Amazon Maximum Age: 17 years Amazon Minimum Age: 72 months Binding: Video Game Brand: Sony Computer Entertainment EAN: 0711719422822 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: Insomniac Games Manufacturer: Insomniac Games Platform: PlayStation Publisher: Insomniac Games Sales Rank: 1756 Studio: Insomniac Games
Editorial Review: Spyro is a cute purple dragon in a bit of a pickle. Each of Spyro's dragon friends has fallen victim to the nefarious Gnasty Gnorc, who has turned them into crystals. Accompanied by Sparx the dragonfly, Spyro sets out to free his buddies, while collecting gems and dragon eggs. Sparx also serves as Spyro's health-o-meter, glowing gold when Spyro is healthy and turning dusky green as he tires. To boost his energy, Spryo can blast docile creatures with fire, turning them into butterflies, which Sparx transforms into much-needed fuel.
This title has bright graphics in six well-developed worlds, each with several subworlds, including bogs, deserts, and ice worlds. Unlike some action games, in Spyro the Dragon the enemies are more fun than frightening. In the Peace Keepers world, for example, Spyro must burn down the monster soldiers' tent, sending one of the minions running out, quaking with fear or, if you're lucky, dropping his drawers and shooting a moon.
Spyro's movements (fire breathing, gliding, jumping, and climbing) require entry-level gaming skills. For this reason, Spyro the Dragon is an excellent title for youngsters or less experienced players, who want to play without having to master complex movement combinations. --Kasty Thomas
Pros:
Large worlds provide hours of game playing
Variety of scenarios
Engaging graphics
Cons:
Low game skill requirements may prove less challenging for expert players
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Spyro
This game is one my favorites. The graphics and detail are good and quite entertaining. It seems that the game was innitially created with younger people in mind, but I'm 22 and I enjoy playing. It starts out easier at the beginning like most games and gradually gets more challenging as you work up the higher levels. There are some levels which still kick my butt--I'm ashamed to admit. What I like about it is there is a lot of free range adventure where Spyro is able to roam about seeking out hidden treasures and places. Not everything your looking for is readily obvious. I would recommend this game for anybody who likes adventure and level type fantasy games without all the blood and guts. It's also a really great game for kids as there is no profanity or anything of the like involved.
Rating: - Spyro on PS
Spyro the Dragon is a classic. The original owner was very kind and notified me that he was shipping it the next day after I made the order online. The product was delivered as promised in the condition as promised, and for that I award the owner 5 stars.
Rating: - STILL LOTS OF FUN, A PLATFORMING CLASSIC 8 OUT OF 10
I'm very reluctant to try the new Spyro game for PS2, or to buy the Spyro games available for Xbox because Spyro games have stooped to such a low quality I'm afraid to play them. But for the old Spyro games on PSone I have no fears because these ones were developed by Insomniac (Ratchet and Clank, Resistance: Fall of Man), the studio that made the good ones, but sadly no longer makes them. The story is about how Spyro has to rescue all of the dragons who have been imprisoned in crystal cocoons by Nasty Nork. The gameplay functions very well for an old platformer, and never really gives you much trouble because of how smoothly it handles. The flight mechanic works well, but you can't use it all the time. The graphics look nice for the time, but are feeble by today's standards. The environments are bright and colorful and still have a great feel to them. You will spend your time defeating lots of enemies, rescuing your dragon friends, collecting jewels, finding hidden locations, getting health by letting your dragon fly buddy eat butterflies, and have a lot of fun doing all this. As much as this might sound terrible to some gamers, it's actually not repetitive and boring, but in reality a lot of fun. The biggest flaw of the entire game is the camera. The camera is a bit difficult to handle, and will unfortunately cause a few cheap deaths. Also, this game in some ways feels a bit too easy because within a twenty minute period I located 14 dragons. Plus this game simply isn't as fun as it's sequels Ripto's Revenge or Year of the Dragon. But this game is too much fun to really complain about, and I can guarantee no matter what demographic of gaming you fall in you will have a lot of fun on Spyro's PSone adventures.
Rating: - i wish they made spyro games like these
i first got this game when i was about 7 or 8 i heard about gnasty gnorc but i never seen him in the other games exept for a hero's tale but but i got this game before a hero's tale came out its really fun but the bosses are only talke about 2 or the attacks and there dead on the last level before gnasty's loot is where you fight gnasty gnorc you haft to chase these 2 green theives and there running around with golden keys and it unlocks the thing where gnasy gnorc is standing on the thing lowers down and you chase gnasty gnorc where you can fall into this purple stuff and then he stands at this spot thats where you flame him and he runns into this room of hot lava and spyro and gnasty is jumping on these platforms and theres a little room where spyro flames gnasty and spyro saids your gnorc! and he dies
Rating: - Spyro: Already a Classic
This game is already a classic to me. The graphics may not be as impressive as the PS3 or Xbox 360, but this old school game will never be passed up by another. The bright environments are intriguing, and the whole game is fun! I was very much impressed by the storyline in this one, the worlds, colors, characters, and bosses. The sequels have not matched up to the original yet.
- Spyro
- STILL LOTS OF FUN, A PLATFORMING CLASSIC 8 OUT OF 10
