When coming up with the idea of how the game should play, the developers decided to turn the screen so you would play running in and out rather than left and right. They jokingly call this the "Sonic's Ass" game since you are always looking at Crash's back.

13 years after the release of the game, it was discovered that there is an unused level in the code of the game, fully complete. The level is names 'Stormy Ascent', and was removed because of its difficulty.

Ripper Roo's laugh is the same laugh as the Hyena from Lady and the Tramp, just shortened.