Spyro decided to take a holiday to Dragon Shores. He invited his best friend Sparx to join him and together the duo soared through a magic gateway, off for a well-earned vacation. They were going to rest up from their victory over Gnasty Gnorc in their first adventure. But fate was about to throw a wrench in their travel plans.
Far away, the bitter and twisted Ripto, a dinosaur-riding troublemaker, along with his henchmen Crush and Gulp, had taken control of the beautiful land of Avalar. Ripto was a classic example of the "Napoleon Complex" - a little guy who felt he must take on the world - frustrated, short tempered and spiteful. Having stolen a magic sceptre, he was using his new-found power to pick on everyone and generally spoil the peace and quiet of Avalar. He was making life miserable with his magical spells...
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer
Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer, or as it's also known, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, was the second Spyro game to appear. And as with Spyro the Dragon, this was a PlayStation exclusive.
This second game in the original trilogy, takes Spyro from his home in the Dragon Realms, to a distant unknown land of Avalar. Here Spyro meets plenty of new friends as well as some enemies too. He also learns some brand new moves to boot.
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The Story
Here's the official word on the story from the SpyrotheDragon.com website:
The Controls
All controls are the same whatever level you are in, and here they all are:
| X | Jump. Press again when in the air to glide. |
| Square | Charge |
| Circle | Flame |
| Triangle | Look around in front of you/Stop glide (when gliding) |
| R1/L1 | Spin camera Right/Left |
| R2/L2 | Spin camera right/left |
| START | Access the pause menu |
| SELECT | View Gems, Lives, Kills and Collection |
| D-Pad/Left Analog Stick | Move around |
| L1+L2+R1+R2 | Sparx will point at the closest gem |
| X then Triangle | Peform Headbash (Only works if you've bought the skill) |
The gems have changed a little from the previous game. They are now more shaped then before and one has been changed colour completely.
| Gem Colour | Gem Value |
| Red | 1 |
| Green | 2 |
| Purple | 5 |
| Yellow | 10 |
| Pink | 25 |
They also now come in different containers. Flamable Baskets, Chargeable Vases, Exploding Vases, Unbreakable Chests, Headbash Chests and just lying about on the floor. You will no longer get gems from killing things as they will only release Spirit Particles now.
Gameplay Basics
Here are a few things that you should know before playing this game:
- You are in a different world than in Spyro the Dragon, and as such, all the creatures you will meet are new
- When you kill something, no longer will it spew a gem, it will release a spirit particle. This life force can activate a powerup when you reach a certain number of kills in that level
- No more Dragon freeing, here you collect Talismans and Orbs
- All butterflies will now be eaten by Sparx, whether or not he's hungry
- There is now a special blue butterfly which both fully heals Sparx and gives Spyro an extra life
- You will be set many challenges in the game to earn the Orbs
- Due to this, the citizens of Avalar are a lot more talkative then anyone in the Dragon Realms
Now it's time to get started with the game:
Summer Forest
Comments
Why?
i wish this game had a Spring gardens or Spring meadow, something like that.
this is my favorate spyro game mostly cause its my first spyro game i ever played and the first game i ever played lol
Wow. I didn't know there would be that many glitches in this game.
To spyro2rules:
Actually, "spyro2rules", there are actually more glitches than that in this game. In fact, in my Glitch Guide I'm creating for this game under the Spyro 2 Message Board has already surpassed the 50 mark. And that's only for the first entire level Summer Forest (including the homeworld and all of the portals in this area)!!!! So, yeah, there are a lot more glitches than 50 in this game, "spyro2rules". Check out the Guide if you want any more information about more glitches in this game!!!!
Actually, "spyro2rules", there are actually more glitches than that in this game. In fact, in my Glitch Guide I'm creating for this game under the Spyro 2 Message Board has already surpassed the 50 mark. And that's only for the first entire level Summer Forest (including the homeworld and all of the portals in this area)!!!! So, yeah, there are a lot more glitches than 50 in this game, "spyro2rules". Check out the Guide if you want any more information about more glitches in this game!!!!
awsome
that 's cool i got 20 lives before gulp killed me
ps. watch the video on youtube called 50 oddities in spyro 2 it shows you every glitch in the game
ps. watch the video on youtube called 50 oddities in spyro 2 it shows you every glitch in the game
sweet
that's pretty weird. this guy did somthin on youtube. when you hop on this ledge (in the gulp level) and you hop to ripto, breath fire at him and you get an extra life. keep doing it and you'll get more live. I didn't do it, i just saw it on youtube.
I found an awesome glitch on this game! I wish it would work every time I played this game! Ok, I was defeating Gulp and I had accidently flew in the lava (like an idiot like me) and he kept on getting his but burned until sparx was gone. So when sparx had left, i was still in the lava getting my but burned when i finally got back on the land, the screen started to um....flicker or shake rapidly? Well it did that and i picked up one of the little rockets and shot it at Gulp and he died with one hit! Even though his health was full! But the bad thing about it was that ithe game stopped working after he died. The screen went black before it even showed the mini-movie.
I don't know what my fav is. I guess i like 'em all.
Thats one of my favourite games.
ok
that fav level u were just talking about with the snow lepard is called crystal glacier
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