# Talk:Spyro the Dragon

I think that this should be the disambiguation page, and then we save Spyro the Dragon (game) for the first game. Tom Temprotran 01:01, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

It might actually be better to have the disambig page at Spyro (it is currently a redirect to the Spyro character article), and this article discuss the first game in the series, as the article title is the proper title of that game (this is consistent with some other game articles, such as The Legend of Zelda.) --Stratadrake 01:48, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

I deleted the list of enemies as it was a long and indiscriminate list WP:NOT.  I also deleted the section telling players where all of the dragon eggs can be found in the levels.  The info belongs on one of the wikigaming sites but not here Pnkrockr 16:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

UBER AGREED.  Had I been checking up on this article more often I'd have done it myself, indiscriminate lists must begone. --Stratadrake 04:03, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Hoo boy, I felt like editing first and asking questions later again.  Summary of my latest edit is thus...

Reorganized sections; "Gameplay" first, "Story" later.
Note that much of the information presented each character describes their role in the game's gameplay, not in the game's narrative.  This is why.
Removed various POV.
Spyro's inability to swim was not "fixed" in later games -- this implies that it was a flaw, which is an opinion.  Just because later Spyro games featured underwater swimming does not mean that earlier games should be criticized for not having it.
Removed indiscriminate information, the stuff that would be more at home in a videogame strategy guide (which Wikipedia is not).
List of Sparx's colors and what they mean.  If it's worth mentioning, then please integrate it into the article, don't just provide a list.
List of Gem color denominations.
Lists of levels within each world.
Removed the mention of flying levels.  Yes, the levels are notable and should be mentioned, but the second-person references are simply unacceptable.  I'm sure there's a decent version of their mention somewhere in this article's edit history, I'll go dig it up later.
--Stratadrake 01:26, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I noticed that the 1990s article has a list of popular games and their releases, adn I was wondeirng if maybe Spyro could be considered one. It received favoravle views everywhere, and was a bestseller too. Think it's count? Abby724 01:34, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

The decade articles contain lots of trivia, and it's hard to ascertain what's the most popular or whatever. I'd leave it out.--h i s   s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 14:07, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

From the article:

Gnorc Gnexus (Gnasty's World in some countries)
I suspect someone mistook the name of the home world to be that of the world as a whole. See what everything is called in my European copy:

    Artisans
  +----------------------+
  |       - Stone Hill   |
  |       - Dark Hollow  |
+--- Home - Town Square  |
| |       - Toasty       |
| |       - Sunny Flight |
| +----------------------+
|
|   Peace Keepers
| +----------------------+
| |       - Dry Canyon   |
| |       - Cliff Town   |
+--- Home - Ice Cavern   |
| |       - Doctor Shemp |
| |       - Night Flight |
| +----------------------+
|
|   Magic Crafters
| +------------------------+
| |       - Alpine Ridge   |
| |       - High Caves     |
+--- Home - Wizard Peak    |
| |       - Blowhard       |
| |       - Crystal Flight |
| +------------------------+
|
|   Beast Makers
| +-------------------------+
| |       - Terrace Village |
| |       - Misty Bog       |
+--- Home - Tree Tops       |
| |       - Metalhead       |
| |       - Wild Flight     |
| +-------------------------+
|
|   Dream Weavers
| +------------------------+
| |       - Dark Passage   |
| |       - Lofty Castle   |
+--- Home - Haunted Towers |
| |       - Jacques        |
| |       - Icy Flight     |
| +------------------------+
|
|   Gnasty's World
| +----------------------------------+
| |               - Gnorc Cove       |
+--- Gnorc Gnexus - Twilight Harbour |
  |               - Gnasty Gnorc     |
  |               - Gnasty's Loot    |
  +----------------------------------+

If you have (say) a US copy, please check. --Jonathanvt 15:10, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
I just looked at the US site from the external links in the hope of finding some evidence. There, under travel, it's called Gnasty's World. Google results for "spyro gnorc gnexus" also agreed with my observations. I'll edit the article accordingly. --Jonathanvt 12:40, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

