The History Of Spyro 2 Speedruns

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Dustiel
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Shaw8b
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ESGPuppetmaster
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Hitekaimerr
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LewisB99
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Walkers
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[@RenoReborn]

Summoning Salt does not own the concept of explaining the progression of World Records, you don't need to ask his permission my dude, just be your own man.

[@Papamanual]

For some backstory, I actually asked salt to make this video first, but he told he wasnt interested and suggested I make it instead.

[@Nawakooo0]

It's funny seeing people talking about Summoning Salt like that not knowing that Salt is a fan of Pap lol

[@dale1809]

@@Nawakooo0talk like what? Objectively?

[@MsTigers4ever]

Have I ever tried speed running in Sypro? No. Have I tried speed running any game? No. Am I going to watch a 2 hour video on it? Yes. Yes I am.

[@FoxTashikata]

Same here haha Very fun video

[@ThaRixer]

Finally got around to watching this as well after watching your MediEvil video. Great coverage. Gonna add some more sidelore because why not :D The race at 26:38 was my first ever race on SpeedRunsLive, and was delayed by around an hour because I was a dumb 15 year old who didn't know how to set up ePSXe, and also had very little practice on swim into Ripto. Yes, i genuinely had people guide me through the trick before the race so that I could actually finish when we started lol Saboom and Touval's rivalry is also legendary as far as head to heads go in speedrunning. Witnessing them trade blows back in the day was mesmerizing, both averaging several hundreds of viewers and reaching the top of the SRL front page. I remember when Puppet found waterfall proxy too and how much that threw a wrench in everything. Also shoutouts to Lapogne for pioneering god damn every playstation game known to man Great video man, keen to see more

[@FinnbarrGoesFast]

what a banger video. Came here after watching the current WR, so during this vid I kept thinking "when does Bluntbows come in?" Can't believe someone just came in in 2021 and worked up that level of play so fast, insane

[@TrueScandinavia]

I've watched a lot of speedrunning documentaries and this is probably one of the best I've seen. The narration and the script are spot on, and the story you were outlining really kept it interesting throughout the entire video. I had never heard of this game before and didn't know any of the mechanics, but I came away feeling like I knew the game in detail. Really loved it, would be cool to see more!

[@Papamanual]

Thankyou! I really appreciate the feedback

[@michaelprice3040]

Sorry what? never heard of Spyro!?!? oh god its happening I'm getting old.

[@jcthompson0005]

I haven't gotten the chance to start watching yet, but I'm leaving a like preemptively because I know how hard you've worked over the last few months on this and how much you focused on communicating with everyone in the Spyro community to ensure that your video would be as accurate and detailed as possible. Good job!

[@a1exxx387]

I knew a Section regarding Gulp Skip was coming but when the Music hit at 43:04 i got chills, absolutely stellar Editing and amazing Documentary

[@roanen5285]

Just an update here! Spora has reclaimed the lead with a 7:29 run! He did miss a text skip, but otherwise it was super clean.

[@TheSoulPlaneShow]

crazy

[@Bluntbows]

Pretty late but just got around to watching this. Awesome job capturing the progression of the game. Had a big smile on my face during the later bits of the video.

[@SouLvuR]

My uncle used to speedrun Mario, I think the 2nd one with warps. Ever since I’ve been interested in beating games fast. I’ve never truly speedran a game but watching videos like this reminds me what I love so much about speed running; the progression. Ty for telling this story. It's funny watching a game you used to play as a kid casually be completely broken

[@Mister_Clean]

Lapogne is such a speedrunning icon He's responsible for some of the most incredible skips in dozens of games. I wish more people knew about his exploits

[@henryhardfoot]

He's been in the mix for what seems like forever haha

[@stephnicole3078]

Wow, this video was an absolute treat! Spyro speed running is incredibly fascinating and you’ve done an unbelievably good job explaining and documenting not only the history of the category, but all the little nuances that make up the any% route we have today. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this documentary! You have some serious talent. I hope you continue to make videos like these!

[@nextgenwarrior]

So glad this popped up on my feed. Always love finding these videos going in-depth on speedruns for games I love. They're so fascinating and well researched. Great work.

