There are also levels requiring players to control vehicles such as a go-kart, a speedboat, a hang glider, a hot air balloon and a giant snowball among others.

Finding all five colored gems makes a golden trophy appear at the end of the level that is collected by traversing through a small platforming challenge.

Several items can be purchased at the hub worlds from Swap Meet Pete, an anthropomorphic cat, some of which are needed to access certain areas and secrets within the game.

Among these items are heart pots, which lengthen Croc's maximum life count; Gummi Savers Jumps, which can be used as a trampoline in order to reach certain ledges; and the Clockwork Gobbo, a small wind-up robot that can be controlled to collect items by being used on a certain pedestal.

[5] Croc's health is represented by a set life count that can be extended by purchasing certain items; upon running out of "hearts", he is sent back to the hub world of the respective level he's in.

Meanwhile, Baron Dante purposely sends his minions out to stop Croc in the form of boss battles.

At the end of the Inca Village, Croc fights Baron Dante in a small airplane crafted by Professor Gobbo before rescuing the latter in the Dungeon of Defright.

[7] It was eventually cancelled in light of Argonaut's decision to stop developing Dreamcast games due to the declining commercial performance of the system.

[20][23][24][25][26][27][30] IGN praised the voice acting, graphics, soundtrack and size of the PlayStation version, but criticised its difficulty and camera angles.

[5] GameSpot gave the PlayStation and PC versions poor ratings, also criticizing the camera angles and the difficulty.

[4][27] Matthew House of AllGame criticised the PlayStation version for its camera angles and difficulty, while also criticizing the game's graphics.

"[29] In Japan, where the same console version was ported and published by Koei under the name Croc Adventure (クロックアドベンチャー, Kurokku Adobenchā) on 2 September 1999, Famitsu gave it a score of 26 out of 40.

"[35] Alan Lackey of Computer Games Strategy Plus gave the PC version three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying: "With its cute storyline, Croc 2 is an entertaining but fairly unremarkable romp, especially suited for the younger gamer in the family.