The History of Spyro - PART 1 - (retrospective)

[@jaydenyugi9034]

Real shame that this channel isn’t active anymore especially with the recent confirmation and news of the Spyro remaster as well as the Crash remaster last year. I miss these videos so much.

[@thatguy_dan]

Jayden Yugi Ikr after the announcment I imeddiently thought of this channel. It's a shame this really was such a great channel

[@gookawild5543]

Why this channel stopped?

[@SpenceOnTheFence]

This video was so nostalgic for me. I grew up playing the original Spyro trilogy. The awful new games really destroyed my childhood.

[@tigglesbruh]

Anyone 2019? This channel is so nostalgic for me. I remember watching this video over and over again like 5 years ago...

[@TheSneakyGuatemalan]

We need an update video tbh

[@dylan99377]

4 years late but yeah me too

[@luuchoo93]

Spyro was one of the greatest games of my childhood. The 3 original Spyro games were BY FAR the best and the real Spyros to me. The rest of them were crap

[@cozarooni1834]

I enjoyed all of them. I think the legend of Spyro series came out at just that right time for me, the only one i hate is shadow legacy that's just boring and bland at least in enter the dragonfly you can have fun breaking the game xD

[@hetalianotaku7109]

I'd actually like to see a remake of Enter the Dragonfly. I know it probably won't happen, but one can dream!

[@treetoon-tf]

11:43 oob is not a "major flaw", rarely does a casual player run in to it and it's great for speedrunning.

[@erebusdominus8467]

spyro 2 is by far my favorite in the series, so many memories!

[@Eonflare55]

The original Spyro was the best in my opinion. Sometimes you just can't beat the classics.

[@CrystallineDreamer]

Spyro is the best game ever! In fact... I now need to play it all again! ^_^

[@EmpireZzzz]

get the remastered edition

[@FALLOUTBIOCREED]

8:57 Its becasue they're just casual gamers, that don't care about innovations or quality and play the same game 24/7. I pity them.

[@BladeBlur]

Pretty sure someone already said this, but you know Spyro's name in Japan was actually Spyro, right? The name is written in Katakana: スパイロ, but because the way the logo looked in Japan, that's where the Ripto gag came from.

[@drowninginthoughts]

I played spyro since 1999 and I still play the first three ones. those games were my childhood and I thought I know everything about them... I did not know about the crash demo on spyro one :3

[@MrVarct]

Yeah same here

[@tesmarthen]

spyro rypto's rage was the first game i have ever beaten. it holds a lot of great memories for me.

[@mikeymike123mg]

***** Yeah I remember when i was 5 or 6 after beatin the original having to save all my pocket money for a couple of months to be abel to buy spyro 2. :D memories

[@Fyrsiel]

I put so much time into Ripto's Rage to get 100% and finally getting to Dragon Shores and getting the permanent fireball attack was friggin' amazing. xD

[@kikicupcake1000]

I remember that game from when I was younger, I don't think I knew how to play it but I still had fun lol

[@remochii]

Same :)

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Ah Spyro, those were my favorite games from the early PS1 days. Although I personally liked Ripto's Rage and Year of the Dragon more than Spyro the Dragon. I just adored Hunter from those games ("They have claws like *this*, teeth like *this* and breathe fire like *THIS*- Ppttah ppttah!") and Elora ("I'm a fawn you dork!"), and I didn't realize that Tom Kenney (Spongebob Squarepants and Ice King) was the Professor! I wasn't even into Spongebob when Ripto's Rage came out! Some of my fondest memories are playing the skateboarding mini games in Year of the Dragon (yeah I was totally into the Tony Hawke games even though I was never into skateboarding) on a Saturday morning, taking turns with my two younger brothers and eating freshly made peanut butter cookies from the grocery store, they were surprisingly delicious! Ripto's Rage was also my coping mechanism when a friend and I watched Evil Dead for the first time and had to turn off the movie after the "tree scene", we needed to get the image out of our heads. ...I'm sure the girl running this channel is reading my comments about my weird childhood and thinking, "wtf is this chick posting on my videos?!" lol. I can't help it, these videos are sending me on a nostalgia trip and it's fun sharing my odd memories. Helps me to feel a kinship with fellow gamers that grew up playing these games. And OHMYGAWD, I *hated* those little egg thieves or whatever they were!! I would spend hours just chasing them in a circle, just barely catching them and having to start all over again! Also yeah, Moneybags was such an asshole! I hated that you couldn't set him on fire when you tried your flame breath on him! Although I found it jarring when they completely changed his character for the Spyro games with Elijah Woods and made him some weird Middle Eastern trader with a thick Indian accent.

