Spyro (series)

Spyro (series)
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Series' Spyro(s):	Spyro the Dragon (character)
Publisher(s):	Sony Computer Entertainment (1998-2000) Universal Interactive Studios (1998-2003) Konami (2002-2004) (Japan) Vivendi Universal Games (2004-2008)
Developer(s):	Insomniac Games (1998-2000) Check Six Games (2001) Equinoxe (2001) Digital Eclipse (2003-2005) Eurocom (2004) Amaze Entertainment (2005)
game(s):	Spyro the Dragon Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! Spyro: Year of the Dragon Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly Spyro: Season of Ice Spyro 2: Season of Flame Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs Spyro (Mobile) Spyro: Ripto Quest Spyro: A Hero's Tail Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy Spyro the Dragon (Mobile) Spyro: Shadow Legacy

 The Spyro the Dragon series is a franchise of platformer/adventure video games (except Shadow Legacy, which is RPG/action) released by Universal Interactive Studios starring the titular Spyro the Dragon, a tiny young purple dragon.  

The franchise was created by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The first game in the series was released in 1998 exclusively for the original PlayStation. After the Playstation 2’s release, Insomniac moved on to the Ratchet & Clank series, leaving Universal Interactive Studios (now Vivendi Universal Games) to develop the series. Additionally, several handheld spin-off games were released, developed by Digital Eclipse and Vicarious Visions. The Spyro franchise has sold over 20 million units worldwide.

The series' rights are currently held by Activision. The original Spyro the Dragon series was succeeded by The Legend of Spyro series and the Skylanders franchise , both of which use certain elements from it.

History

The Spyro the Dragon series began in 1998 with the PlayStation game Spyro the Dragon, developed by Insomniac Games and published by Universal Interactive. Insomniac went on to develop two sequels: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999) and Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2000). These three games comprise the "Insomniac Trilogy" and are the only three games released for the PlayStation. Insomniac Games announced after the release of Year of the Dragon that they would create no more Spyro games.

Spyro: Season of Ice, was released in 2001 for the Gameboy Advance, picking up the storyline where Year of the Dragon left off. It was the first in a sub-series of Gameboy Advance games. There were also two mobile phone games that acted as continuations of the GBA games' plots: Spyro (2003) and Spyro: Ripto Quest (2004). In 2002, Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly was released, which like Season of Ice takes place directly after Year of the Dragon. The console series continued with Spyro: A Hero's Tail (2004), and the original Spyro series cocluded in 2005 with the Nintendo DS game, Spyro: Shadow Legacy, which also recieved a mobile phone tie-in .

Music

Ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland composed all of the music in the first four console games. The fifth concole game's music was composed by Steve Duckworth and Paul Lawler and the DS game's music was composed by Noel Gabriel. The Gameboy Advance games used music composed by Robert Baffy and Ed Cosico and by Shin'em Multimedia.

Constituent Games

• Spyro the Dragon
• Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (Gateway to Glimmer)
• Spyro: Year of the Dragon
• Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly
• Spyro: A Hero's Tail
• Spyro: Shadow Legacy

Major Recurring Characters

Protagonists:

• Spyro the Dragon
• Sparx the Dragonfly
• Hunter the Cheetah
• Elora
• The Professor
• Zoe
• Ooga and Mr. Bones
• Handel and Greta
• Bianca
• Sheila the Kangaroo
• Sgt. James Byrd
• Bentley the Yeti
• Bartholomew
• Agent 9
• Ember
• Elder Tomas
• Blink the Mole
• Flame

Antagonists:

• Gnasty Gnorc
• Ripto
• Crush and Gulp
• Moneybags
• Red the Evil Dragon