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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.


Nov 2nd 1999	Nov 5th 1999	Mar 16th 2000

The Story

Here's the official word on the story from the SpyrotheDragon.com website:

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...

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

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Comments

#1065 Dark Spyrel 09:10:25 21/10/2011

@spyroglitcher it would be awesome to play on fan made maps and maybe the maker of spyro will consider that?

#1064 Purple 01:46:22 21/10/2011

that would be cool. man this game was great but easy and short unlike the third game which is long and hard but EXTREMELY fun. this one was fun too though.

#1063 spyro glitcher 01:33:16 20/10/2011

I did say Custom maps. I mean we're planning on finding out the source engin for spyro (me and a friend are) and make a custom map set for spyro. Imagine playing in some fan made worlds and maps on spyro.

#1062 Dark Spyrel 08:55:12 18/10/2011

@spyro glitcher the 1st 3 are only on playstation 1 and did you say custom maps???????????????????

this game is.................................. fun?

#1061 spyro glitcher 15:42:54 16/10/2011

Anyone know the source engin the first 3 spyros run on? Me and a friend want to make some custom maps for spyro.

#1060 Thunderdragon14 09:16:22 16/10/2011

Talk about a Hunter-fan-tard.

#1059 Hunter9199 04:24:39 16/10/2011

hunters better than all of you and spyro!!!

#1058 huge dotd freak 20:23:59 10/10/2011

is the best

#1057 Dark Spyrel 06:14:05 10/10/2011

well thats your opinion ok and i don't really like hunter cause he's anoying but

rox

#1056 spyro crash 22:05:15 09/10/2011

dus not suk but

does. jk but seriously dont post that cuz this is supposed to be a positive site

#1055 Dark Spyrel 08:49:11 05/10/2011

@hugedotmfreak i really agree but not my fav. AC/DC is though they rok

#1054 huge dotd freak 19:22:10 04/10/2011

@dark spyrel

bon jovi is my FAVERATE band EVER

#1053 Dark Spyrel 08:50:34 04/10/2011

@huge dotm freak you like BON JOVI?? CAUSE HE'S AWESOME AS EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T PUT HIM ON MY MUSIC LIST BUT HE IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
putting the capital letters is not a typo.

sux