Spyro: Year of the Dragon
The third game in the Spyro series, and the last to be made by Insomniac Games. Spyro: Year of the Dragon is the biggest of all the Spyro games so far made. It incorporates several new playable characters as well as a new evil to fight.
In this game you play mainly as Spyro, but there are certain levels and parts of levels where you can only play as a different character. The playable characters in this game are: Spyro, Sparx, Hunter, Sheila the Kangaroo, Sgt. James Byrd, Bently the Yeti and Agent 9.
Oct 11th 2000 | Nov 10th 2000 |
The Story
Every twelve years, the Dragon Kingdom celebrates its most important event: the "Year of the Dragon" Festival. Fairies deliver a new batch of dragon eggs and dragons come from all around to dance and feast until everyone drops from...eggshaustion.
The Year of the Dragon is upon us again and the fairies have brought 150 eggs to the Dragon Worlds. However, unbeknownst to the celebrating dragons, a sinister plot is about to unfold...
Far away - on the opposite side of the world - lies a kingdom long since forgotten by dragonkind. So forgotten, in fact, that even the legends about these "Forgotten Worlds" have now been forgotten.
This kingdom is ruled by a mean and spiteful Sorceress who has frankly become quite fed up with being forgotten. As she sits on her forgotten throne, the Sorceress has hatched a fiendishly evil plan. A plan to restore the fading magic to her forgotten realm. A plan to conquer the dragons once and for all. All she needs is a little help from her army of horn-nosed 'rhynocs', the cooperation of her mysterious disciple Bianca and of course, those 150 magical dragon eggs.
The Controls
Button | Action |
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X | Jump. Press again when in the air to glide |
Square | Charge |
Circle | Flame/Spit out rock |
Triangle | Look around/Aim rock/Drop out of glide/Headbash when just jumped |
R1/L1 | Bring the camera behind Spyro fast |
R2/L2 | Turn the camera |
R1+R2+L1+L2 | Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it) |
Button | Action |
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X | Jump. Press again when in the air to go higher. Press again the moment you land to double jump |
Square | Kick |
Circle | Kick |
Triangle | Look around/Headbash when just jumped |
R1/L1 | Bring the camera behind Sheila fast |
R2/L2 | Turn the camera |
R1+R2+L1+L2 | Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it) |
Button | Action |
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X | Fly, hold to go higher |
Square | Drop bomb/projectile |
Circle | Fire guns |
Triangle | Look around/Aim |
R1/L1 | Bring the camera behind Sgt. Byrd fast |
R2/L2 | Turn the camera |
R1+R2+L1+L2 | Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it) |
Button | Action |
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X | Jump |
Square | Thump |
Circle | Spin club |
Triangle | Look around |
R1/L1 | Bring the camera behind Bentley fast |
R2/L2 | Turn the camera |
R1+R2+L1+L2 | Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it) |
Button | Action |
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X | Jump |
Square | Throw Bomb |
Square (hold) | Aim Bomb |
Circle | Fire Weapon |
Triangle | Sniper Mode |
R1/L1 | Zoom in/out in sniper mode |
R1/L1 | Dodge left/right |
R2/L2 | Turn the camera |
R1+R2+L1+L2 | Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it) |
Gems are strangely identical to the last game. Strangely because Avalar and The Forgotten Worlds are most likely further away from each other then the Dragon Realms is from the Forgotten Worlds. Strange how they have the Avalar set of gems rather than the Dragon Realms set, maybe the Sorceress had the GemCutters in from Avalar though.
Gem Colour | Gem Value |
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Red | 1 |
Green | 2 |
Purple | 5 |
Yellow | 10 |
Pink | 25 |
The same containers for the gems as in Avalar. However here you get gems from killing the Rhynocs whereas in Avalar they released a Spirit Particle. Also this game sees the return of a locked chest, slightly different in appearence from the first game, but you will still need to find a key to open them.
Anyway, on with the walkthrough, and on to Sunrise Spring!
