/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1804587
> 117%

Slightly rustling my autism jimmies with that fuzzy math.

Fucking yea Spyro
I've beaten Spyro 3 more times than I can count.
Spyro 1 for me is just the atmosphere, second half of the game is the tits, and the most sweet music in any game.
Spyro 2 is fun for the double jump glitch, getting you where you shouldn't be.
>off to play it again :3

>>1804605
Well, by reaching the final boss and beating her, the game is at 100%. But if you go around and collect all 20,000 gems and 150 eggs and get the skill points, you'll then have 117%. I see what they mean by it, but it's still confusing.

>>1804613
I agree! I just replayed 1 and it was so awesome. Enjoy!

>>1804587
Spyro 1 was the game i got with my PS1, loved it to hell. Loved S3 so much. But kinda got away from it wiht the PS2 era and the Elija Wood game. What do we think about Skylanders? Never played it.

>>1804657
>What do we think about Skylanders

It's like Crash of the Titans but a quadrillion times worse

>>1804657
I play it with my son. The actual gameplay is fairly fun, and the difficulty can be adjusted to be a decent enough challenge, but it's clearly a naked cash grab, locking shit away if you don't have a certain skylander of a specific element - two, now, in the latest iteration.

But hey, kids like what kids like. Tomorrow we're playing Mario Kart, so I'm trying to steer him towards age-appropriate games that aren't completely shit.

>>1804635

I really regret not giving this game much of a chance. I know it was flawed and went away from the originals, but it was open world and fun to explore.

>>1804692
Yeah, i know i would have loved the shit out of it as a kid. Most childrenthing is a moneygrab i my eyes, to think have much money was spent on me in Pokemoncards and other stuff.

>>1804635
>>1804703
That line echoes in my dreams.

Enjoyed the first game well enough, Ripto's Rage is in mail.

>>1804796
You will enjoy it bro

One of my first games was Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly.
I enjoyed it back then but going back to it recently it looks extremely unfinished.
I did research and found out this game fucked the franchise and killed off two developers created specifically for creating the game.
Gonna go give the older Spyros a go to see what I've been missing.

I've never played Spyro, but I'm a massive fan of Banjo-Kazooie, Mario 64/Sunshine, Donkey Kong 64, etc. Should I give it a spin today, without any nostalgia attached?

>>1804587
Loved all three of the PS1 games.

Might as well post some links for those that haven't seen them.

Interview with Stewart Copeland on making the music for Spyro.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kc2gGycBXc
Lessons in Color Theory for Spyro the Dragon
>http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3173/lessons_in_color_theory_for_spyro_.php
Making of Spyro the Dragon
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVFMpBDIuzc
Making of Spyro 2
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3pCo4hhtp4

>>1804714
Out of all the non Insomniac entries, it's probably one of the better ones. Wasn't horribly bugged/rushed like Enter the Dragonfly, and there was some actual attempt to capture at least some small bit of the humor and charm of the original three.

>>1804692
Try to get him into the original PS1 Spyro trilogy if possible. Hopefully he's willing to look past the graphics (considering what most kids these days seem used to) and find an enjoyable trilogy there.

>>1804727
My parents would never have let me do Skylanders if it came out when I was young. Hell, they didn't like me playing video games much in general, I doubt they'd be willing to spend a bunch on figures to play a game as well.

>>1806017
Do it. The PS1 trilogy is great, although there is a bit of change from the first to the next two (first is pretty much straight platforming and collecting without a lot of interaction, while 2 and 3 introduce other characters/species to help out, as they don't take place in the same land as the first, which I've seen turn some people off, but others really like; the gameplay also gets a bit more refined with different things you can do as well). Give them a try starting with the first. Chances are you'll enjoy it (also helps that, like the PS1 Crash games as well, they look pretty good visually for 3D PS1 games).

>>1805998
Enter the Dragonfly was rushed out the door for Christmas as I recall, and as such had a lot of cut content. The original three are much better.

>tfw Enter the Dragonfly killed your gaming innocence
Charmed Ridge is GOAT world

I love Insomniac's Spyro games. Bought Ripto's Rage on my PSP, plan to buy YOTD sometime soon.

I think one of my favorite facts about the games is that Spyro 3 was basically the testbed for the difficulty scaler in the Ratchet & Clank games, and that with a couple cheat codes you could totally fuck with it, making the game balls-hard or easy as Sunday morning. Little dev tricks like that amuse me.

>>1804635

I hate you people and the TROUBLE you have with that mission, there at least 10 missions in that game that are harder or more time consuming,

>>1806820
I got no trouble with the trolley. Playing Solid Snake with Agent Zero, however, I usually end up getting caught once or twice before a good run.

>>1806856
The fucking orb mission in Canyon Speedway is killer.

>>1806820
but I did have trouble with the trolley

trolley

>(considering what most kids these days seem used to)
Not him, but my son doesn't care. He actually prefers bright and colorful games like Spyro no matter the graphic quality.

It really depends on the person just as much as it used to, just the only thing is that the TV is always screaming to kids that they want something else now.

>>1806984
meant to quote
>>1806026

>>1806984
>>1806990
Well, hopefully he can stick to that liking for stuff regardless of age, and doesn't wind up eventually just limiting himself to newer things because that's what his friends have or something.

>>1804635
Last time I played the game (after a good absence of many years from it, since I couldn't find where my copies of the trilogy had gone), I got all 50 cogs on the first try. Felt good that I still remembered the course.

>>1806026
I was gonna post that Copeland interview, as a musician it's a huge inspiration for me. The music in the spyro games is incredible and he's such an awesome dude.

Spyro was one of the first games I ever played, and I replayed the first one recently on emulator (but computer trouble fucked all my progress, thus convincing me to never play emulated anything ever again) and it's honestly so much better than I remember. They truly are masterful works. I'm just pissed as fuck because my dad threw out a ton of my games in high school when we moved, all 3 of the original Spryo games being some to name a few, now those games are expensive as ALL FUCK. I really don't get why they are. I guess they're just in high demand because they're common as all fuck.

>>1806026
I was gonna post that Copeland interview, as a musician it's a huge inspiration for me. The music in the spyro games is incredible and he's such an awesome dude.

Spyro was one of the first games I ever played, and I replayed the first one recently on emulator (but computer trouble fucked all my progress, thus convincing me to never play emulated anything ever again) and it's honestly so much better than I remember. They truly are masterful works. I'm just pissed as fuck because my dad threw out a ton of my games in high school when we moved, all 3 of the original Spryo games being some to name a few, now those games are expensive as ALL FUCK. I really don't get why they are. I guess they're just in high demand because they're common as all fuck.

Also is it just me or is this homeworld beautiful as hell

>>1807071
>but computer trouble fucked all my progress, thus convincing me to never play emulated anything ever again
I wouldn't entirely let that make me feel emulation was bad, since it sounds like perhaps you need to backup your saves or something. Plus emulation tends to be the only way to really play certain games, like those that have had fan translations or are just way too expensive, especially if you're not sure you'll entirely like them (and this is coming from someone who does prefer physical copies myself when viable). On that note, the PS1 games occasionally go on sale on the PSN if you have a PS3 or PSP; a few months back Spyro 1-3, along with some other PS1 games as well (Crash 1-3, CTR, etc) were all on sale for $1 each if you're not averse to digital copies.

As for Spyro itself, prices haven't been too bad where I live: I think the first goes for about $12 out here, the second for $18 or so, and third for $16. Biggest issue was just trying to find them, and in decent condition. Found a complete copy of the Collectors bundle with everything included and in great shape (only thing that had much wear was the protective sleeve), and considering how much I loved those games growing up I bought that right up. It's good to have them back.

And yeah, I think the color usage for all three games tends to make them all look great. Insomniac really did well at that, among other things. Personally prefer Evening Lake to Sunrise Spring though, as far as homeworlds in the third game go.