[@ruhkillmeez7910]

I loved the part in where you show of how much of a troll the thief is. xD

[@Noobface]

Me and my grandparents still play through all 3 original spyro and crash games like 3 times a year. After 11 years of playing the games, my grandpa is still better at beating every Crash boss than me.

[@Byyte]

Damn its really been 8 years since this came out. Im playing the remade version and had to come check this video out again.

[@AvalancheGameArt]

At 3 years old, i played Spyro the dragon, and a passion ignited in me.

[@1toonhead]

The early stuff is defiantly the best. I still enjoy playing it after all these years. Go Spyro.

[@Lugmillord]

The Spyro trilogy was a cool part of my childhood. And I say trilogy because those are the only ones I liked.

[@NorthernCalifornia916]

Man those games were the best, I remember getting the PS1 collectors edition that came with Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage and Spyro: Year of the dragon for my 5th or 6th birthday and I couldnt and would not stop playing it. Sadly, I dont have it anymore :/ I'm gonna have to buy it again on PS3 just for old times sake and take a stroll down memory lane.

[@blunders00cameraman]

Spyro has got to be my favorite game hero. Its cool to learn about his creation. Can't wait for part 2.

[@KingofMGS]

Fun Fact for Spyro 1 Lore, Spyro was playing hooky from school that day when Gnasty Gnorc turned all the dragons into crystal. Spyro was regarded as a severe trouble maker and a real delinquent in the dragon realms, at least in the Artisan Home worlds, yet he became the greatest hero to all the Dragon Realms.

[@Drawthhhhh]

This video is so nostalgic for me, I remember coming home from school after rediscovering the Crash and Spyro games thanks to this channel. Thanks for a nice, in depth explanation of the games’ history.

[@SWellusionist]

I totally agree what she said about call of duty, HOW is it still selling it's hardly that much difference each year

[@jordanbickelmann2516]

People don't even play Call of Duty for the actual "game." They get it for the multiplayer which tends to improve upon each release. It makes me wonder why the series can't be an MMO or something.

[@ArioDragon]

7:55 most epic moment in history of gaming

[@Ninja07Keaton]

The thief was charged...FOR AMERICA!!!

[@Neonrena]

Excellent video! First of yours I have watched! I love how much detail there is about this series.

[@luciencox]

After 3 minutes of this video and this being the first vid i watch from you... I'm already subbed! :D

[@Mor4dracoRules]

Oh the nostalgia. I really like this video because it is informative and simple; this will surely help me with choosing which Spyro game I going to download on my PS3.

[@WikiSorcerer]

The first Spyro the Dragon game was not only one of my favorite games of my youth, but it was the VERY FIRST video game I ever owned AND played (I got it for my third birthday along with my Playstation). Same went for my parents. If anything, Spyro was always one of my heroes. Spyro three is one of my all time favorite games and it brings near worship from me. And then... Enter the Dragonfly... ugh...

[@patrickbateman1808]

These retrospectives are great! Subscribed

[@youngsir.tc_GW_VS]

That call duty diss. And missing old games from how hard relentless they were earned yourself a subscriber

[@scottishgamer606]

I really like watching these retrospectives great job, also spyro is my favourite game series of all time :D

[@andromadan1378]

LennsGamingWorld Spyro is one of my favorite game series as well. I heart Spyro.

