Spyro: Year of the Dragon

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Description

The third in the Playstation Spyro the Dragon series sees Spyro having to recover a clutch of Dragon eggs from the evil Sorceress.

The player can now play as not only Spyro, but Agent 9 the Space Monkey, Sheila the Kangaroo, Bentley the Yeti, Sgt. Byrd the Penguin and his two best friends Sparx and Hunter. Sparx has his own levels for the very first time. Also, Spyro has learned a few new abilities, including skateboarding!

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Alternate Titles

• "Spyro: El Año del Dragón" -- Spanish title
• "Spyro 3" -- Common name

Part of the Following Groups

• Animals: Penguins
• Console Generation Exclusive: PlayStation
• Fantasy Creatures: Dragons
• Gameplay feature: Dragon flying / riding
• Games with game altering copy protection
• PlayStation Greatest Hits releases
• PlayStation Platinum Range releases
• Protagonist: Dragon
• Spyro the Dragon universe

User Reviews

Pretty much the same as part 2, but that was a great formula so why mess with it?	PlayStation	Rensch (216)
The best variety game ever made	PlayStation	Damian Armstrong (24)
The best PSX platformer ever made..?	PlayStation	Famine3h (405)

Critic Reviews

GamezGeneration	PlayStation 3	Feb 08, 2013	9.5 out of 10	95
Meristation	PlayStation	Nov 08, 2000	9.2 out of 10	92
Game Revolution	PlayStation	Oct, 2000	A-	91
IGN	PlayStation	Oct 12, 2000	9.1 out of 10	91
Game Informer Magazine	PlayStation	Nov, 2000	8.75 out of 10	88
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation	Nov 21, 2000	17 out of 20	85
GameSpot	PlayStation	Oct 24, 2000	8.4 out of 10	84
Video Games	PlayStation	Nov, 2000	84 out of 100	84
Super Play (Sweden)	PlayStation	Jan, 2001	8 out of 10	80
TechRaptor	PlayStation 3	Sep 06, 2016	5.5 out of 10	55

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Trivia

Sheila the Kangaroo is missing on the European cover art.

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: Spyro: Year of the Dragon (Information about Spyro: Year of the Dragon at Wikipedia)