>>1807071
>>1807071
2's homeworlds are more empty and they having that calming as fuck music too/
Summer forest is god tier

>>1804635
>>1804703
HOLY FUCK I FORGOT ABOUT THAT FUCKING ASS HOLE

I burst out laughing as soon as I saw that pic

>>1807159

That mission is so easy.

>>1807110
What actually happened was that my macbook pro's hard drive corrupted (for a second time, wow do I regret giving apple a chance) and it just gave me the willies because with emulation somehow my saves always seem to get fucked. I just feel more comfortable on original hardware and a CRT y'know? However I do use emulation to try b4 buy and it's good to pass free time at school or something. I have an incredible ps1 emulator on my phone, and the godtier OpenEmu on my macbook.

I literally just got a PSP and PS3 like 2 weeks ago so I'll definitely keep a lookout in the PS store for good deals like that. Usually I just prefer to have the original physical copies but if it's a deal that good, I can't pass something like that up.

That's awesome though, that trilogy goes for like 80 bucks usually. Not bad at all. I'm trying to find all 3 of the original black label copies in decent condition and decent price, it'll be worth the penny pinching once I get em.

Yeah the games all pay an incredible attention to color theory and detail, it goes a long way for them to really make the games beautiful. I don't think there's a single homeworld where I wasn't like "wow this is beautiful". Even as a child when they all first came out.

Also, what the fuck is the deal with the new Spyro design.....????

>>1807208
I've mostly just stuck to my PSP for emulating since my computer is pretty much 2006 toaster-tier that I'm still using since it works well enough for just internet stuff, apart from a few instances of it crapping out here and there.

With the PS3 and PSP, what you want to look out for are flash sales, since they usually have a lot of decent games, both old and current, for about $1 or so over the course of a weekend. Some other recent sales included Syphon Filter 1-3, Wild Arms 1 and 2, Dino Crisis 1 and 2, etc.

Where do you live that the games are $80 to pick up physical copies of? I mean, maybe things have changed since I bought my collector's bundle, but I still see the games pretty cheap locally, and the majority of stores out here like to try to fleece your wallet when possible.

>Also, what the fuck is the deal with the new Spyro design
I swear, Activision shoehorned him into Skylanders due to fear that a completely new IP with nothing recognizable wouldn't sell, only to give him an obligatory redesign of the sake of giving him a redesign that only serves to piss off people that might have bought it because Spyro was there.

>>1804635
He's nothing compared to the yeti race in 3.
I have no idea how I managed to beat it as a kid without cheesing it.

>>1807236
Ah, I've got a windows build that I'm usually using that can handle pretty much anything I throw at it. Even still, emulation (I blame the emulators I guess) still just feels wonky sometimes. It's hard to keep a constant 60 fps for the games that run it at full 100% with decent graphics..

Nice, thanks for the protip. So far I've only bought Street Fighter 2 HD Remix, it's an okay remake but I'm a tad disappointed. I'd rather just play it on Super Nintendo.

I live in Detroit Michigan. Retro is super hard to come by. A Disc Replay just opened up about 2 cities over and it has a pretty decent selection with pretty fair prices. Didn't even see Spyro in there though. I usually have to just settle for ebay, even with the new Disc Replay it's still a bit of a drive to get there and back, plus it's a gamble on if they'll have what I want or not. Any yard/garage/estate sales I've been to never even have video games at all.

That sounds disgusting. I don't even know what Skylanders is but that alone steers me away from it... I thought that new model of Spyro was from a new Spyro game. Almost glad it isn't, but still. There's no way he can be revived after that mess.

>>1807236
Ah, I've got a windows build in addition to my macbook pro (which I use almost solely for school) that I'm usually using that can handle pretty much anything I throw at it. Even still, emulation (I blame the emulators I guess) still just feels wonky sometimes. It's hard to keep a constant 60 fps for the games that run it at full 100% with decent graphics..

Nice, thanks for the protip. So far I've only bought Street Fighter 2 HD Remix, it's an okay remake but I'm a tad disappointed. I'd rather just play it on Super Nintendo.

I live in Detroit Michigan. Retro is super hard to come by. A Disc Replay just opened up about 2 cities over and it has a pretty decent selection with pretty fair prices. Didn't even see Spyro in there though. I usually have to just settle for ebay, even with the new Disc Replay it's still a bit of a drive to get there and back, plus it's a gamble on if they'll have what I want specifically or not. Even though the two times I've been there I've gotten decent hauls. Any yard/garage/estate sales I've been to never even have video games at all.

That sounds disgusting. I don't even know what Skylanders is but that alone steers me away from it... I thought that new model of Spyro was from a new Spyro game. Almost glad it isn't, but still. There's no way he can be revived after that mess.

>>1807270
Emulation can have issues from time to time, especially for particular systems or games. Still, if you just got that PSP, you might want to soft mod it if you want to use it for portable PS1 emulation. It makes a nice little system for that, and can also handle emulation of some other systems as well.

We don't have Disc Replays out here I live, but I recall hearing some decent things about them in the past. As for not finding Spyro, yeah. The games are by no means rare (looking at how many copies sold, and the fact that all three not only got Greatest Hits versions, but also a Collector's Bundle and PSN ports, which increases availability for playing it in general), but demand still tends to be fairly high for them and keeps them a bit hard to find, I suppose. It is a bit of luck whether a store out here has them or not, but they're still pretty reasonably priced when they do.

As for Skylanders, it was some new Activision IP based around having to get figures with real money, that when placed on some device downloads access to that character and story pertaining to them in the game itself. It's gotten really damn popular, which I find kind of sad, considering how much you'd have to pay if you wanted every character and all the story the game offered; I know my parents would never have been willing to shell out that much when just the base game itself is a good $60 or more. Hell, it was hard enough just getting them to pick up the occasional game for $30 used back when I was a kid.

Whether it's actually a good series or not, I refuse to forgive it and Activision for what they did to Spyro. At least Crash seems to have been finally granted his much deserved slumber after a number of fairly unenjoyable games made by people that apparently can't capture the enjoyment or charm the original ones had (and still trying to give some of the characters a bad redesign; especially the masks); meanwhile Spyro seems to keep having his corpse dug up.

>>1807274
>I live in Detroit Michigan. Retro is super hard to come by.

There are a few stores in the metro area with decent selections if you don't mind going out there.

Where's the Disc Replay?

>>1807296
Really? What ones? The only one I even kinda know about is the one at Gibraltar trade center and mother FUCK that. I might try to go there one day but that's much too far for me.

The Disc Replay is in Livonia off Plymouth and Middlebelt Road.

>>1807291
Yeah I softmodded my PSP to play downloaded PSP games so I might as well go the extra mile and enable some emulation on there as well. What's done about the PS1 games that require the dualshock, as well as R2 and L2?

Yeah my friend in Chicago said it's pretty cool, and now that I have one relatively close to me it's a nice alternative to ebay. Granted, ebay isn't always terrible.

Wait so it's like those new toys Nintendo is trying to put out? And you have to buy new ones to unlock different stories? lol bye. Yeah, just off principle (even if the premise of the game sounded better) I wouldn't partake in that simply because they're just raping Spyro. Just leave him to rest in piece already.

>>1807351
I've heard rumor that for some of the ones that require L2 and R2 there's some remapping or something that can be done to keep the functionality still there, but to be honest I'm not all that sure (most PS1 games I've put on mine were either remapped already in the process of having had PSX2PSP eboots made, or never had that functionality to begin with). Something I'd need more experience with to talk about further.

The worst thing about Activision and Skylanders is that it set a precedent that that sort of thing is perfectly acceptable to do, leading to stuff like Disney Infinity as well, where you can go out and buy more figure to unlock more characters for the game. I think with the Amiibo, they're mainly be used for some added functionality without locking you out of characters and such (at least as far as Smash bros is concerned; to be fair I haven't been paying much attention to what all they're planning to do with those).

One saw a bag of used Skylanders figures being sold for eighty fucking bucks, and that was at the store with the cheapest prices for anything video game related in town.

