Spyro the Dragon Behind the Scenes (The Making of) (PlayStation Underground)

Spyro the Dragon Behind the Scenes - PlayStation Underground Volume 2, Issue 3
Mark Cerny and Insomniac developers (Ted Price, Alex Hastings, Craig Stitt, Matt Whiting) discuss game development.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

My goodness, Ted Price looks like a high school senior in these old interview videos. Dude has been not just the Founder of Insomniac, but its sole CEO for the last nearly 30 years.

[@Hysenburg]

Mark Cerny is a fucking legend. He worked on almost all of my favourite franchises.

[@christianlong1907]

Yeah, he is! He is among legends like Shigeru Miyamoto!

[@thepsychedelicmicroscope4688]

@@christianlong1907yep

[@majinya6199]

He brought us the best series ever Knack

[@trumpeterjen]

I've seen these names a million times in the credits, so it's great to finally attach faces and voices to them. Alex Hastings is probably my favorite; he has an oddly cute demeanor, and I like how he talks.

[@TheSlashBandicoot]

Epic nostalgia. I'm 17 now and i've played and finished these games about twice a year at least since i was 6. Timeless classics!

[@grovyle9425]

Are you still playing the game twice a year?

[@HappyWeirdoEmma]

Hey how's 27 treating you I was the same way btw, and still am. Spyro is my comfort game

[@MattPieti]

Spyro devs: "That is our challenge to all the really good players out there; NOT to go out and buy a hint guide or read about it in magazines, but to find out for themself where it is they can go and what it is they can do." 4:16 Common practice these days: "Stuck? Give us more money and we'll help!"

[@OpenMawProductions]

+Matt Pieti Hell, games these days hardly let the player get stuck. So much hand holding.

[@23TheDragonLady23]

+Matt Pieti Thats why Zoe was always a common nuisance for me in the second and third. they could have outsted her completely and I still would have completed the game.

[@macmak4847]

+23TheDragonLady23 then beat the entire 2nd or 3rd game without using zoe. i dare you.

[@MythicSuns]

+OpenMawProductions pfffft no kidding; even the Ratchet & Clank reboot had a bit too much hand holding, you know something's wrong when Ratchet & Clank feels more like it's underestimating the mental capacity of its players more than Spyro despite having a more complex control scheme than Spyro. Honestly I was somewhere around 8 or 10 years old when I first played R&C2 and I never felt like I needed constant reminders about which button did what because the control scheme for R&C was and still isn't THAT complicated. And if anyone around my age back then did have trouble remembering the controls it never took them that long to either read through the manual or find the controls in the pause menu

[@TheGroveling]

You know that place deep in your brains were that information lies you never knew existed and when you tuck deep into that place and remember the first levels of spyro when you were just a small child and your pupils dilate and you get this broad smile and you remember every single turn, but only 2 seconds before it's about to happen and at the same time you don't remember anything from the place at all and it's like playing a game for the first time, a game you've played a million times before.

[@aboutsigns2]

I loved these games, they were amazing with soooooo many things to do. You could never be bored lol. They were games inside games. Some of the levels were almost impossible to beat, I still have no idea how I figured it out but I always did. Then I got a play station 2 and a new spyro game. I was so disappointed. The only thing you did was kill fodder and move on to the next level. Who cares about graphics, when they are void of substance. Just a small fraction of the thought and quality of the original games. I did enjoy the crash bandicoot racing game. I figured they must have sold the rights to the dragon and sold out to a complacent money grubber that figured we wouldn't notice how lame the new games were. To the original creators you are masters of your craft. I wish you had carried on with the play station 2 versions. "Trouble with the trolley aye?"

[@thelegendarygamer8475]

One of the best games ever, the music in this is so amazing!

[@TheGroveling]

It was made by Stewart Copeland, the drummer from The Police

[@philschundlemire9844]

It's definitely my favorite video game soundtrack of all time.

