I finished Crash 1 with all the gems and enjoyed it to death, but does the game seem blurry in motion for anyone else? The IQ is magnificent when I'm standing still, but (on "2D" stages) the second I start moving and focusing on the character, everything kind of slurs together to the point where it started to hurt my eyes a bit. This was most prevalent on The Lost City but appeared in a number of other stages. I think it's more than just motion blur, as I've never had a problem with it before. I haven't played 2 or 3, so I don't know if what I'm talking about persists to those.
I found short hopping to be a lot more reliable.