The Japanese version uses PocketStation? It's not in the article. --200.103.117.40 16:13, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, see here: http://spyro.mozepy.com/ENTERTAINMENT/PocketStation.html I don't have the energy to add the information; maybe later, but feel free to beat me to it. --Larry Hastings (talk) 12:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Seriously, why did the legacy get deleted? This game has spawned tonnes of sequels and is the equal 26th best selling franchise? wtf? User:Crasnex 19 December 2007  —Preceding comment was added at 05:57, 19 December 2007 (UTC) 

Seeing as it actually states on the page that it has nothing to do with the original Spyro series but rather the "Legened of" or whatever they're calling it these days, I don't see why it should be mentioned on a page of the very first game, but rather should be mentioned on the 'Series' page. Thus, I'm deleting it seeing s I feel it's irrelevent. 212.219.254.158 (talk) 15:09, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:47, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't think that really belongs in the article and it should be taken off. Anyone agree? Flamingtorch372 (talk) 19:16, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Just saying i've cleared up any confusion on the music between the US and PAL version. I got confused when reading about the music, here's the differences:
Just so you know i have (or did have until the disc snapped) the Australian PAL version of the game, and i accidentally ended up with presumably the US soundtrack on mp3, here are the differences:
I noticed the high caves music i have on mp3 is definently not the High Caves music i had in my game. And i found what was the high caves music in my game was actually the Beast Makers Alternate music in the US version and Vice Versa. I'm pretty sure the High Caves music in the US version is the Beast Makers Alternate in the PAL verison. So the High Caves and Beast Makers alternate music are just switched around.
I thought there was a couple more, but that's it, i hope this clears things up a bit. (GT4GTR (talk) 12:39, 4 June 2008 (UTC))

Compared to its two immediate sequels, there's almost nothing involving the reception. We could use some more stuff about the reception of Spyro 1.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.167.16 (talk) 07:42, 29 December 2008 (UTC) 

I haven't found any PSN re-release date, despite my long (and useless, as for now) search for the PAL region yet.
I admit that it's mainly because I can't wait to play it on my PSP (same childish manners seen in my Kirby Super Star edits), but I think the article needs a PAL PSN release date too, and not only JP and US. It's not only a matter of envy, whether it's felt either by me or any other European retrogamer striving for the date; it's more of a matter of encyclopedic need.
I don't know if I explained well what I feel, but... well, that's it.
The only edit I've made is in the "Download" section, in which I've shown my worry just with one word, "sadly".
If anyone knows the re-release date, please post it under the Download section, as well as under the game cover and let me know.
(I still don't know how to sign my comment... can you do it in my stead?)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.57.27.53 (talk) 21:35, 20 January 2009 (UTC) 
Edit - I'm the same guy who got banned before, and the same one who has written this section of the talk page months ago. Sorry for this additional and still anonymous edit. Someone - not me - has edited the "Download" section of the article itself by stating, "available in PAL terrories". However, the template at the top claims the reverse, and still there's not any trace of the actual game in the European PSN either.
Is said edit reliable?
19:06, 5 May 2009 (UTC)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.57.24.202 (talk)  

Nope. And don't forget
BE BOLD  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wise dude321 (talk • contribs) 23:19, 5 May 2009 (UTC) 
Hey I noticed that one too and the download section says it's out in EU but the template at the top doesn't. And in the EU PSN there is no download for the game so plz delete that statement  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.102.162.11 (talk) 06:26, 8 May 2009 (UTC) 

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I put in a lot of time to dive back into reports from the era and came to conclude that the original Spyro the Dragon game was actually released on September 9, 1998, not September 10th.
Insomniac Games conducted a live chat session dated September 11, 1998 on which they claimed that the game was released "two days ago." https://web.archive.org/web/20000830011945fw_/http://www.spyrothedragon.com/chattran1.html
IGN attended PlayStation's third anniversary party in Las Vegas on September 9, 1998 which also served as the game's launch party. (Source: An article from September 10, 1998 claiming that the party was "yesterday.")
https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/09/10/is-sony-pulling-the-wool-over-our-eyes
There's also an IGN article posted on September 9, 1998 which claimed that "Spyro the Dragon ships today."
https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/09/09/spyro-rolls-into-las-vegas
Lastly, despite listing September 10, 1998 as the game's release date, Insomniac admitted that they are unsure about it, and are only using it internally.
https://twitter.com/spyrouniverse/status/1171127557242200064
What do you think? ConspiracyStuff (talk) 18:27, 9 September 2020 (UTC)