Spyro the Dragon is a 1998 platform game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation.The first game in the Spyro series
It stars the title character
A young purple dragon named Spyro
- And his dragonfly friend
- Sparx
Who must journey across the Dragon Kingdom to defeat Gnasty Gnorc
Who has overtaken the 5 dragon Homeworlds by trapping the other dragons in crystal and turning their hoard of gems into an army of minions. Spyro the Dragon is an open-ended 3D platformer
Featuring large
Sprawling levels in which the player must locate collectable items
Among which are gemstones
Crystallized dragons
And stolen dragon eggs.Spyro's abilities as a dragon include
Fire breath
A head-on charging attack
And a mid-air glide which he can use to scale large distances
All of which must be used strategically to find items and defeat enemies.