Comments
Buzz: Part 1: Buzz will run up to you, charge back at him and he'll bounce backwards, keep on charging Buzz until he falls into the lava! Now run away and after Shelia takes a hitpoint off him with a stomp he'll roll into a ball and start sawing after you, charge away until he stops. Repeat.
Part 2: Same as before, only now Buzz occasionally brings up a fire shield, wait for it to go away then charge him into the lava. Repeat.
Part 3: Same as before, only now after Buzz's shield thingy he'll sneeze up three fire shockwaves, jump over them and charge Buzz till his in the lava. Repeat again and Buzz'll sink into the lava!
Spike: Part 1: Spike will start shooting at you, basically you've got to charge away from the shots all of the time, he'll also run up to you and attempt to smack you, though don't worry! Charging is the key defence, though you'll have to stop when you get to a rock so as to charge it into Spike to take a hitpoint off him. Repeat twice more.
Part 2: Spike'll now fire an extra shot each time and now red mines will appear, you have to pick one up then fire it at Spike as a superflame, only not as we know it. And also be in the know that Spike can pick up the mines and use them as giant shockwaves, so hit him before he hits you! Repeat twice more.
Part 3: Same as before, only now there are blue mines and Spike is much more greedy. You're mines can be thrown at Spike out of your mouth much like those rocks, but Spikes will send out an electrical line which wfill chase you around for about 10 seconds. Repeat and his dead!
Scorch: Part 1: Scorch'll start in to different ways: 1) Throw a shower of fireballs towards you, 2) Spit out eggs with crabs inside. Just charge to the edge of the arena with number 1 and charge the crabs for 2. Occasionally, Bently will toss out some attacks, they are: 1) Red rockets 2) Green rockets. The red rockets will give you rapid fire ammo of 50, while the greens will give you 1 firecracker. Shoot at Scorch with each until he loses a hitpoint (NOTE: Scorch can not be hit when he's shield is up). Repeat twice more.
Part 2: Same as before, only now Scorch will lay eggs hatching those TNT carriers from Icy Peak, though don't threat, they can easily be killed with a single bullet or a flame. Repeat twice more.
Part 3: Same as before, only now Scorch lays eggs hatching mini-suns which you can shoot or burn out by charging away OR (drum roll) Buzz, yes his back, only now without his advanced attacks and can be shot, just get him into the acid and fire at Scorch. Repeat three more times and Scorch is acid bait!
The Sorceress (1): Part 1: The Sorceress has three attacks: 1) The most often - A shower of electro-balls 2) Rarest - A twisty fireball 3) If you get too close - A magical whip shield. Just keep charging 'til Agent 9 shoots down a cannon, jump on the cannon to use it, you have ten ammo, fire towards the Sorceress hoping one or more hits her then escape when she's about to fire her fireball. Repeat four more times.
Part 2: Same as before, only now there's 2 turrets that Agent 9 will get down, jump on one and fire straight at the Sorceress, and to avoid her fireballs just move away on the turret as you can drive it. Reopeat four more times.
Part 3: Same as before, only now there are hoverboards which you can fly really high, but do note that if you go high then the Sorceress will fire at you, oh and you have unlimited ammo so you can now stay on the board forever! Repeat four more times and she'll fall into the lava, not that a hand sticks out!
The Soceress (2): She's back, now you're both in UFO's and must fire at each other, the floor is made of magical liquid so don't go low, you must just fire at the Sorceress while avoiding her shots as you can only take 3. Repeat 19 more times, while it does get harder ofcourse, and you've beaten the game!
This game is kinda of O.K. but there are 2 levels that are such lazybones() and load way too slow.Another level is a real lazybone and won't load at all.
Hey every time U post a comment,state your favorite character.Mine is every character the tries to kill Moneybags!LOL
Hey every time you put up a comment state your favorite character.Mine is ever character that tries to kill Moneybags!LOL
I love defeating the Sorceress over and over.
While defeating her, after I use the cannons
and the machine things, I love to ride around
on those hover board things. while riding them,
I have figured out how to make the sorceress
hit herself with her own fireball!
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