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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

#1155 TorchSheep 16:52:11 21/12/2011

Best part of Spyro 2!!!:

..boo

(falls off building)

Best part of Spyro 3!!!:
The part where you get to beat up MoneyBags!! >

Best part of Spyro 1!!!:
All of it because MoneyBags isnt in it at all

#1154 foxishsolitude 20:36:17 20/12/2011

:/ Gee it's annoying when he says "a small fee"

GARRR!!

#1153 Hunter9199 23:09:58 19/12/2011

i like money bags when he's not extorting excesive amounts of money from u

#1152 foxishsolitude 08:36:40 19/12/2011

o_0
I guess you could say that..

#1151 poporun 07:29:16 19/12/2011

Sumo Moneybags

#1150 foxishsolitude 05:45:48 19/12/2011

ya he is
i like his voice on this one though

but yes he is annoying...

#1149 SpyroGooberX 00:54:27 19/12/2011

God moneybags is so annoying.

#1148 Hunter9199 23:11:07 18/12/2011

yeah and he's wierd too like he could take on ripto .ha!

#1147 foxishsolitude 22:57:12 18/12/2011

MONEYBAGS IS SOOO FAT IN THIS ONE!!

#1146 foxishsolitude 22:47:14 18/12/2011

kung fu panda 2 was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

but um lets err talk about spyro shall we

#1145 SpyroGooberX 22:22:08 18/12/2011

Never saw that movie,

wanted to though.

#1144 Brokensoul 20:06:09 17/12/2011

I just beat the game... AGAIN!!!! wow, I'm kinda sad but since I have some old ds games that I have to take to Gamestop, I might get year of the dragon if they have a used copy!!!! So excited!