>>1807371
The PSone emulator built into the PSP's firmware, POPS, basically allows for custom control schemes. Just press the Home button (PS Button on 3000 models), go into Controller Settings, and change the type to Custom and you can remap the controls to whatever you like.

>>1807770
Good to know for future reference. That said, since overall there are less total options for controls, does that just allow only for single-button remapping, or also button combinations if need be?

>>1807832
There's button combinations, but only for the four shoulder buttons (L1+R1 and L2+R2). You can't mix the combinations, either. You can map either combination to any button, though.

On a personal note, I find for Megaman Legends 2--which plays pretty well on the latest PSP CFWs, especially 6.60 PRO-C--it's easiest to map the movement buttons to the analog nub, and map L1 and R1 to the left and right keys on the D-Pad, while keeping up and down on the D-pad mapped to up and down movement for menu compatibility. It's the most comfortable control scheme I've come up with so far.

>>1807856
Cool. I'll keep that in mind if/when I get around to playing MML2 on there.

On that note, does the system save your control mapping to the memory stick, or does that have to be remapped when you start playing it again?

>>1806026
Skylander dad here.

The only reason we have skylanders is because I have the PSX trilogy on my PS3. Although as mentioned earlier in the thread, skylander Spyro is very dissimilar to PSX-era Spyro.

>>1807875
It saves the control mapping to the savedata of whatever game you're playing, but on a per-game basis; I.E., the mapping you set up for one PSone game will be different from another.

Also, you can configure other things about the games on a per-game basis, like the screen resolution, brightness, and volume boost.

>>1806026
Thanks for the uploads, dude. The Stewart Copeland video was so cool!

>>1806863
What? Canyon Speedway is the second-easiest speedway in the whole game, behind only Icy Speedway.

>>1807884
Neat. Thanks again for the information.

>>1807913
No problem. I just save links to interesting stuff I find for Spyro (and Crash as well) and post them when relevant. Does make me wonder if there's one of those making of videos for Spyro 3 though; if so I haven't found it on youtube just yet.

>>1807236
Were the skies actually at this size/resolution?

It's rather small...

>>1808239
Pretty sure the images were shrunk and had their file sizes reduced for use with the article the image came from, which might explain some of the issues in it. They tend to look really good in the actual games.

>>1808568
>>1808239
Sorry i don't know the exact terminology, but they're shaded polygons so they're infinitely scalable.

>>1808619
Really? That's neat. Didn't know that.

>>1808619
>but they're shaded polygons so they're infinitely scalable.
Lucky too, since the PSX's affine mapping has serious perspective problems with large texture polygons.

>>1808764
They had to cut everything into little square and fill up larger polygons isn't it? It's particularly noticeable when you're using texture filtering with no AA.

60 for the Spyro trilogy complete, black label, in good condition is a decent price right?

>>1810207
20 per game, black label?
I'd say it's pretty good.

>>1810207
Get the green label for 3, bugs got fixed.

>>1810285
What bugs? I don't remember there being any, especially ones that make the game unplayable or anything.

I just really hate how greatest hits cases look, it doesn't even have anything to do with the value or whatever the fuck. Any game I buy, I buy to play and don't have plans on selling any any time soon.
The red text and green background look awful together and is extremely distracting from the artwork. Looks out of place with the other games too like it's got retard safety tape on it so you don't hurt yourself or something. The designer in me cringes every time I see a greatest hits case.

>>1810207
It's a little bit pricier than I see out here, but not bad. Guess it depends on what they go for on average where you live. On that note, it's a trio of enjoyable platformers/collectathons, so if you enjoy those sort of things, you should still get your money's worth.

>>1810483
Spyro is one of those cases where the Greatest Hits versions fixed a few things from time to time, namely some of the music that wound up unimplemented in the original releases due to either bugs or time constraints. Still, the original black label versions suffice well as I recall, and I don't personally remember any actual game breaking bugs in my copies growing up or anything.

And I agree about the way Greatest Hits games look, especially in certain cases like that awful green of the PS1 ones (or the solid, bold red of PS3 cases compared to the clear original label ones; not retro but an example of how annoying it is, as that doesn't go too well with much at all).

>>1810483
Black label release of Spyro 3 is missing 10 freaking tracks, maybe more if I'm forgetting some. If you're only playing for nostalgia you won't remember the missing tracks anyway I guess, but they are still really great tracks and it's neat to experience them.

The ideal scenario is black label case, GH disc.

I still believe Spyro had the best water levels, like ever. Swimming is cozy as FUCK in those games.

>>1810914
Indeed, the gams have some of my favorite ones. It helps that not only do you not need to worry about breathing upon learning how to dive in the second game, but that movement in the water feels pretty damn good. Also the fact that he retains that (along with ladder climbing and head bashing) in the third game as well without having to relearn it again.

At least he isn't the alchemist

The ice rink mini-game on Metropolis is 100000% more harder and more frustrating than the Trolley mini-game. The Trolley just requires memorization. The Ice Rink is just pure bullshit and the AI will decide when you get to win.

>>1811317
Bullshit, that looks too good.

>>1806026
>Interview with Stewart Copeland on making the music for Spyro.

>he actually beat all of the levels before creating the music

Why do I get the feeling that 99% of video game musicians skip this crucial step? Stewart Copeland is god-tier.

>>1811295
Doesn't the bull throw bombs in a predictable order? I'm pretty sure that minigame only has a 2/5 star difficulty, step it up son.

>>1810643
Yeah I had all 3 when I was a kid but my dad threw out a ton of my games when we moved so now I'm rebuying. I loved the games so I wanna play em again now.

Yeah greatest hits anything looks like shit. It 100% of the time shits on the artwork for any game. The one that irritates me the most I think though is the MGS greatest hits, just because it's a nice clean red text on white background, and the bright green just takes a huge dump over the whole thing.

>>1810778
>Black label release of Spyro 3 is missing 10 freaking tracks, maybe more

What the fuck really? I probably wouldn't have noticed as a kid but damn, that's incredible.. All because of time restraints? Wow.. I'll consider getting a black label case and a greatest hits disc separately then. But we'll see. Depends on if i can even find it.

>>1811320
They were done in a program called Spyro World Viewer with a bit of AA applied. Some kind anon on /v/ posted a collection of screenshots with a few taken of each world.

https://mega.co.nz/#!M99jmALS!KXNx5QJGNghqOLGYcTe4-m6VQ84J6hvaWiAmSWs9hGc

link if anyone's interested

>>1811341
Reminds me, I still need to take some time to go through Spyro 2 and 3 in the Collectors bundle; see if those ones came with the Greatest Hits music tracks added in since I could never find an answer online.

Unfortunately I've been fairly busy lately, between moving, unpacking, and cleaning.

On that note, where exactly do you live? Because I've heard the black label versions of at least some of the PS1 Spyro games saw the music fixed before it came over there, while the US had to wait for the Greatest Hits rereleases.

>>1811409
>Because I've heard the black label versions of at least some of the PS1 Spyro games saw the music fixed before it came over there
Should probably specify that I've heard that about European copies, rather than just leaving it vague.

>>1811328
I wouldn't say the composer playing each level before doing the music is a requirement to make a game's music sound good, it certainly shows Copeland went the extra mile to make sure the soundtrack for Spyro fit the feel of the levels.

Are there any worlds with skyboxes that compare to Dream Weavers? The colors in those are amazing

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131581/lessons_in_color_theory_for_spyro_.php

Very interesting article about the games, and gives insight into why the Spyro games are nicer to look at then most modern games.

>>1811341
>Yeah greatest hits anything looks like shit.
I wouldn't say that happens all the time, but it happens often enough. I think the only Greatest Hits style rendition I actually like is what Nintendo did with the Wii and the Nintendo Selects titles, where it as least has something of a classier vibe to it and on the whole doesn't look too terrible, though I'm still not inclined to buy ones like that. Better than stuff like the green spined PS1 version, or some of the PS3 stylings they've done, which have gone completely overboard (last I heard, Sony's done two or three regular labels, along with silvery Platinum Hits, solid red Greatest Hits, and yellow PS3 the BEST if you're the sort to make use of the lack of region lock on the PS3 and import).

