Spyro the Dragon (game)

Gameplay
The game takes elements of other platformers of its time, and blends elements completly original to the game such as portals. The game has portals that transfers dragons and other creatures to different realms from there central hub (such as magic crafters). The game is in third person mode the whole time as well.

Characters
Spyro The Dragon- Spyro is a hyper little purple dragon who was lucky enough to be a small dragon, so he was missed by Gnasty Gnorcs spell.

Sparx The Dragonfly- Sparx is Spyros best friend and serves as the games "healthbar".

Dragons- Several dragons (82 to be exact) appear throughout spyros quest.

Fairys- Fariys come to help spyro on his quest. Some are normal and save spyros progress, some can help him stop falling, and some can turn his breath into extreme heat.

Balloon Pilot- The balloon pilots help spyro fly to other realms.

Toasty- Toasty is the boss of Artisans home, and is actually a sheep.

Dr Shemp- Dr Shemp is an overweight gnorc and is the boss of Peace Keapers.

Blowhard- A wizard who is the boss of Magic Crafters.

MetalHead- A robot who is the boss of Beast Makers.

Jacques- A jack in the box who is the boss of Dreamweavers.

Gnasty Gnorc- The main villain of the game.

Story
During an ordinary news cast, gnasty gnorc turns the dragons into crystal. Spyro rescues them all and beats Gnasty gnorc and eventually goes to dragon shores on his next adventure.

Reception
The game recieved critical acclaim, and in turn saved Insomniac Games from failing on Disrupter.

IGN: 9.0/10

PSM: 4/5

OPM: 4/5

Gamespot: 8/10

EGM: 8/10

Trivia
- Spyro was voiced by Carlos Alazraqui in Spyro 1. The voice was recieved negativaly in reviews due to sounding too much like the Taco Bell dog, and was for that reason, replaced with Tom Kenny in Spyro 2, who would go on to voice spyro until Spyro 4.

- This is Insomniacs second game ever developed. Which also in turn saved them after they developed the under sold Disrupter.