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>The original Crash trilogy on PS1, while each game had slightly different physics, had the same precise controller input code i.e. Crash's jump height is entirely dependent on how long you hold the button giving near infinite control (heh) and precision.
I have been following a Crash autist on Youtube for a while and the whole discourse around the hitboxes is a lot more nuanced. I am not gonna link the videos since they're extremely long and deal with the topic only off handedly at odd minute marks, but the tl;dw:
>Almost all the issues, as well as the features (the way characters are handled as entities, the ability to easily mod stuff in and out, down to the game mechanics for the gimmick levels of Crash 2 and 3) are a direct consequence of the game being a glorified Skylanders expansion, based on the same engine
>The levels of all three games are NOT a faithful recreation, as the devs had to rework jump height, speed and platform magnitudes in accordance with the Skylanders physics
>Pill hitboxes are a direct result of that
Also, the reason why people have such a hard time with pill hitboxes may indirectly have been caused by none other than game journalists. I have never noticed this because it's something that's ingrained in my muscle memory, but apparently the very first level of Crash 1 (N. Sanity Beach) modifies the player character's properties so that it's always jumping at the maximum height, the taller of the two jumps you mentioned. This was done because of the large staircase section where the original game expected you to experiment with the controls until you could figure out that holding the X button would make you jump higher, but the Nsane Trilogy devs had no faith in the gaming press and modern tourists actually clearing the demo level and made it stupid easy for them. In turn, it's likely they never had enough feedback on the actual jumping mechanics, resulting in Crash 1 (the only game that has objectively difficult and precise platforming) having a difficulty spike due to the different hitbox. Additionally, all three Crash player characters are their own individual Skylander player character, meaning they have different properties, which probably resulted in a lot of mistakes during development.