Spyro: Year of the Dragon was released in Autumn 2000, and it was the last Spyro game to be created by Insomniac.Unlike the original game, boss fights were now mandatory to advance to the next home world, with Spyro fighting Crush, Gulp and then finally Ripto. The game introduces some new abilities for Spyro, including hovering after a glide, swimming underwater, climbing ladders, head-bashing, and many more abilities.

The structure of the game is similar to the first, with levels being accessed from the three main home worlds, named Summer Forest, Autumn Plains, and Winter Tundra.

Ripto is also protected by Crush and Gulp, two dim-witted dinosaurs. Spyro meets a number of new allies, including the Professor, Hunter the Cheetah, Elora the Faun, and Zoe the Fairy, and must face a new foe: Ripto, a tiny tyrannical ruler, equipped with a magic scepter. In the game, Spyro and Sparx, while looking for a holiday at Dragon Shores, accidentally stumble through a portal into the realm of Avalar, where the malicious wizard and main antagonist Ripto is taking over the once-peaceful lands.

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (also known as Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer in Europe and Spyro x Sparx: Tondemo Tours in Japan) followed on from the success of the first title, making its release in Fall 1999.

This game is now available for download to PS3 or PSP through the PlayStation Store. It also received acclaim for its musical score by Stewart Copeland. The game sold well and most critics gave it favorable reviews. Spyro's primary abilities were gliding, charging and fire-breathing, which worked especially well for the PlayStation controller. Although there were other boss levels guarding each home world, many of these were optional and did not have to be beaten to progress in the game. Each level was attained through 'portals,' accessed from a main 'home world.' The game culminated with a fight between Spyro and Gnasty Gnorc, the final boss and main antagonist of the first game. It was a platform game that placed the player as Spyro: a small, purple dragon set with the task of freeing his fellow dragons from crystal prisons scattered around their world.

Spyro the Dragon: the first Spyro game in the series, it was first released in the USA on September 9, 1998, for the PlayStation.

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