[@briensss]

Just finished watching this. What a masterpiece. Thank you for all your efforts you put into this, learnt a lot about the speedrunning history of Spyro 2.

[@chooachoo]

This was a fantastic video, s2 is my favourite game of all time and I've had such an interest in the speed running community behind it and I feel this did all of that justice so I just want to say thank you for putting together this masterpiece! Keep it up

[@yawg691]

What. A. Video. Had it on in the background and after like the first 5 minutes, I quit what i was doing. Y'all had me HOOKED

[@dbeast03]

I see Salt's videos have rubbed off on you a bit, and holy shit is that a good thing, this is a damn impressive video for a damn impressive run. Really hope that your channel can pop off thanks to this video, well done.

[@Papamanual]

I appreciate that, thankyou!

[@Dereklander]

I had no clue that I would make an appearance at 1:24:17, at 57th place that is lol. Very good video; didn’t know much about the history of this category so I had no clue how many discoveries it took before we got to the route we use today. Thank you for making this; ended up watching this video all the way through!

[@Nasoreeno]

This video was a blast: exciting, entertaining and gorgeously detailed from start to finish.

[@rasusbeijaminas2301]

i'm watching this a second time because it's so well put together. definetly deserves more views!

[@firstmaple]

no joke probably one of the best youtube videos ive ever watched, fuckin awesome shit dude

[@Papamanual]

Thankyou! It means a lot!

[@wildthaddeus478]

Nothing makes me more nostalgic than seeing my favorite game from my childhood! Great video it's always awesome to see people still appreciate this game even after all these years!

[@judgment1212]

Grats on doing this massive project. Thanks from all of us who watched.

[@ygthemoth9425]

One of the best speedrun recap videos I’ve ever seen, can’t wait for the next one!

[@janetenuto6092]

thank you KZbin algorithm for recommending this masterpiece 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@kristerhalseth1352]

man, i love these speedrun history type videos, thanks for this gem pap

[@CamerTheDragon]

I do wonder why they don't remove load times in categories like this (or at least standardise them to 1 value, even if the run itself may have a faster or slower load). Even if the gameplay has some lag even outside of load times, surely removing load times would level the playing field more generally and not make it so brutal for certain systems. Since I've seen games that remove load times, but others that do not Very cool vid btw, I saw the Punch-Out challenge video and then watched this one after and despite being 2 hours long it was a good watch and didn't feel like a 2 hour long video

[@Mr.C0ffee]

You make summoning salt proud🥲. Great video!

[@artempertsovskiy7596]

OMG. Spent 2 days watching this masterpiece. Thank you so much for your work. Feel really sorry that not so much people can understand this. Great job

[@MrAlmaerith]

I must say I am agreeably surprised at how good those videos are, keep up the good work

[@ScrapComputer]

My god. The effort involved. I used to make videos, so believe me when I say this I'm insanely impressed the everything that went into this. God tier content. I'd advise you stick to this form of content on popular and interesting games that have speed runs. You will blow up. Thank you for your effort.

[@Nightfury8583]

I have searched for this exact video several times in the last year and KZbin has never given it to me! So frustrating

[@Papamanual]

Damn, I will now assume that there are millions just like you. KZbin trying to keep me down lol Hope you enjoy!

[@JDKDKDLDKDKDKDKKKDERYY]

​@@Papamanualpretty sure most of salts viewershio would also watch you if they knew about you, so kinda true probably

[@GrandemagicoWall]

This made me want to play Spyro 2 again in the slowest way possible

[@Sparkle8205]

Y’know i was thinking about if someone made a video on spyro 2 speedrunning history yesterday, and now I know that someone has!

[@enthefn2571]

This video is too good to be real

[@TheSoulPlaneShow]

Watched the entire video, very nice can't remember last time I watched something for more than 10 minutes, thank you

[@Papamanual]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@dreadwanderer]

I have super fond memories of playing Spyro 2 and 3 on my PS1 back in the day. Lots of hours of fun. The strats and the times are insane, hats off to all the runners for their skill and dedication. Thank you for a very informative and entertaining video!

[@geordangullock9223]

Great video. I didn't realise Saboom was one of the greats. You wouldn't pick it hearing him talk, he's super humble and never big-notes himself, rather spends a lot of time talking others up.