[@scottishgamer606]

Plejaren xDelta old guy (that i can't remember the name of who says this line): Remember him...

[@andromadan1378]

LennsGamingWorld I don't know.

[@TarkBaranUnlu]

love you for your cod opinion!!! you are totally right!

[@cixlo]

I love how this really goes into detail. These sort of things are entertaining to me. You little miss got a sub.

[@MichaelEMJAYARE]

Thank you so much for sticking to your word and creating a Spyro retrospective!

[@BeastofBourdon]

She called out call of duty 10 years ago and the problem has only gotten worse and more expensive. But then again, I'm here cause I bought the spyro reignited series so I can't really talk 😂 The remaster was really well done tho and adds so much detail to the old visuals.

[@jakerzee]

These were truly the games that I started with. I would play these for hours!

[@theodrik1043]

Really good video even for strangers viewers. You speak clearly and, even without subtitles, we can understand you easily... My favourite Spyro was however, the third, "Year of the Dragon"... Full of thieves, too ^^

[@crisXD2010]

i miss this channel

[@vinnie830]

Love! just played Spyro on PSP and re-watched this great video :)

[@majorhoolahan]

You finally did a spyro history! Thank you thank you!

[@HakuUbaka]

I really like your videos. I remember playing the Spyro demos on some of the Crash games back in the day. My favorite one of all time was Year of the Dragon. Me and my brothers and sisters would spend hours playing and taking turns. Shelia the Kangaroo was my favorite character to play as.

[@dikroman83]

Don't forget that the OSTs for these games are elite! Such good music. And thank you for calling out CoD.

[@SickBoyOC]

She really knows her stuff and did her research. Subscribed! Love these retrospective videos. Brings back memories alright

[@gandalfthegrey5875]

I remember first playing these games as a kid on my Ps1 and loving them I sadly never had Ripto`s rage however I do have my copies of Spyro the dragon and Spyro year of the dragon.

[@albertonaranjogarcia50]

As soon as Guile's Theme started, this became my favorite video !!

[@TheKRAAHKID]

So much effort and so interesting! Love your videos!

[@WarioLand3]

This is great, exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!

[@Adam10Burt]

Memories, Year of Dragon was one of my favorite Spyro games also first Spyro game I bought. Then bought other twi perious games afterward. Spyro is my first & all-time favorite video game character.

[@carsondrum]

These games were my jam, brings me nostalgia! I saved my PlayStation 2 and bought a new copy of Spyro: Year of the Dragon a few years back and gave it another go, finally beat it haha. This game was my entire childhood though, it's a shame these other companies couldn't replicate what the original games had. :/

[@kikicupcake1000]

List of my favourites: 1. Spyro: Year of the Dragon 2. Spyro the Dragon 3. Spyro: Gateway to Glimmer I love Gateway to Glimmer but I enjoyed the other two just a bit more, the second one was still one of my favourite games ever

[@extremelymoist6661]

Spyro:Gateway to Glimmer Spyro:Year of The Dragon Spyro the Dragon If I had to pick. Ever though about Ripto's Rage? If the word Ripto is Spyro is Japanese, that means that the game is basically Spyro:Spyro's Rage

[@extremelymoist6661]

***** Read that again

[@crocodileman94]

kikicupcake1000 In my opinion, it's: 1. Spyro: Year of the Dragon 2. Spyro: Gateway to Glimmer 3. Spyro the Dragon

[@kikicupcake1000]

I know I use both sometimes

[@Tentegen]

this video was VERY GOOD! extremely informative!

[@vinch3]

Love your vids! Spyro the dragon was my first game ever and you really did him justice!! Its a shame how spyro ended as a side-character in skylander though...

