> Finally, just to screw with other developers, I generated a giant file of random data to fill up the Crash 1 CD and labeled it "bsptree.dat". I feel a bit guilty about that given that everyone has to download it when installing the game from the internet, even though it is completely useless to the game.
Wonderful! THIS is the kind of silly nitty gritty detail I want to hear more about - particularly the whys and wherefores of the decision, largely-unconsidered as it may well have been. Puts me in mind of the semi-affectionate rivalry between different demo/crack houses in the eighties and nineties, engaging in largely unseen conflict, all submarine-like :) And, if you're reading this - know that this thoroughly un-tech nerd has read all of your Crash Bandicoot breakdowns, no matter how arcane they might seem to me :)
Wonderful! THIS is the kind of silly nitty gritty detail I want to hear more about - particularly the whys and wherefores of the decision, largely-unconsidered as it may well have been. Puts me in mind of the semi-affectionate rivalry between different demo/crack houses in the eighties and nineties, engaging in largely unseen conflict, all submarine-like :) And, if you're reading this - know that this thoroughly un-tech nerd has read all of your Crash Bandicoot breakdowns, no matter how arcane they might seem to me :)