During a cross-country drive in 1994, the founders conceived the project as a . This internal nickname defined their biggest design challenge: how to make a 3D platformer where the player wasn't constantly just looking at the character's backside. Their solutions included: Making Crash Bandicoot – part 1 - All Things Andy Gavin
: Lead coder Andy Gavin developed a virtual memory swapping technique that divided levels into 64KB chunks . These chunks streamed off the slow CD-ROM into the system RAM only when needed, allowing for detail levels "20 to 30 times" higher than contemporary games. Crash Bandicoot [SCUS-94900]
: Naughty Dog created their own programming language, GOOL (Game Object-Oriented Language), specifically for the project. The "Sonic's Ass" Problem During a cross-country drive in 1994, the founders