[@SockABusta]

Legitimately excellent video, I watched the whole thing in 1 sitting and it felt like only half an hour had passed when it wrapped up. Good job mate

[@Papamanual]

Thanks mate! Appreciate it

[@warcraft3inmymind]

my dude that was an awesome watch. i literally thought around halfway through, before the gulp skip part that i can't get any lower only to find out i was only halfway through the vid xD i can't imagine the amount of work and time this cost. huge thumbs up, keep up the amazing work, dude =)

[@Papamanual]

thanks, took about 4.5-5 months from start to finish

[@SaveManual]

This video is INCREDIBLE. I absolutely LOVE Spyro and I'm willing to do a video myself. I'll refer to yours in the future for sure. This was amazing, thank you so much. So much information and so well written.

[@HoneySonya]

This video taught me so much history that I didn't even know about S2 any%. Gives me a new appreciation for my favorite category. :) (I totally forgot to send my comment when this video came out lol!)

[@bEtHeSdA_LAME_sTuDi0s]

Both this video and the medievil vid are absolute gold. Thanks so much for your hard work. Subbed and liked.

[@Papamanual]

Thankyou!

[@BuddyCorp]

This was an excellent video, and a great way to spend an afternoon. Full of context and nostalgia for those of us who played it when it came out, and enough back story to where I could draw a logical step from what I knew playing the game, to what was being done on screen.

[@TehAwesomer]

Criminally underrated content. Really well put together. 👍

[@RichardDelegate]

I was in a situation that didn’t allow me to get the full context of this video. Thank you for laying it all together

[@Bob_Da_Bilda]

Great video. Thanks for 2 hours of informative content.

[@farbrorpuh]

Fantastic video! Would love to see 14 talisman or 100% get the same treatment.

[@Drojanx]

Talk about a journey, honestly, I can't imagine the feeling of excitement, and even more so, relief, they had once Waterfall Proxy was deemed outdated.

[@killercyclone16_4]

High quality video! Definitely deserves more views.

[@xJurpi]

Insane video, well done!

[@nooneinparticular3370]

Great docu mate, keep up the good work!

[@shadeblackwolf1508]

I noticed a cycle in speedrunning. as optimisation increases, people start investing more effort into finding new strats and skips, which decreases optimization requirements for a great time. Then with time optimisation increases again, putting more pressure to find non-obvious timesaves.

[@ScrapComputer]

It's such a beatiful cycle. It's what speed running is all about.

[@ichwill7536]

I love/hate that you use how its made theme on the timeline. Damn that brought back memories

[@robertthor3475]

I really like these speedrun history vids. More of these please.

[@Papamanual]

Theres a few nostalgic ps1 games which i could make a video about, I started making another, but the community were not that interested in helping me research and the 1st runner i was talking to didnt respond to me after I tried to message him a couple of times. Its annoying, but ive made 8 minutes of that video... Ill complete it eventually whether people want to help me or not.

[@robertthor3475]

@@Papamanual I believe in you

[@Torvinoid]

One of my top rewatched videos, thanks!

[@pabloperezperez3856]

My god, this should have 100x times more views

[@ryanp194]

I dont have the energy right now to replay it and this will do just fine to satiate

[@M4XD4B0ZZ]

Great Video!

[@doopsdoops]

Holy 2 hours? Guess I know what I’m doing tonight…

[@doopsdoops]

just finished it, amazing all the way through!

[@mickc.4992]

This is really well done man, you deserve more subs, looking forward to more good stuff :)

[@automact]

A masterpiece. Thank you for this, I enjoyed the whole movie at fullest. A question: How some people find some proxies such as waterfall, I can imagine it would take insanely a lot of research time to find it.

[@Papamanual]

Glad you enjoyed it! I think a lot of just messing around with double jump and going out of bounds, seeing what things they could get caught on. Lots of it is incremental knowledge about the game, and once you have a little bit of knowledge, you see what it can apply to. Rather than, one big discovery, its the culmination of lots of smaller discoveries.

[@gamer-jm6my]

now i have a great question do any of the speed run tricks work in the remasterd trilodgy that released a cupple years ago? im guessing maybe not sense it was i think a ground up remake rather than just an up res. i do know iv been playing the collection and enjoying it quiet a bit. also these guys are very impressive

[@Papamanual]

Ive not played the remaster trilogy and know very little about it. I do know that there are some other glitches that completely break that game like walking in air or something.

