Stone Age Speedway

Stone Age Speedway
Spyro fighting the red Twin Dragon
Game(s)	Spyro: Season of Ice
Home World	Autumn Fairy Home
Entry requirement	Rescuing at least 14 fairies
Boss	Twin Dragon (boss)
Gems	300
Fairies	2

Stone Age Speedway is the speedway level of the Autumn Fairy Home in Spyro: Season of Ice. Despite its name, the speedway takes place within a volcanic setting rather than ancient ruins. Before he can access Stone Age Speedway, Spyro needs to have rescued at least 14 fairies.

There are two fairies for Spyro to rescue, Sam and Peaseblossom, who can be rescued by clearing the Normal and Hard difficulty settings, respectively.

Layout

Stone Age Speedway is separated into five different areas, each having their own set of obstacles. When Spyro begins the level, a timer at the top-right corner starts counting down from 1:10:00, and Spyro has to fulfill various objectives to increase the time limit and reach the end.

In the first area, Spyro has to fly through rings to increase the time limit, and some rings have a gem within them.

In the second area, bats begin to swoop at Spyro, and he can either dodge them or breathe fireballs at them. Spyro must defeat some yellow bats, as each one adds a few seconds to the countdown timer. Whenever Spyro defeats a blue bat, he earns a gem. Red bats do not yield any type of reward.

In the third area, there are different types of bats who quickly swoop in before making their way back off-screen. Like their regular yellow counterpart, these yellow bats also reward more time if defeated. Defeating the purple ones earns Spyro a purple gem.

In the fourth area, Spyro has to fly through large boulders that appear on screen. Some of them can be destroyed by Spyro's fireballs, which adds one second to the timer, although if Spyro crashes into a boulder, one second is taken away from the timer.

In the fifth and final area, Spyro has to fight the red Twin Dragon, who is separated into nine segments. Spyro can attack the Twin Dragon by firing at it. In doing so, the Twin Dragon loses one of its segments, gradually becoming shorter. Once the Twin Dragon is defeated, a yellow gem is released for Spyro to collect, and the level ends.

Trivia

• In Spyro: Season of Ice's BradyGames guide, the third, fourth, and fifth areas of Stone Age Speedway are said to pay homage to Galaga, Star Wars, and Space Harriers, respectively.