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Description

The evil Gnasty Gnorc has turned all the dragons in the Dragon Lands into crystal. He has also stolen the dragons' gems by locking them up in chests or turning them into soldiers for his army. But he forgot about one little dragon: Spyro. Now Spyro has to travel through the dragon kingdom and free all the dragons from their crystal prison, recover the dragons' gems and defeat Gnasty Gnorc.

Spyro the Dragon is a 3D platform game similar to Super Mario 64. The game consists of six worlds: Artisans, Peace Keepers, Magic Crafters, Beast Makers, Dream Weavers and finally Gnasty's World. Each world consists of a home or hub area, three regular levels, one flight level and one boss level.

The goal of the game is to beat Gnasty Gnorc by working your way through all six worlds. Along the way you have to find all 80 dragons, collect all 12 dragon eggs and collect as many gems as you can. Gems are found scattered throughout the levels, in treasure chests. Also, each defeated bad guy yields a gem and end bosses hold several gems.

The inventory screen shows progress for each level, how many gems found and how many dragons, it also shows many there are in each level. The real challenge lies in completing every level 100%. To do this you really have to explore every nook and cranny, the last gems are usually located on hard to reach places.

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User Reviews

A surprisingly addictive platform game in the style of Super Mario 64, but with more levels. PlayStation Rensch (165)
But the developers spelled “nasty” wrong. PlayStation Black Wolf (37232)
good 3D platform game, better than crash bandicoot PlayStation Xa4 (257)

The Press Says

Absolute Playstation PlayStation Sep, 1998 95 out of 100 95
IGN PlayStation Sep 09, 1998 9 out of 10 90
Jeuxvideo.com PlayStation Dec 30, 1998 18 out of 20 90
Power Unlimited PlayStation Sep, 1998 8.3 out of 10 83
GameSpot PlayStation Sep 09, 1998 8.3 out of 10 83
Game Revolution PlayStation Sep 01, 1998 B+ 83
Gamezilla PlayStation 1998 81 out of 100 81
All Game Guide PlayStation 1998 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
The Video Game Critic PlayStation Jul 15, 1999 B 75

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Trivia

At the time, most 3D games limited the view distance because of technical limitations, thus creating the illusion of fog. Spyro the Dragon featured a brand new panoramic 3D graphics engine that was specifically created for the PlayStation to provide large viewing distances without fog.


This entry was contributed by Jeff Hazen (75) and Grant McLellan (555)
 

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