[@Kintsugi23]

That is a really great question :p Most of the tricks and strats used in the original games don't work for Reignited. Like you said, Reignited is a remake from the ground up, so things like physics, collision, hitboxes etc don't work in the same way. Reignited has some strats of its own, but a lot of those tricks are stuff like glitching out of bounds or the Walk In Air glitch.

[@gamer-jm6my]

@@Kintsugi23 interesting it gives a reason to watch speed runs for both if both have different tricks and strategies it’s kinda neat to think of it that way where neither is obsalete and both still haveing a reason to exist and be enjoyed. I got into watching speedruns about a year ago and ever sense I just have love watching these guys do what they do live and in general it’s just so cool!

[@carsondesjarlais4503]

This was a great video deserves so many more likes and views! Keep it up man

[@Slyslug]

I blame Elora for making me almost be a furry

[@Jesushairguy]

Great video been waiting for someone to do a in depth video like this

[@TheLazarusOperation]

Ive only ever done a speedrun of one game. The first Outlast, but it was mainly for the trophy for Insane mode. It was hella fun, and im trying to decide on another game to grind

[@shadowgirl765]

I love this doc! I'd love to see more for the other games

[@raivisdubrovskis9044]

Same situation with frogs. On 2004-2005, killed one on autumn plains, and got pushed on the air for like 5 meters, i didnt know how to repeat that movement again😁cuz i had pirate version of spyro 1,2,3. Always though its because of this. On Spyro 2,as long I approached to hunter in summer forest, my screen freezed, and i had to reset my Ps1 again all the time

[@f1regekytgd571]

very good video about my favourite game ever since i was 7

[@GrouchTheGreat]

Congrats to spora's 7:29 literally yesterday O:

[@Papamanual]

I saw, crazy stuff. Didnt even use double frog.

[@MrSkill_420]

keep making these - forget all that other tatt

[@austinhowley3907]

I swear some of this B roll and music is from Spyro 3?? This is so well put together though I may be imagining things

[@osukarui]

Very well made video! Great stuff!

[@wolfcl0ck]

Very nice stuff here as well! Bravo!

[@THESHOWBOAT]

Very interesting indeed! Thanks!

[@Skellotronix]

I've watched through this a few times so far and my biggest question is, can't you simply skip the bosses by finding the hub portals under the maps? If the hub portals are right next to the boss holes, I don't see why they can't be accessed just like Dragon Shores. I'm not a speed runner but since this game came out I knew about double jump and Sproder and a few things like that just on my own, not to the extremes the runners do, but I've learned a bit and would think the portal thing would hold true.

[@Papamanual]

I actually asked this question when i was first learning the 14 talisman category a few years ago... Turns out the portals to skip to other worlds arent hidden below the map, they just flat out dont exist until the boss is beaten.

[@Skellotronix]

@@Papamanual Cool, thanks for the response man and once again great video 👍

[@cachorrofilosofico]

Awesome video. Summoning Salt summons you.

[@JAKEOLOLOL]

need the algorithm to bless this

[@Camelotsmoon]

1:45:29 I just imagine him putting on some sunglasses and a joint after he said that to Dan lol.

[@PearFinch]

MADE A MOVIE!

[@Chris-vf8fe]

Excelent work man!

[@themightyripples6582]

imo, proxies are what make this run fun, a combo of skill and gamble... but mostly skill

[@themightyripples6582]

i used to do this but never had a run get past the winter tundra waterfall proxy into ripto... when i saw a short bit of gulp skip in your intro i want to try again

[@themightyripples6582]

waterfall proxy sucks bc its very precise and if you miss.... well the setup is long too, so you lose once you miss once... reset it was still fun doing runs until the dragon shores early fot fireballs :)

[@dafire9634]

For people watching this in the future, i suggest watching "the man who broke spyro in half" after 43:34

[@Papamanual]

Great Vid

[@raivisdubrovskis9044]

Funny thing, on 2004 on age of 9,i discovered, some how, that i can do double jump(accidentlly) and start to search New ways to escape levels. Same with water fall proxy in winter tundra, swimair in that year. On autumn plains, i always been asking my uncle to Beat Gulp. One time i got stuck next to the wall, only once on 2008,idk how, i was pushed away and saw the entrance of gulps level😂😂i was curious, is it even possible to glide there and skip all rest levels on autumn plains. But didnt succes until this day😂.