[@Zazuban]

I still own my Spyro and Spyro: Year of the Dragon.. just now getting around to playing Ripto's Rage on a emulator. Still one of my favorite game series for the ps1 and Year of the Dragon was in my top 5 favorite games for ps1.

[@OckhamAsylum]

Excellent work. Brings back a lot of good old memories... I do have a question though. I think I've heard about that A.C.T thing before, but I never noticed it when I was a kid. How does it make the game harder? What becomes more difficult?

[@Jaceblue04]

Quite a few people have said that the Spyro games that don't Insomniac behind the wheel are a betrayal, but I can't for the life of me tell you why they feel that way. Hell, I personally like the newer Spyro games as much as the PS1 trilogy, although that may just be because, like I've said countless times, I have no standards.

[@SuperPiposaru]

Oh heck yeah, new TGD Retrospective!

[@blaria95]

AWESOME HISTORY INFORMATION ABOUT THE "OLD DAYS SPYRO!" :D I never knew anything about Ted Price! :0 Now I adore him. :) The years CERTAINLY HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH. Towards video games, celebrities, t.v. shows, and so on. I wonder why nowadays ALMOST EVERYTHING has to do nothing with CREATIVITY. Well, Spyro the dragon is my CHILDHOOD GAME. :D I love him! :D

[@BiGBuKVids]

I love your videos! Keep them coming!

[@guitar242465]

Spyro 2 Riptos Rage was my very first PS1 game and was also my favorite Spyro game

[@KingofMGS]

Oh the memories i have with that egg thief. I remember as a kid i had a faster way to catch them. Just charge until your close enough then flame, its about 5 seconds quicker.

[@legalam]

I'm really enjoying your videos! keep it up! (That Guile's theme part had me in stitches, I hate that little bastard too!)

[@crystalkirby]

Part 2 is going to be soooooooooo depressing XD Amazing video once again though =D Greatly looking forward to part 2! Kiiiiiiind of

[@toongrowner1]

A new retrospective episode? MY NIGHT IS SAVED! X3

[@Manajust4fun]

This is very interesting. I had no idea Naughty dog and Insomniac games interacted with each other. Both of them make my favourite games.

[@briannawilson8845]

They're great companies

[@Vaklaaja]

What a great a video and a brilliant channel! Sub

[@personontheinternet2573]

U need so many more subs. U really deserve more. :D

[@SturmAH]

Such great memorise. The music from Spyro 1 can instantly trigger a feeling of nostalgia to me, maybe it is the bass in the music. Anyway it is very unique from other VG music.

[@Ghostwing54024]

I love Spyro so much ^.^ I remember when I was younger I would rent spyro games from the local video store all the time. Of course I own all of them now but man... those were the good days.

[@celcowhite]

3:52 Must've worked. Spyro was my first video game, and I played it with my grandmother.

[@n0denz]

I loved Ripto's Rage. It was definitely my favorite game for the PS1, though I could never beat it.

[@Narksen]

Spyro and Crash, my childhood.

[@AwkwardTurtle311]

I want spyro so badly in sm4sh lol

[@Zosalot]

Me: I didn't even know those were bosses. XD "I didn't even know they were bosses." *instantly loves* I think you spoke very clearly and you were pleasant to listen to. Great video!

[@KoreeluStromboli]

Along with a PSOne, I used to own Spyro: Year of the Dragon starting from the age of 8(?). I had a good time with the game, even though I never completed it but I did get to Midnight Mountain.

[@automact]

I got my Spyro: Year of the Dragon when I was 5. I managed to beat the game at age of 7 :). However reaching Midnight Mountain is also a good achievement :)

[@KoreeluStromboli]

***** Right. I see; cool. Aww thanks. ^///^

[@slaysonmurphy]

You are a really good artist!

[@smartpersonjdt]

Spyro 2 = my childhood game.

