Thread:ClarentBloodArthur/@comment-5688420-20180805074840/@comment-5688420-20180809054831

Loconator3000 wrote: Tell me...what does collecting all the special gems do in the first game of Crash? Anyways...(SPOLIERS, ALROIGHT? OKAY, NOICE)

Before the boss fight with N. Cortex, there's a level called "The Great Gate". All it is is a portal to Cortex's boss stage. No boxes, no enemies. Just you and the portal to the next level.

But... if you collect all the gems in the game, once you reach the Great Gate, you are given access to a secret area, which leads you to a second, alternate ending where you escape the Cortex Castle with Tawna by your side.

TL;DR: Collecting all the gems in Crash 1 allows you to access the second ending.