Crash has 30 000 frames of animation, much more than any other video-game character at the time.
Like Crash, Coco is completely silent throughout the game.
This was one of the few games to have PocketStation compatibility in Japan.
The promotional artwork of Crash and Coco on the motorcycle is a parody of Terminator 2.
The Arabian levels seem highly inspired by Disney's Aladdin, with waist coat-wearing monkeys (like Abu), enemies in black and red robes (like Jafar), and magic carpets.
Some walls in the Egypt levels depict a black dog named Morgan, Naughty Dog's pet at the time.
Music
The theme song was remixed numerous times for other games. It became the theme song for Crash Bash, The Wrath of Cortex, The Huge Adventure/XS, and N-Tranced. It's also heard in the first cutscene of Crash Nitro Kart, and for a while, it was intended to be used in Crash of the Titans as well.
All of the returning characters from the previous games are accompanied by remixes of their previous leitmotifs.
References
Makin' Waves might be named after the TV series.
Hang 'em High and Midnight Run are both named after movies.
Tomb Time could be a reference to the show-inside-a-show called Tool Time from the sitcom Home Improvement.
Dino Might is a reference to J. J.'s catchphrase from Good Times, "dyn-o-mite".
Tomb Wader references Tomb Raider.
Ski Crazed is the name of the 1986 game made by Naughty Dog founders Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin.
Rings of Power shares its name with Naughty Dog's first video-game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive.
Eggipus Rex is a reference to the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex.
