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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.

Spyro: Year of the Dragon Spyro: Year of the Dragon
North America Oct 11th 2000 European Union 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

Spyro the Dragon
ButtonAction
XJump. Press again when in the air to glide
SquareCharge
CircleFlame/Spit out rock
TriangleLook around/Aim rock/Drop out of glide/Headbash when just jumped
R1/L1Bring the camera behind Spyro fast
R2/L2Turn the camera
R1+R2+L1+L2Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it)
Sheila the Kangaroo
ButtonAction
XJump. Press again when in the air to go higher. Press again the moment you land to double jump
SquareKick
CircleKick
TriangleLook around/Headbash when just jumped
R1/L1Bring the camera behind Sheila fast
R2/L2Turn the camera
R1+R2+L1+L2Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it)
Sgt. Byrd
ButtonAction
XFly, hold to go higher
SquareDrop bomb/projectile
CircleFire guns
TriangleLook around/Aim
R1/L1Bring the camera behind Sgt. Byrd fast
R2/L2Turn the camera
R1+R2+L1+L2Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it)
Bentley the Yeti
ButtonAction
XJump
SquareThump
CircleSpin club
TriangleLook around
R1/L1Bring the camera behind Bentley fast
R2/L2Turn the camera
R1+R2+L1+L2Sparx points at nearest gem (only available when you've earned it)
Agent 9
ButtonAction
XJump
SquareThrow Bomb
Square (hold)Aim Bomb
CircleFire Weapon
TriangleSniper Mode
R1/L1Zoom in/out in sniper mode
R1/L1Dodge left/right
R2/L2Turn the camera
R1+R2+L1+L2Sparx 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 ColourGem Value
Red1
Green2
Purple5
Yellow10
Pink25

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
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#210 Pyro girl 18:44:07 04/07/2007
Isn't Action Replay basically the same as gameshark?
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#209 NATHAN SCHUCH 19:47:43 02/07/2007
I like to skake
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#208 Sgt Byrd 15:07:53 01/07/2007
smilie
o----------------------------------o
Cheers for the help Dark 54
old chap see you around.smilie
o---------------------------------o
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#207 dark52 - Spyro the Admin 14:10:36 01/07/2007
It's not downloadable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gameshark

As to where you can find it, I have no idea whether anyone would sell it anymore, perhaps try eBay or something.

However, there are PlayStation emulators that allow the use of GameShark codes, though generally only with a plugin. Google should help you find such things.
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#206 Sgt Byrd 13:45:27 01/07/2007
smilie
o-----------Dark52---------o
Is the gameshark some
sort of website were
you down load the
gameshark, Were might
i find it anyway?
o-----------------------------o
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#205 dark52 - Spyro the Admin 10:18:42 01/07/2007
The code is in my previous post (the last two lines), you use a cheating device called a GameShark to enter it.
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#204 Sgt Byrd 09:57:28 01/07/2007
how am i meant to enter this gameshark
on my ps1 then?
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#203 Sgt Byrd 09:50:35 01/07/2007
and can you tell me how im meant to put the cheat in.
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#202 Sgt Byrd 09:39:47 01/07/2007
smilie
o-----------------------------o
cool but whats the code
for ps2 Dark54.
Can you plz tell me.
o-----------------------------o
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#201 dark52 - Spyro the Admin 21:31:06 30/06/2007
In that video a gameshark code is used to make Spyro glide without going downwards.

D007143A BFFF
30070330 00FF
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#200 Sgt Byrd 21:24:50 30/06/2007
smilie
o----------------------------o
Dark54 thats imposible
spyro can not fly or can
he? is there a cheat
to make him fly?
o----------------------------o
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#199 Sgt Byrd 15:20:09 30/06/2007
Hello there old chaps, if any one wants
cheats or hint or even how to get skill
points ask me and i will tell you were
they are,thats umm...after im free
from that cage of curse.
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#198 Peanutboy2 23:30:21 29/06/2007
hey, i saved that video to my favorites before you showed me! oh sorry, got ahead of myself. this game is my favroite spyro game, and i have a few videos on Youtube under PeanutBoy2. seriously...
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#197 game geek 03:51:33 29/06/2007
i remember a looooooooooooooong time ago i lost the game......luckly i beat it before hand
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#196 dark52 - Spyro the Admin 18:44:44 28/06/2007
You heard right. Here's a Youtube video showing it anyway.
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