[@thegwenshowshorts1167]

And then Spora came back for another clutch haha

[@Ingenii80]

How long did it take you to create this video and and how long was your script? Insane video. Loved it

[@Papamanual]

Thankyou! Took me about 4.5-5 months but I could have done it faster if my work ethic was better. And it was 18,923 words

[@Ingenii80]

@@Papamanual That is insane. Thanks for putting so much work and effort into it. I don't know if you will do videos like this but if you do i can't wait to see them ^^ have a nice day

[@Papamanual]

@@Ingenii80 Thanks for the feedback. I am working on another video now, but it isnt a world record progression (still video game essay thing though)

[@FoxTashikata]

I played through the original Spyro games when I was a kid and beat them all pretty extensively and this stuff blows my mind. I was always wondered if there were some glitches or out of bounds stuff but I was not really able to figure that stuff out but now I know there are a ton! I don’t remember if I liked 2 or not but I know I never liked 3. Is there a speed run for 3 cause that game is so convoluted and annoying 😂

[@Papamanual]

There are speedruns of 3... I think the fastest category (any%) completes the game in like 25-30 mins.

[@xxfantomxx6]

do you have any plans to do a video on s1

[@Papamanual]

Unfortunately I dont at this point

[@lewisbatchelor4292]

Great video! well done

[@rewandemontay]

This is well made.

[@SickBastardo]

hearing the name Ratchet5 was nostalgic... remember years back when he faked his own death

[@GuyWithACamera23]

Wow, that Retro stuff was a plot twist wasn’t it.

[@woooster17]

No idea if it’s this game or some other version of the game.. but my daughter (Lumilaura) broke a record for this recently, 37:19..something like that. It may not be this game, but I’m old so easily confused? 😄

[@Papamanual]

Congratulations on your daughters achievement! I dont follow the spyro scene to a large degree, but I believe Lumilaura got the world record in the prequel to this game "Spyro The Dragon" You can watch her run here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqHXZJKsh9yKjLM

[@lumilauraa]

NOT where i expected to find my own dad???? hi dad!

[@woooster17]

@@lumilauraa Hi lovely.. it just popped up in my recommendations 😊

[@yaboifungi8635]

You are very underrated man

[@Laezar1]

0:45 I'm fairly certain that 5 cost gem is blue not purple (and 25 is purple to me though it's less clear cut you can argue for pink). That got me pretty confused, I'm curious to know if you're colorblind? that'd explain it =p

[@Papamanual]

Im not colour blind, but Ive always called it purple as a kid. I did watch a streamer do a colour check - checking RGB and it is far more blue then even 50/50 red/blue sdo technically you are right, it is more blue than purple.

[@Laezar1]

@@Papamanual Interesting, well always glad to know I'm right haha

[@kyab2815]

I've always called it purple and the 25 maroon

[@Laezar1]

@@kyab2815 I was very confused for a sec cause I'm french and "maroon" sounds like "marron" (which is french for brown) but apparently it's what we call "bordeaux". Though it's not that =p it would have to be far more red. Though yeah it does have a bit of a redish tint maybe so you could argue for something like plum but the 25 gem is still very clearly in the purple area rather than towards the red.

[@SCHMALLZZZ]

​@Laezar1 I though brun was brown in French

[@rphntw1n]

Great video! Hopefully you got a pop filter after this?

[@LoverBoy-im7xv]

Do a speedrun history on Wizards and Warriors 2: Iron Sword. Best game ever made.

[@uksquall]

More PSX games, content is wonderful. perhaps do Crash 1,2,3?

[@Papamanual]

Definitely would like to. I started a crash 3 105% one, but unfortunately havent worked on it in 6th months. Where I wanted to start the story, the guy I asked info from didnt respond to me after messaging him several times, so I kinda lost motivation. I guess I can write a script around it, but its still a massive project I dont currently have time for.