Still, I don't think much compares to how stupid the "Konami's Best" Greatest Hits rendition of Dawn of Sorrow, with its stupid cover-within-a-cover. I suppose this is getting a bit off topic though, so I'll stop here.

>>1811347
I remember seeing those posted in those threads. That was a good week.

>>1811356
Makes me wish I had some of those PS1 demo discs when I was younger.

Autumn plains might be my favorite model

>>1811356
feels

>>1811763
Autumn Plains was so chill. Love that place.

>>1811789
It also has the most levels, which makes it the best homeworld.

>>1811763
>gliding from the secret roof area to that tiny island way off in the distance

So goddamn satisfying.

Just gonna post maps. Does anyone have any requests?

>>1810483
The original release of Spyro 3 has a major game-breaking bug in Honey Speedway. If you exit the level before getting all three eggs, you'll never be able to get them. You can complete the challenges but you won't get the eggs for them. This makes 100% completion impossible and so you'll never be able to reach Super Bonus Round. This was fixed in the Greatest Hits & Platinum versions.

The original version has another game-breaking bug in Fireworks Factory. If you play the level with the Automatic Difficulty Tuning set to Easy, either through a cheat or because you're not going that well, two gems will be on top of an unreachable tower. This was fixed in the Greatest Hits version but I don't think it was fixed in the Platinum version.

There's a third game-breaking glitch in Spooky Swamp. If you kill a flying enemy for the first time over the water when you don't have Sparx, the gem will fall under the water where you'll never be able to reach it. The Greatest Hits version DOESN'T fix that glitch though and neither does the Platinum version.

In the original release of Spyro 2, there was a glitch that let you double-jump that could be used for serious sequence-breaking but could also break the game if you double-jumped into the skybox.

Get the Greatest Hits versions. Also, if you can find a PAL version of the original game and can play that, it has an extra music track that the NTSC version doesn't have.

This fucking level.

>>1812094
Where are you getting the maps that aren't from Spyro 3 from? >>1811347 only has Spyro 3 from what I can see.

>>1812159
I took them myself

>>1812159
Fuck skateboard races

>>1812124
>The original release of Spyro 3 has a major game-breaking bug in Honey Speedway.
This is especially shitty because this level has the potential to get stuck during Hunter's challenge forcing a reset.

>The original version has another game-breaking bug in Fireworks Factory.
Can you get around this by using a cheat to up the difficulty to Hard and re-entering the level?

>There's a third game-breaking glitch in Spooky Swamp.
Can you get around this by leaving and re-entring the level?

Does anyone know if the PSN release of Spyro 3 uses the GH version?

>>1811328
>>1811418
copeland greatest ex-policeman

prove me wrong

>>1812124
not to mention what happens if your disc gets especially scratched up...

the only post-insomniac spyro game i liked (a hero's tail would always glitch out on me hard and I never got into it)

Ive only played Riptos Rage
It was at a point in my life where I did not own a memory card.

I would play it and try to beat it all in one go.
I could routinely get to the Winter Tundra, but I never ended up beating it for one reason or another.

I may have to replay it

>>1811328
>>1811347
>>1811427
>>1811317
This is my new background now, amazing sauce anon. Saved all the other stuff too.

>>1811409
I live in Detroit Michigan (USA). I was considering getting black label cases with greatest hits discs (there actually were some on ebay mixed up like that) to avoid the bugs, but then someone JUST put up a buy it now/obo with all three, black label cib for 50 dollars. I offered 45 and he bit it, 7 people were already watching it so I had to pounce asap. Spyro 3's jewel case is cracked on the front but I'll just replace it with a new one so I don't really care. I think that's much better than the original 60 I was going to pay getting them all separate. I'm glad I'll get them all at the same time now too.
I guess I'll just have to take not of those bugs and try not to trigger them as well as deal without the omitted tracks. The latter of which is more of a shame/loss but I'm satisfied though.

>>1812270
I understand the need for copy protection like this, but when it compromises the experience of a legal copy, we would all be better off without it.

>>1812308
Just looked through that folder and man did all those vivid colors hit me in the fuckin feels. Over half the folder's images are corrupted though, if it isn't too much trouble could you reup?

>>1812270
>>1812323
Wow that really happens if your game gets too scratched up? Kinda fuck shit is that?

Also not retro but the Season of Ice and Season of Flame GBA games are both excellent to my recollection.

>>1812331
>Kinda fuck shit is that?

90's era copy protection

>>1812236
Yes, you can fix the Fireworks Factory glitch with a cheat. No, you can't fix the Spooky Swamp glitch by leaving and re-entering. That gem will be lost forever. Basically, don't ever fly over the water in Spooky Swamp unless you have Sparx.

>>1812331
Here's how it works, from the horse's mouth: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3030/keeping_the_pirates_at_bay.php Basically, it used multiple cross-checking checksums hidden throughout the game's code without any reference tables.

How it works in practice is quite funny and involves many layers. At first, the game displays that anti-piracy message and removes random gems and eggs from the game, making 100% impossible. If you progress further, other things start happening: portals stop working, the pause button stops working, and if you're playing the PAL version it will randomly change languages. Callbacks in the code would also corrupt and cause crashes. Finally, if you somehow make it to the final boss, attacking her sent you back to the first homeworld, erased all your progress, and saved your game.

The idea was to waste crackers' time by having them think that they cracked everything only to find new problems. In the end a group called Paradox found a way to bypass the checksums completely but it took them a few months, which was Insomniac's goal in the first place: they knew that preventing piracy forever was impossible but they also knew that nearly all a game's sales are within the first month or two. They aimed to delay piracy by a few months and succeeded.

>>1812159
That mega link includes shots from all 3 games, not just YotD.

>>1812325
The folder at https://mega.co.nz/#!M99jmALS!KXNx5QJGNghqOLGYcTe4-m6VQ84J6hvaWiAmSWs9hGc is half corrupted?

I can reupload if that's what you meant.

>>1812582
Really? I downloaded the folder (Spyro3.7z) and couldn't find the image you just posted in there.

>>1812604
Sorry, I could have been wrong. I'll upload all the images that I have.

Also, here is what an average Spyro level looked like before colored lighting was added.

Before pic

I never played these (we were a Nintendo household), but I've heard tons of praise for them.

Like that other guy, I love Super Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, and even Kirby to death. I dunno how much of my love is nostalgia or imprinting during that tender period though. Does this hold up for an adult with no nostalgia? Is it solid enough to play as a grown-ass man?

>>1812616
And after

>>1812618
Absolutely. Not only do they hold up, but Spyro's move set makes for platforming that is really unique, and nothing has really been done that is similar since, as far as I'm aware of.

>>1812621
That's fucking brilliant.

It's funny how it's the polar opposite of how Megaman Legends dealt with the PSX's graphic limitations (NO lighting at all, and shoving anime-shading right into everyone's textures)

I'm an N64 kiddie but I respect that the Spyro developers understood the system's limitations by trying to make the low-poly look really stylized rather than trying to force something more realistic that would run slower.

Tooie was ambitious as hell and a fairly reasonable technical achievement, but boy did it slow down a lot. Rare were trying to force PC-esque graphics from an old console that simply couldn't do it. It's like asking a middle aged runner to try to sprint against a young athlete.

>>1812629
Are all three must-plays? If I only had to own one, which should it be?

>>1812634
Year of the Dragon is the best, I'd say/
Then again, I might be overcompensating by putting the first game down more than my nostalgia is bringing it up.

>>1812634
The first is almost purely platforming and collecting shit. The second added quite a few mini game type missions, which are done extremely well, and add to the variety. The third focused even more heavily on the mini games, and less on the platforming.

They are all definitely worth playing, but most consider Ripto's Rage to be the best, as do I.

>>1812632
that's got to be some kind of HD pack right? No way the N64 handled textures like that even in Banjo.