[@keeshmeesh6072]

he’s back and better ! Spyro reignited trilogy

[@zodiac909]

I remember watching these on Playstation underground more than 20 years ago. This is nostalgia perfectly captured. Mark Cerney has come such a long way since then.

[@kittenplush]

"For every super charge,there is a secret area you can get to". Oh trust me,I know. I know from that last dragon in Haunted Towers that was nearly impossible to get XD Also,I wonder why the creators only put theives with dragon eggs only in the first 3 worlds. It would have been so much more fun having more theives ,but that's just me. This is one of my favorite games :) The only part I didn't like were those flying levels!

[@Ferelmakina]

how about the far away "island" in tree tops?

[@kittenplush]

Fernando Romera​ egg theives,not those kinds,or key theives.

[@Ferelmakina]

Summer Bridges haha not that one. Keep searching

[@belizeangoldwebscom]

This is exactly me. Haunted Towers was the only level I couldn't figure out how to 100% as a kid. I finally managed it just recently, like 10+ years later (not of playing the game constantly). I also liked the flying levels least, so it's weird seeing and hearing as many people on youtube say those were their favourite parts.

[@baz9293]

Its amazing to see how far games have gone. Although i will saw that nothing can beat the classics.

[@hyicrotai9801]

I want, need more Alex Hastings audio. That is a relaxing tingle voice🤤.

[@koyaaanisquatsi]

You guys made my childhood!! i’ve been playing Spyro since I was 5! I got Playstation and the trilogy for my birthday!! I’m 30 now :)

[@tylerp3327]

Alex Hastings. Fucking Legend.

[@jordirapper]

so wait, the last of us and tomb raider, both that came out last year only and both looked great anyway get a re-release with better graphics, but Spyro and Crash Bandicoot, old school classics that were the first mascots of the playstation, dont get re-makes?! Man, imagine these games in full HD

[@jordirapper]

They still look okay, but they do look aged. I mean, in the Spyro games, his eyes aren't even connected to his head :p I'm not saying graphics are the most important or anything, in fact I'd still pop in any of the Spyro trilogy or Crash 2 or 3 (not 1, sr I just hate the control in that) But still, based on technology, on graphics and on age, why rerelease games that aren't even 3 years old and dont benefit as much as games that could Again, they could just clean the games up a bit and I bet you it would still sell millions cause of the fans of the classics today God, I'm so desperate for a new Crash Bandicoot game =(

[@cosmokramer179]

There is going to be a remake of the original Crash Bandicoot

[@jordirapper]

I know but this comment was made before that announcement. I just HOPE they don't fuck it up but from what I've seen, it's looking pretty good.

[@daanzzmeister7178]

GrimmyReaper I feel like the graphics are part of the charm of these games though...

[@jordirapper]

Da AnzzMeister Maybe. But I just think if you wanna remake something, remake something that benefits from it. Not just some higher resolution or more frames. Thats stuff I can do in a freaking emulator

[@steventolson410]

My all time favorite spyro game:)

[@angelcat2865]

Mine too ^^

[@noxtinker2936]

I like the original voice for spyro fight me

[@angelcat2865]

He's my second favorite right behind Tom Kenny ^^

[@HeySteef]

*"thank you for releasing me"*

[@soupbowl1]

It's sad hearing how much of an effect it had on everyone because now no ones talks about spyro in the office.

[@MegaMitchZero]

They should do HD remakes for both Crash Bandicoot and Spyro on modern consoles. The newer games in their respective series aren't as good as their original counterparts. These series need to go back to their roots, man!

[@MortalDeathGaming]

good call, it would be awesome if they could do that

[@hotcarbon69]

You got your wish...

[@mr.roxpopikagames193]

I completed the game about 120% I wondered why not 100% but there is a special level where you van get only by completing 100 % of the game

[@Ferelmakina]

Gnasty's loot (I think)

[@GrantTheHierophant]

Oh god this game brings back soooo many memories from my childhood...

