count? You're clearly touching the ground!
	If you spin just before you land, and either;
	Jump
	Crouch
	Crawl
	...the game thinks you're still in the air and haven't touched the floor.
	Don't know why this works. A small programming oversight, most likely.

— Aren't the Lions completely random, though?
	For the most part, yes. I feel that depending where Tiny was, where you're standing and where you're facing affects it.
	The good thing is that I don't have to get every Lion in the pattern, though.
	It is more important to not lose the chain!
	Of course, more Lion bounces in less cycles means less time wasted, but right now, it isn't necessary.

— Do you have to do the first 5 levels, then?
	Yes. To get the Tiny fight, you need all 5 Crystals from Warp 1.
	I only need the Crystal from each level, so the run looks like an Any% run until Tiny.
	(A bad Any% run at that... I'm not very good at the movement in this game)

— Wouldn't NTSC be faster for this?
	I'm not actually sure. My guess would be that it would be.
	PAL jumps higher, which may help for Lion chains, but NTSC probably has faster Lion cycles.
	NTSC also does the first 5 levels faster, too.

— You said 64 Crystals! How is that even possible?
	Just like Crash 2, there are Crystals that are not assigned to levels, and some assigned to weird places.
	Here is the full list of the Crystal IDs and where they are allocated;

        ID              Level Assigned          ID              Level Assigned

        00              Missing                	24              Tomb Wader
        01              Missing                 25              Makin' Waves
        02              Warp Room               26              High Time
        03              Dingodile             	27              Future Frenzy
        04              N.Tropy                 28              Deep Trouble
        05              N.Gin                	29              Double Header
        06              Tiny Tiger              30              Sphynxinator
        07              Cortex                  31              Rings of Power
        08              Missing             	32              Orange Asphalt
        09              Missing                 33              Ski Crazed
        10              Orient Express          34              Flaming Passion
        11              Toad Village            35              Gone Tomorrow
        12              Bone Yard             	36              Bug Lite
        13              Tell No Tales           37              Area 51?
        14              Under Pressure          38              Eggipus Rex
        15              Gee Wiz                 39              Hot Coco
        16              Dino Might!          	40              Intro
        17              Midnight Run            41              Incomplete Ending
        18              Tomb Time               42          	Complete Ending
        19              Bye Bye Blimps         	43-57           Missing
        20              Road Crash              58              Blue Vortex (Where characters deliver dialogue)
        21              Hog Ride             	59           	Game Over
        22              Hang'em High            60           	Titles (Copyright screens, etc.)
	23              Mad Bombers		61-63		Missing

	This is why I perform 224 bounces, when I only need 20 Crystals.
	I get 4 Crystals from the glitch that I already achieved in Warp 1; they don't count.
	(211th, 212th, 213th and 215th bounces on Lions respectively will not give me an additional Crystal)
	Thus an extra 4 bounces gets my Crystal count to the 20 that I need.
	Crash will pull out 24 Crystals still, anyway; but the 4 mentioned won't count for anything.

A bit more insightful than last time, so I hope this answers any questions you may have.
And if you got this far, thanks for reading it!
							Tomothy