I played the first but not Tooie

>>1812604
https://mega.co.nz/#!E1VFjSrB!eWaLyD0AVZYi9kgyHEOBsTzQ85JgtRdQcBR2Y1R3lD4

Actually, I didn't have to reupload. I found the other links. This SHOULD have images from both 1 and 2, but if it only has shots from 2...

https://mega.co.nz/#!IlcQxQjR!CFr4Un2OLMSXqLrlcH1xpQeMEwZrwiY7j_aQdzDHAuY

That link has the images from only the first game. Sorry about that.

>>1812643
That's not a HD pack, but an emulation has applied a higher resolution and better texture filtering. It is definitely the original textures.

>>1812649
why would you put such high-resolution graphics in a game on a console that can't display them at that resolution

>>1812634
Spyro 2.
Some Playstation games have this strange tendency to have the first entry have extreme differences between the first entry and the latter ones in style, gameplay, presentation, and the like. Spyro, Sly (Not retro but it was), Crash Bandicoot, et cetera.

>>1812630
To be fair, it works really well with Mega Man Legends. Cel-shading is great with low-poly models like that.

FUCK

>>1812652
They only look so good because you're looking from a distance. Close up they look still good by N64 standards though.

Rare were one of the few developers that really knew how to texture properly on the N64. If you've got Banjo Kazooie there, go to the Treasure Trove Cove part of Gruntilda's Lair, and jump up onto the canon that shoots out a jiggy at one point in the game. Then use C-up to enter first person perspective and look at the scenic wall painting texture. It looks unbelievably fucking good. It's almost looks bump-mapped, it's that good.

Kazooie had a good 30fps framerate, but Tooie took things waaaaay too far and got tons of dips. Props to Insomniac for keeping Spyro at 30fps in all games.

>>1812665
>Props to Insomniac for keeping Spyro at 30fps in all games.
And that's not even mentioning some of the technical wizardry Alex Hastings did with the engine in regards to the draw distance and such. Spyro the Dragon was fairly revolutionary with it's technical aspects.

>>1812685
Lots of PSX games used some kind of Black Magic to make it work. I swear it.

>start replaying Spyro the Dragon for the first time in years
>realize Clancy Brown voices most of the dragons

Weird. He's one of my favorite actors and I never even realized that he's in one of my favorite video games from childhood. Maybe that's why I've always liked him? Some subconscious shit going on here.

>>1812685
>>1812701

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg9VD1H1uWo

Great behind the scenes video mentioning both of these things.

>>1812685
>Alex Hastings did with the engine in regards to the draw distance and such

I agree. Draw distance is very problematic on PSX. Affine mapping means that large textured polygons can suffer from extreme perspective errors. There's a few ways around it, but it's not straight forward. By contrast, N64 does everything perspective correct so drawing far away isn't a problem in itself, just polygon counts really as the norm.

>>1812661
This is really the hardest part of the game. Not that trolley shit you guys always mention.

>>1812712
>Some of the skies have 5'000 polygons.

Just crazy. What an engine. The N64 had nothing on the Spyro engine.

>>1812701
Why are you posting pictures of the unabomber

>>1812826
That's the Kurgan, not the Unabomber

>>1812325
>Over half the folder's images are corrupted though
No, it's not. I used WinRAR5 and all images were okay. You might need to chkdsk or update / try a different unzipper

ERN ERN ERN ERN

>>1812849

>>1812823
Spyro engine would be trivial on N64. Most of the graphical appeal of Spyro is that it is a open 3D platformer that -actually- works on the PS1.

>>1812661
I guess this part is always the turning point where I refuse to obtain every single collectable item in this game in a replay.

>That moment when you think you can hear/see one of those scaly bastards readying to flick one of those stupid cavemen into the air

>>1812634
>>1812618
All three are excellent games that hold up really well (solid gameplay, graphics that still manage to look pretty damn good for a 3D PS1 game, excellent music, etc), and are ones you really ought to play if you have access to playing PS1 games and enjoy platformers or collectathon type games. That said, it would probably be a good idea to play them in order. While the plot for each game tends to be self contained, there are nods to previous games here and there, as well as some cameo appearance of characters from the second game in the third. The gameplay and voicing quality also improves a fair bit between the first and second games (though it's not as if the first has bad voicing, probably more of an issue with Insomniac not being sure how much to spend on voicing since they weren't entirely sure how well the game would sell).

Is everyone in that turtle soup mission in Sunny Beach an idiot?
>Those turtles who actively try to get into that pot
>That chef who rewards you for ruining his soup
>He rewards you twice

>>1807976
He's talking about the mission where you shoot down those balloons.

>>1812876
>Spyro engine would be trivial on N64.
If you add enough fog then anything is trivial on the N64.

>>1813241
I replayed Spyro 2 last month and thought the same thing.

>>1812279
Hero's Tail shouldn't have been glitching out, at least in my experiences with it. Which system did you get it for?

>>1813241
A fair amount of the NPCs in Spyro 2 and 3 tend to be idiots, and in some cases in the second game, complete dicks to one another. Like that one faun that knocks his friend into the lava in Magma Cone or whatever it's called, and then acts like nothing happened.

>>1813359
Hell, even the professor's an idiot at times.
>Take this orb. I have no use for it
Fucking seriously?

>>1813287
>If you add enough fog then anything is trivial on the N64.
Like Wipeout64 for instance. There's no way the N64 could have done Spyro. Too many polys. Like all Ninty consoles, the N64 is low on polys, high on special effects. That's not a bad thing (Starfox Adventures was gorgeous for the time), but Spyro was out of it's range.

>>1813361
To be honest, when among idiots, even the Professor's probably still smarter than most. Plus, he may have felt the orb to be safer with Spyro than have to deal with an enemy that might take it from him (though that does bring up the old "all the important items in one place" thing, like Crash getting all the crystals in Crash 2 and 3).

OP here. I didn't expect this many replies to this thread, thanks for all the great content!

What's your guys' least favorite level? I'm going with Fracture Hills, simply because of that fucking alchemist.

>>1811317
>>1811328
Do you mind posting the Midnight Mountain and Evening Lakes photos?

>tfw having to go through Shady Oasis twice before you got everything
Handiest thing the third game did was having shortcuts to the end after the first run through worlds

>>1813512
Spyro 1: Haunted Towers
Spyro 2: Fracture Hills or Tree Tops
Spyro 3: Dino Mines

Favorite levels on the other hand...

>>1813528
Tree Tops is actually one of my favorite levels.
But yeah Dino Mines was shit. It just reeked of "we ran out of ideas"

>>1813529
I was always stuck at the one part where you need to charge up to that tower. And yeah, that level sucked. Especially that Agent 9 mission. Fuck that mission.

>>1813538
Fuck Agent 9 in general.

>>1813528
Tree Tops was in the first game
Something about Sunny Beach just pisses me off, Seashell Shore is a better beach level but Aquaria Towers is the GOAT water level

>>1813542
Oops. I recently replayed 2 & 1, so I got them mixed up. And I agree, Aquaria Towers was awesome.
>>1813541
Really..a lot of people hate Hunter, but I think he's awesome ha ha.

God I hope my Spyro games ship soon, this thread his me itchin to play now and I don't wanna start an emulator file and not be able to pick up where I left off on my Playstation. I should really get one of those memory card backup things for that purpose so I can do just that. A bit off topic, but does anyone have any experience with those?

>>1813495
Agreed! This has been a fantastic thread.

>>1813542
>that part where you discover that whole upper part of the level
That shit was wonderful.

>>1813553
I have one! They work great, and they're backwards compatible. Meaning you can obviously transfer your memory card file to your PS3, and from your PS3 to memory card. I've only done from the memory card to my Playstation. But yes, I transferred my Spyro 3 file and it was really easy.

>>1813567
So you have no knowledge on if they work on PC/Mac or not? Which one do you have?

POST GOAT SPYRO OST TRACKS
http://youtu.be/VBV9W3iOSNE

>>1813571
This is the one I have. I'd imagine it would work with Mac. I use a PC. If you're using it for an emulator then it should work fine.