[@MrsWilliamTheBloody]

This just shows HOW MUCH BETTER THE FLYING CONTROLS WERE in the og games vs the (otherwise mostly wonderful) Reignited Trilogy.

[@ceruleanllama5917]

I want to know what program they used for all the modelling and stuff, low poly spyro is awesome

[@erikgwk]

1:50 are you telling me Alex Hastings created alone a game engine? I feel in awe just the thought of it

[@YeetMachinen]

Thanks for not yelling at me for adding my opinion!

[@Dandys11]

thanks for adding your opinion

[@MajesticGovernor]

awesome game

[@djlobb]

Mark Cerny "I wanted to see a game that was full 3D but where the primary focus of the game would be interaction with the enemies, to the best of my knowledge that had never been done before" (on a PS1**)...

[@meganschellekens8315]

I played this game like 34x in a row :O I really love this game and have it on my PS3 :) The music, the love what is made In this game, just epic... Thank you Insomniacgames for creating this dragon! The flightlevels were very cool to play my favourite parts from the game ^^ The game also has the sentimel dreamy parts :) A place for every kid, just with this dragon as main char just lovely

[@Ferelmakina]

amen

[@FreeJump3r]

my childhood...

[@draxtheliteralist1107]

I never knew that was Clancy Brown lol

[@YoNickSoko]

5:46 holy nostalgia lmao

[@josephfrye7342]

0:00 holy crap he is almost real and the flame is real. well for the live action versions cutscenes with full motion video. but spyro the dragon is still fictional.

[@josephfrye7342]

um sometimes the flame breath was detailed in pc versions or the saturn/dreamcast ports. than the actual usual playstation original right here.

[@josephfrye7342]

unfortunately we got our international overseas's asses/butts handed by those damn software emulators systems program. so sad.

[@JohnMarston0047]

WE NEED A HD REMAKE I WOULD PAY 60 DOLLARS FOR THAT REMAKE

[@connorcarbon]

did you ever end up playing the HD remake? haha

[@JohnMarston0047]

@@connorcarbon Yes

[@LookingTheBest]

They need to make sure Carlos Comes back for a Remake just so he can be Punk little kid Spyro from Spyro 1

[@cosmokramer179]

Sorry, they chose Tom Kenny to re-voice Spyro in the remastered trilogy

[@HaltF]

:20 full 3d where the primary focus is interaction with enemies had never done before in 1998? Am I missing the point?

[@MelhodRiperton]

I love does Silicon Graphics inc/SGi Workstation Computers

[@SuperFlashDriver]

@InvaderScuzz Exactly.

[@Dandys11]

spyro together with crash are best game ever!!! PS1 BEST ERA!!!

[@adrian_zombturtle148]

But were to the dragons go after spyro rescues them?

[@Squerfatchi]

wait- since when did they call is superdash

[@blance2069]

MR KRABS?!?!

[@safeman3427]

5:21 Dr neo cortex

[@safeman3427]

5:44 Buzz lightyear

[@safeman3427]

4:44 Rocko Carlos casagrande from loud house

[@shadedfalcon]

spyro 1 yes! spyro 2: epic! spyro 3: cool. enter the dragonfly: oh god. help us. spyro a heros tail: make it stop!!! the legend of spyro a new begining: could be beter. the legend of spyro the eternal night: great! the legend of spyro dawn of the dragon: awsome! skylanders: oh God. no. thats it. im done playing spyro.

[@KetaceanKyle]

Clancy Brown was apart of this huh..... cool

[@SkodenMOC]

lol my name in there 😂

[@screaminggingin83]

yes!!!! so long as they don't fuck it up

[@BenKirb]

NICKELODEON VOICE ACTORS!

[@YeetMachinen]

oorah!

[@fionabell123]

I'd pay $80.

[@victorsoul2328]

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