[@raptor_dude9622]

Lol I remember it taking FOREVER to catch all the thieves in the tree tops level. Hey, actually I still have all three in my basement, maybe I should play it again…

[@salag13]

Oh god I hated the Tree Tops level.

[@Izzyhime]

Ohh my god, that thief! Loved this history :3 Very detailed!

[@Silentgrace11]

The first three Spyro games were the best! Although I still hold a subconscious grudge towards Ripto's rage, mainly because I played Year of the Dragon before I played it and it pissed me off a whole lot that I couldn't swim, climb, headbutt, etc at the beginning of the game.

[@NMaster114]

This makes me want to buy a ps1 and play these again to relive my childhood. Ah, the memories.

[@martinnguyen2458]

The Spyro franchise returned in 2018 with the release of Spyro: Reignited Trilogy. It is a fantastic game and it made Spyro great again.

[@Falcon_Serbia]

Spyro was my childhood game and this may sound weird but going to all those different worlds as a young kid really expanded my consciousness. Also not to mention the game improved my spatial awareness and problem solving skills. Games have degenerated over the years.

[@MaximTheBeast]

Spyro 2 and the jump glitch made the game so much fun! That's when it really felt like a complete open world game :D

[@Steski24PS3]

I can't believe Spyro 2 was created in under 2 years by only 13 people. Absolutely astounding.

[@runereyscape]

Subscribed because of the Call of Duty thing, totally agree.

[@365dragonfinder]

Ripto's Rage was my favorite Spyro by far! 8D! I miss that game!

[@aidensgames1419]

thanks for doing this its awesome ! :)

[@3rdDayfan777]

Hi *****, I wanted to leave an honest opinion and objective response to a few of the videos of yours that I have recently watched. I have now gone through both your Crash Bandicoot and Spyro retrospectives, and I found them both to be very informative and professional, so props for that! I appreciated your detailed perspective on the inner workings of the companies involved, showing that you have done your research. I'd also like to compliment you on your willingness to put yourself through some rather "bad" games for the sake of giving an honest and unbiased summary/review. Your dedication and hard work is evident. What I would suggest to further improve the quality of your videos is to work on the pacing of sequences and dialogue. It is not only important to be informative, but engaging. At times, it seems like what you are saying could be quickened or summed up to keep the viewer more interested. We obviously wouldn't be here if we didn't want to find out about the history of these wonderful games, but that doesn't mean it needs to take over 15 minutes to do it. If you've read this far, I want to thank you. This is only an opinion from a rather unqualified viewer, as I do not create, edit or produce any sort of KZbin-related media. I think what you are doing here has great potential and I think you are doing a wonderful job.

[@thegaywriter]

That red thief in Treetops for Spyro the Dragon was so hard, but I did it! :)

[@jaycub4711]

Man your vids are so cool

[@OmegaWriter1]

Fun fact: Money Bags is played by Milton James (sometimes credited as Richard Barnes), a voice actor who also played Aiguille Delaz in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.

[@beeWesley]

It's Ted Price's draw my life. Awesome video btw! :)

[@0mgXpr0XgamerXftwX]

Nice keep up the good work btw you ever thought about doing GTA retrospective? :D

[@ratman7891]

A nice well balanced history. And very nice to listen too ^v^. Time to jump onto the second one and watch all the other game histories haha

[@zephyr4813]

This was a great video. Thank you

[@chromasus9983]

Considering you've done a review on games like Far Cry 3 and ACIII, if there's one game you really should make a review out of it's the Tomb Raider (2013). Also, awaiting eagerly for the 2nd part of History of Spyro! Keep up the good work!

[@vSAMGX]

Love your videos!

[@eric19875]

Your videos are awesome.

[@shoftim]

Spyro 1 I thought was the best for fast-paced board play... music ... simplicity... 2+3 did not even have turbo-boost (if i remember). Another beautiful Spyro 1, with great fast play, would be the best!!!

[@sirbottoms1998]

This bring backs memory's