>>1813582
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N3-TK3-7sI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4IbvdqyNcQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqxLW9138g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68szv2NXSmQ
I'm a bit biased towards the first game

>>1813512
I actually really enjoy Fracture Hills apart from the fucking alchemist. Not actually sure what my least favorite level is. Maybe Misty Bog in the first game due to that tree full of ten or so enemies in close proximity, and those plant enemies that scared the shit out me growing up.

>>1813590
>Lofty Castle
Probably my favorite level in the first game and favorite track as well.

>>1813585
Fucking christ on amazon they're all upwards of 100 dollars. Ebay isn't much better either. There are a few generic ones from China and shit for like 30 but they'll take forever to ship. Damn...

>>1813635
To be fair, if you wanted to just start up the first game, it's not likely to be a pain to replay over again with an actual copy when it arrives, even if you choose to go for 100%. That's not to say the second and third aren't fun to replay as well, but some of the challenges like escorting the alchemist, or saving the cavemen aren't ones you're likely to be keen to beat again in a short span of time.

Most of the challenges in 2 and 3 are pretty reasonable, but there's a few Insomniac tossed in to really test the player (not only one's skills, but also at times one's patience with certain NPCs).

>>1813782
Ah yeah I know, it's just that I've played Spyro 1 up to the 4th or 5th world 3 time already on emulators and something fucked up my save each time. So the next time I play I'd just rather it be THE time. I have a ton of other games I'm trying to get through before school starts. I'll be focusing on coding and designing a layout for a 300 page book this semester so I won't have much time (or money, good god) for /vr/ or anything really come September.

>>1813824
Well, good luck with that. Working with InDesign or some other layout program can be fun when you get the hang of it, but for something that big, I hope you don't have to write all the actual content yourself (since that sounds like it would take forever given that many pages), and can create templates for the actual page styles.

>>1813905
Yeah I'll be using InDesign as well as a few other Adobe programs (the main ones I use are in my dock in the screenshot of my desktop I posted earlier in the thread) for other classes too. I'm pretty sure they give me the content haha. But still, it has to be pretty varied and it's extremely time consuming. Not to mention I have to actually get a physical book made at the end of the semester. I'm sure I'll be able to get away with a few templates, but I'm pretty sure the design has to relate to the content specific to each spread in some way. I don't know all the details yet but I know it's one of the harder parts of the beginning of a Graphic Design degree at my school. However, I'm looking forward to learning coding as that's something I feel like I'll enjoy doing.

Anyway, I think if I can find one of those memory card adapter things for at max 30 bucks (In America too, I already have too much shit I'm waiting for from Japan) I'll probably just pick it up. I know that's something I'll get a ton of use out of, especially if I can back up saves to my PC. Doesn't really matter if it doesn't work on my mac, my PC is my main home base anyway. I just wanna be able to take emulator saves and put them on my PS1 memory card to play on the actual hardware and I think that's what that does.

>tfw I actually liked the Dino Mines
I was just fed up of Rhynocs at that point though, think that and Desert Ruins are the only Rhynoc free worlds

>>1813513
No problem

>>1813528
>Fracture Hills or Tree Tops
Those are two of the series' best levels.

>>1814018
>>1814024

>>1814031

>>1814035

>>1814001
I didn't mind Dino Mines much myself, but stuff like Agent Nine having a challenge in there brought it down a good bit for me; think the only level involving him that I didn't terribly mind was his own level in Midnight Mountain. Oh well, at least Insomniac got some of their clunky, early third/first person shooter attempts out of the way with a minor character during Spyro 3, rather than the entirety of Ratchet and Clank 1 feeling that way.

>>1813976
Coding can take some getting used to (depends on what you're coding for), but yeah, if it's something you can wrap your brain around, it can be pretty fun. Also the fact that depending on what you're doing with it, there's generally some free programs you can use for it, as well as being able to, say, switch between something like Dreamweaver and Textwrangler (or another text program) if doing HTML or CSS. As long as you can save as the right sort of file type, it seems to work pretty well (and while programs like Dreamweaver are extremely helpful for teaching you what all you can do, learning how to hand code is useful as well, both for times when you may not have access to your preferred program, or for easy editing or debugging).

>Scorch
>Shady Oasis
Shite tier
>>1814035
Frozen Altars however had Ice-breath and chill penguins

>>1814045

>>1814053

>>1814057

>>1814061
Every single Spyro skybox is a work of art.

>>1814067

>>1814075

>>1814049
Yeah I know it'll be a pain to start off but I have confidence I won't have too much trouble with it. I have a very basic understanding of HTML and a small bit of CSS now so I think that'll at least give me like a 2% boost haha. Yeah I'm sure we'll be starting off with Dreamweaver and such but I believe the goal is to teach us how to be comfortable hand coding so we don't need to rely as heavily on those types of tools. My school has a really great GD program so I think as long as I apply myself (which I always do) I'll learn a ton.

Found one of those Sony brand memory card adapters on ebay for 34 shipped, picked that up. I think it'll be a good investment so I don't have to wait for my PS games in the mail anymore to start making progress. I buy the most for PS and Saturn so I invest in accessories like this a lot and it pays off.

So wait at the end of 3 why does Moneybags take all your gems again? I just remembered being pissed about that as a kid haha.

>>1814078

>>1814091

>>1814095

>>1814108

>>1814117

>>1814090
Moneybags takes your gems all throughout Spyro 2 and 3. In Spyro 3 though he's also planning to sell a Dragon Egg at the end of the game, which is the final straw for Spyro there, thus the chase for it, which you get at the end. Getting back your gems by torching him repeatedly with a nice sense of cathartic vengeance is just a really nice added bonus. Especially since in the second game, Hunter's the one that wallops him into giving your gems back.

>>1814123

>>1814075
Thank you for the new desktop background!

>>1814135

>>1814126
I got exactly enough gems so that I started with zero and then flamed my way to 8000 gems
I still liked him in three, his voice was less smarmy and his rejection lines were great

>>1814143

>>1814151

>>1814126
Didn't even see the text on that one when posting it, meant to just grab a regular image of him.

>>1814146
Yeah, I'm not saying he's a badly done character, but he's definitely the sort you love to hate, and deserves the shit that comes his way.

I never played any Spyro game
Considering I'll probably only play one, which one should I play?

>>1814173
Start with the first one, then Ripto's Rage, and finally Year of the Dragon. The plot makes more sense. Year of the Dragon is probably my favorite in the series.

But you can play which ever in any order.

>>1814173
All three are great and generally self-contained plotwise, but playing them in order due to plot/character nods here and there and general improvements tends to be a good idea.

>>1814173
Play them in order, but if you absolutely have to only play one, play Ripto's Rage.

>>1814173
Three, you're collecting baby dragons
Baby dragons > orbs

>>1814212
Going by that logic, he should play the first.

badass adult dragons > baby dragons > orbs

>>1814241
Well if he enjoys listening to "Thank you for releasing me" and long overdue advice then sure
But some of the hatchlings wear sunglasses so that clearly tops them

>>1811356
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6_iTk5RPAU

>>1814421
>Gets arrested
>Gives cop an orb

;_;

>>1814531
They're saying "We'll miss you" because that was the last Spyro game worth playing and they knew it right then and there.

>>1814531
fuck you thats the first time I've ever seen that ;_;
I didn't need to see that

>>1814531
The feels...that's part of the Epilogue correct? I haven't seen it yet...maybe I have to get all of the skill points.

>>1813253
Even that is easy. Not as easy as the challenge in Icy Speedway but easier than the other challenges. I cleared it on my second try and I'm not very good at speedways.

>>1814650
You do. Good luck with beating the yeti in 2 rounds. Not sure if winning with a second player as the yeti counts. By the way, did you guys know that? If you plug in a second controller and do the yeti boxing game, player 2 will be the yeti.

All this Spyro love is fucking great. I wish the guy who ripped those kick ass screencaps of Spyro 1-3 on Mega could do the same for the Crash series.

Does anyone know where to get a good ISO for the Greatest Hits of YotD?

Still very surprised there are no spyro/crash fan games

>>1816365
Or any hacks of Crash for that matter. One would think a good level editor would've been made years back.

>>1815541
What's the difference?

>>1816375
read the thread
>>1810778

>>1816370
There is an editor that can change box placement

What is the best Spyro 2 level and why is it Metropolis?

>>1816505
Was going to debate that but it's been a long while since I actually played the games, as as such I only remember a handful of the levels in the second game. Thinking that I'll have to break out Spyro 2 again later and start replaying it.

>>1816563
I'm replaying it now.
It's the level with the double powerup

>>1816578
Metropolis is one of those I actually remember. Don't think it was what I would call the best personally, though having super-flight and fireball at the same time outside of the Ripto boss fight was pretty neat.

>>1816505
Can we count homeworlds?
If so then Autumn Plains is the GOAT world

I remember when I was younger I jumped through the piranha-filled lake in Spooky Swamp so I wouldn't have to pay Moneybags; I don't remember if it tricked the game into thinking I had paid him or not.

>tfw when you get between two scorpions in the Desert Ruins and trick them into shooting each other
Didn't think that would work but there you go

I'm sad that they never really made any Spyro toys (or at least ones that weren't crappy fast food toys), but at least I have this guy.

>>1816710
>Cereals doing video game toys in the boxes
>Lara, Crash and Spyro in various forms
>Keep getting Lara and Crash
>Never get a Spyro
F-fuck Rice Krispies ;_;

>>1816710
>No moneybags piggy bank
Why? ;_;

>>1816710
I once saw a decent sized Spyro bobblehead at a used media store. Unfortunately it was pretty beat up and they wanted too much for it.

>>1816724
Would be hilarious if it gave you no resort to get the money back out except to beat the shit out of it.

>>1814876
I actually think I have that one! I just have to do the stupid racing ones (Lost Fleet, Course Records..)

>I'm a faun, you dork!

>>1817579
>not
>I'm a faun you baka!

>>1804587
SUP FAGGOTS

WANT TO GUIDE ME THROUGH SOME GOLEMS?

>>1814876
To clarify yes, you can still get the skill point for yeti boxing if you use two controllers. Pretty sure that's the only way I was able to do it as a kid

>>1817604
>not
>I'm a faun, スパイロ!

>>1817627
This one really wasn't that bad for me.

>>1818150
Are you a wizard? trolley was eaz-e modo but this fucked me up.

>>1817627

JUST STAND STILL HE SAYS, I'LL BOOTS TO GOLD HE SAYS.

>>1814876
>Not sure if winning with a second player as the yeti counts. By the way, did you guys know that? If you plug in a second controller and do the yeti boxing game, player 2 will be the yeti.
I KNEW IT
I FUCKING KNEW IT
MY BROTHER THOUGHT I WAS FUCKING WITH HIM BUT I KNEW IT

>>1817627

JUST STAND STILL HE SAYS, I'LL TURN YOUR BOOTS TO GOLD HE SAYS.

>>1818363
I should clarify that you can't do 2-player boxing until you have both the boxing eggs.

>>1817627
>>1817627
>THOSE FUCKING BAGPIPES

Haunted my fucking dreams when I played this stage as a kid.

>>1818150
Which challenge did you find the hardest then?

What is that horrifying screech?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_AhsApFU1Q

>Decide to replay Spyro 1, complete all Aritsan levels yesterday
>Go to load up the game today and the PS3 didn't save my progress
>mfw I have been trying to complete Sunny Flight again (It only took one failure yesterday to beat it but I swear I've tried it 7 or 8 times today)

Hell is Spyro speedway levels.

>>1819978
It doesn't help that the PS3 "port" lags terribly on speedway levels.

>>1819978
Wait until Treetops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9gvNqACsB8

Mind=BTFO_

By the way, this thread is missing some links. These are the COMPLETE skybox/level pics. The skyboxes one is pointless because the seperate game folders already have them in, but I didn't see these all posted here.

https://mega.co.nz/#!IlcQxQjR!CFr4Un2OLMSXqLrlcH1xpQeMEwZrwiY7j_aQdzDHAuY
https://mega.co.nz/#!E1VFjSrB!eWaLyD0AVZYi9kgyHEOBsTzQ85JgtRdQcBR2Y1R3lD4
https://mega.co.nz/#!M99jmALS!KXNx5QJGNghqOLGYcTe4-m6VQ84J6hvaWiAmSWs9hGc
https://mega.co.nz/#!B5NSmQIQ!OPEQ314_4ZBJXg6YItHTUSjThPIhJ5agNoV8dhihXRY

Here's a link on the character designs http://www.theanimationacademy.com/introduction.htm

Here's the 4chan guy who draws r34 and lurks here
http://derisyan.tumblr.com/

Here's a cool article/videos about spyro 2 being rushed
http://slidespin.tv/spyro-2-slightly-rushed-development-factoids-and-tidbits-part-1/

Thank God this game brings out the autism in me. I'll write up a Spyro general header eventually

>>1821213
Oh also here's some archived legendary Spyro threads:
http://boards.deniableplausibility.net/v/thread/255324470/
http://boards.deniableplausibility.net/v/thread/254183814/

>>1821213
>http://slidespin.tv/spyro-2-slightly-rushed-development-factoids-and-tidbits-part-1/
Even as a kid I assumed Spyro 2 was rushed. It was impossible to overlook that they only had 3 of the 4 seasons. Add to the fact that Autumn Plains was so big compare to the other two worlds, plus it had two speedways instead of one, I always thought that "Spring Jungles" or whatever hypothetical world was cut and merged with Autumn Plains. Going to give this article a read over later, cool find.

>>1819804
Weren't there pig fodder or enemies there?

Most of you have probably already seen this, but there's a pretty interesting set of videos of a guy playing through Spyro 2 and breaking it as much as he can. Aquaria Towers is easily the best episode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWU6p5_63CM&list=UUJlSnqXLwUbxNjNjCLmihIg
It's a shame the other guy commentating is obnoxious as fuck.

>>1820380
>Implying Treetops is bad
>At all
Once you figure it out it turns into one of the best levels in the game

>>1821213
This is awesome, thanks for the pics. I have a question though. I was going through the Spyro 3 folder, and I found this level...which level is it exactly? I don't remember it.

>>1813364
Why are you referencing a gamecube game when talking about the n64?

>>1823461
I think he meant Star Fox 64

Finally got my Spyro games! I've missed these games so much and am glad to have them back. 45 bucks in pretty decent condition too, so I'm content.

Plus my Action Replay cart for my Saturn got here today too so I've been playing After Burner II and Bulk Slash all morning.

>>1823486
Awesome! I hope you enjoy them.

>>1823380
That is one of Sparx's levels.
I think it's the one for the Evening Lake homeworld, but I'm not certain.

>>1823486
You didn't happen to bid on this on eBay last week, did you? Because I was outbid

>>1823517
This was actually an auction / obo, I think I sniped it down (think he was asking for 50) as soon as it was uploaded honestly because I'd been looking at the spyro trilogy on ebay for about two weeks and this one came up as newly listed on Tuesday I think it was. I did see the other auction for the trilogy though that I think you're talking about and that was my original plan, but then this one came up and I just went with it sinve I hate auctions.

>>1823585
Just completed the Artisans world, btw.

>>1823486
Nice, hope you have a lot of cozy fun with them. Those three games (along with Pokemon Crystal) really got me a LOT of mileage back in the day.

>>1823598
Thanks man, cozy is such a perfect word to describe how these games feel. It was the same with me though, this trilogy and pretty much any pokemon game were my go to games as a youngin.

>>1819978
Argh, I got that in Peace Keepers a couple of months back
Also hate how the music sometimes slows down, seems to happen more with the smoothing on

>>1824027
Is it only the digital versions off the PSN that experience musical slowdown? If so, it makes me glad I've not encountered that playing my physical copies with my PS2's backwards compatibility.

>>1812510

And made me replay the game three times up to that point thinking I had done something wrong, only to get my saves deleted every time.


I felt SO GOOD when I was actually able to complete it.

By the way, how do you know where are the skill points? I've found a few casually by doing random shit, but I can't find half of them.


Also
POST YFW MONEYBAGS DESIGN WAS DONE AFTER THE OLD MAN FROM MONOPOLY

>>1824123
I don't remember if the second game actually tracks them, though I think the third awards you with some bonus pages or something as you accomplish them. either way, earning one also rewards you with one of the those full health +1 life butterflies, so you'll generally know when you've gotten one.

>>1824140

Yes, I mean... is there a guide for that? I beat Midnight Mountain thinking I had completed the game.
Bonus world.
Beat it.
"Okay, now I'm done!"
>skill point pages are added
"Why do you do this"

>>1824156
You can probably find a list online, but in general they seem to be for accomplishing a certain task (like bating Crush or Gulp in the second game while taking no damage), or reaching some out of the way place just because you can. Pretty sure they're meant to be rather secretive ingame about what the requirements for them are.

>>1824076
The PS3 runs and saves PS1 games totally fine, fyi.

>>1817627
fuck this mission.

I had more fun having trouble with the trolley

>>1824156
In Spyro 3, you can unlock a list of skill points with hints after getting a few of them. I don't remember the exact criteria to unlock it, but there's definitely an in-game checklist. Not sure if 2 has something similar.

>>1804587
i always thought these games were ones i played but i found out...there fucking popular. i first played 3 in a demo. got 3 got 1 never played 2. bro broke my games, found 1 playing thought it. havent found 3

>>1821213
Is it possible to get the proper skybox textures as opposed to just screen shots of them?

>>1806017
yes spyro 1 is a very good game. difficult too

>>1827013
Spyro 1 is easy as hell..?
Great game but by no means difficult. The last 2 worlds are challenging but nothing you can't handle if you beat all of those Nintendo titles.

>>1827013
I wouldn't call Spyro 1 difficult outside of a few levels (until you learn to navigate them properly, some like Tree Tops can be a pain) or instances (like that tree in Misty Bog filled with a ton of enemies in a small space).

>>1827226
Its easily their biggest flaw. They could have been GOAT games if they were more challenging.

>>1827645
Keep in mind that they were mostly targeted at children, which is why the collect-a-thon elements were added, as well as the mini games in the two latter titles, which we can all agree can be challenging and always take a few times. Each title gets relatively more challenging than the last and I think it's a good progression. They're nice and relaxing to just breeze through. I just got to Beast Makers about 5 minutes ago and I just got them (I re-bought them to be exact >>1823486) Thursday. Going for the 120%.

>That surprisingly awesome Spyro 2 final boss

Does Spyro 3 have bosses this good? It's the only game of the original trilogy that I haven't played yet.

>>1828051
Yeah just play it, you already beat the first two. It's awesome.

>>1828051
3 has some good bosses, one of which (guy in the image) tends to be considered the hardest in the trilogy as I recall.

>>1824916
>Not sure if 2 has something similar.
It does, once you've defeated Ripto.

>>1827004
>Is it possible to get the proper skybox textures as opposed to just screen shots of them?
They're made of polygons, there's no "texture" to speak of.

Does anyone know where I can download all the trilogy soundtracks? I looked everywhere but all they are all on paysites and nobody seeds the torrents

>>1828162
B-But he wasn't hard at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0Yjc1pShPc
Things you didn't notice as a kid.

>>1828482
Maybe not these days, but as a kid he sure could be.
>Fast movement and attack speed.
>Ranged attacks with gun.
>Short range chop for physical.
>Cracks arena floor causing steam to shoot up and possibly impede movement.
>Can destroy or steal your ammo (the latter in similar fashion to Gulp before him).
>Giant red flame wave if he gets a red crystal.
>Giant blue energy beam if he gets a blue one (and you'd better hope he doesn't get to one of those before you).
I don't know. Maybe it was just me growing up that had problems with him, or maybe my controller was a bit iffy (that blue beam was a nightmare to try to avoid back then when he did get one, as I recall). But finally beating him felt SO good.

>>1828649
What the hell? I guess that does explain why he disappears from the arena after phase two ends. Still, I've never seen that happen when I've played (or perhaps wasn't paying enough attention, I suppose); does that require him to be in just the right spot to be visible when hit to see that whole thing, or some sort of "break the camera during cutscenes" glitch/cheat, or something?

>>1829025
Just checked myself, it happens clear as day, no camera tricks or anything. It's just far away and off to the side.

>>1829068
Neat. Will have to remember to watch for it next time I fight Ripto.

Just finished Spyro 1 in 4 days, such a great game. On to number 2 now!

>>1829570
Have fun dealing with that alchemist and those cavemen if you plan to 100% the second game as well.

>>1829649
Nah I only wanted to beat the first one completely because I knew it'd be quick and it was the only one I never beat as a kid. The next two I kinda just want to play through as fast as possible since I have other games I need to beat before classes start back in September and I'll have no time at all to play games.

>>1828478
So the sky detail, such as the sun and clouds are properly modelled in then?

>>1828649
it looks more comedic than terrifying then.

>>1829692
Wouldn't really call them "modeled", they're still flat, just made out of polygons instead of being a texture.

bumping

>>1830218
Right, so they're simply flat textured planes makes sense.
I presume the actual sky texture is simply a gradient?

Spyro games were really an artistic achievement on the PS1.
Fuck, this era had games with such a strong personality, it's odd that the devs today rarely reach that level with advanced graphics and orchestras at their disposal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOi1n1N6u_I

A wise dragon once told me, aim high in life, but watch out for flying boxes.

>>1804714
This one was actually my favourite.

>>1832451
I still vastly preferred the original trilogy, but compared to the other post-Insomniac titles, Hero's Tail wasn't too bad.

>>1832458
It could be insanely difficult in parts. cough the volcano level cough.

>>1832532
I must say I did really like that final gauntlet of locations, having to work your way from the beach, to the volcano, the mines, and the actual laboratory. Still, while the game was pretty enjoyable for a non-Insomniac title (and playable as well, compared to Enter the Dragonfly before it) and at least tried to have some of the humor the earlier games had, I don't think there was nearly as much charm to it.

As far as difficulty I'd say Gloomy Glacier was one of the hardest, between Hunter only having had one playable sub-region earlier in the game and the player likely underestimating just how useful explosive arrows can be in there (and thus likely having failed to stock up on them beforehand).

>>1832562
I was one of those super-OCD gamers who would pick up every collectible, friends always got pissed.

>>1832585
I don't mind picking stuff up, but the fact that you could carry a maximum of twenty explosive arrows (most of which come in extremely handy for Gloomy Glacier) and that there's only two of them in that one Dragonfly Falls subregion means a lot of "get both, have Hunter kill himself so items respawn, repeat" until you max out. But damn is it worth doing.

Don't get me wrong, I'm rather fond of Gloomy Glacier. It was the prep work on subsequent playthroughs that annoyed me.

>>1832604
I rented it once in 2004 when it came out, I was 16. I liked it so much that I went to the mall and bought it. Played for a day, forgot to put it in the case, forgot about it, and it was gone for good. The game just popped into my mind again a few days ago, so I bought it off eBay for $8. Played through it, tried to play it again like I do with most games, but just couldn't. It feels like the charm of this game is lost after playing through it once/for the first time in many years. Because you know everything that's gonna happen.

>>1811328
As a kid, I always thought that the theme from "The Amanda Show" was copied from the music of the Wizard Peak level of Spyro 1. Little did I know that both were by the same composer

>>1833219
Pretty sure that even with them using the same composer, ripping the music from Wizard's Peak to be used in show (rather than having Copeland do an original song) wasn't exactly cool with fans of Spyro when they found out. Think I recall hearing it took Copeland himself saying that it was fine for people to calm down a bit.