Saturday December 27 2003:
Play the in-fusio Spyro - In case you were curious about this game you can now play it for free on the in-fusio Developer Zone. You will have to sign up as a developer which is of no cost and requires no proof of your developer status. The available game appears to be a demo since it was reported to have 18 levels in the classic mode and this only has 6. There may be a way to unlock more levels but I have not found it.I reported on the existence of this game earlier in the year. It is Spyro's first cel-phone game, the only Spyro game that (IMHO) is worse than Enter the Dragonfly. In this game you, as Spyro, have to help fairies get dressed for a ball. Spyro has to search through chests to find a top and bottom for the outfit that the fairy wishes to were. Then he is given a gem. He then uses flame to change the gem into one of 3 different necklaces for the fairy to were.
The game is very simple as most phone games are. Phone games are intended to be short diversions while waiting to see the doctor or riding the bus/train to school/work, not as in depth adventures. The problem with this game is that it is so "UN-Spyro". Our purple hero would have no interest in helping Fairies get dressed for a ball and neither would his fans. Let's just pretend that the Evil Fairy Queen captured Spyro and forced him to do this!
Tuesday December 23 2003:
GameSpot Review and 32 new Screens - They gave Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs an 8.0 (great). Readers give it a 7.0. If you haven't bought this game yet the screen shots may help you make up your mind.Sunday December 7 2003:
UGO Review - 81%Monday December 1 2003:
GameSpy Review - 4 out of 5 stars and "Fair" for Multiplayer Factor.Monday November 17 2003:
GameZone Review - 7.9! This was posted more than a week ago but I just found it. The reviewer seems to think "GameCube has only seen ports of old Crash and Spyro games". When did this happen?Saturday November 15 2003:
IGN's Review of Attack of the Rhynocs - After half a month we finally get another review. IGN gives it an 8 out of 10. Readers are giving it an 8.9. Read the full review here.Saturday November 14 2003:
Spyro: Adventure released - The European version of Attack of the RhynocsThursday November 6 2003:
Special Treats with AOR - Season of Flame was released last year with a mini-poster included in the box. With Attack of the Rhynocs you may get a little more, a mini-poster with Spyro on one side and Crash Nitro Kart on the other, and a Spyro Game Boy Advance SP game skin. The later can be applied to your GameBoy Advance SP to give it that extra special Spyro look. Since I now have the game watch out for updates to the Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs section.Checking up on Check Six - It seemed that Check Six Studios (developer of Enter the Dragonfly) had dropped off the face of the Earth since there website, www.checksixstudios.com, has been dead for more than a month. It seems that this may not be the case. The domain, www.checksixgames.com, is reserved by somebody and a quick search of the net reveled this demo site: http://global.xyzdns.net/~checksix/. The Equinoxe site is still up. Is Check Six working on the next Spyro for PS2?
Saturday November 1 2003:
Agent 9's Rescue Mission, in his own words - From the VUGames website, Agent 9 tells us all about sneaking around and sucking up Rhynocs to rescue the other agents.Friday October 31 2003:
Some final Notes from the Developer - The third part of IGN's Developer's Diary tells us a little about the design of the world in which all the areas are connected(like Jak and Daxter). The only fodder in the game are various forms of Sheep and Spyro now has unlimited lives (also like Jak and Daxter). Again, more screens!Everyone's a critic - A not so favorable review of AOR. Some people just don't get it. "collecting lots and lots and lots and lots of junk." (a.k.a. hoarding) is what Dragons do best!
Press Release - This is the press release from VUGames for the release of Spyro Attack of the Rhynocs. Press Releases are rarely good reading but they do give you the facts.
Wednesday October 29 2003:
The Reviews are in... well at least one is. - GamePro gives Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs a 4 out of 5. It seems we are off to a good start with this one. Don't forget to check out the 14 new screen shots.GameSpot has a couple new videos - for members.
Tuesday October 28 2003:
Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs Released - AOR has been released in the USA though I've heard that some people got a couple days early at Toys 'R' Us. I do not have it yet but hopefully soon I will.Monday October 27 2003:
Videos at IGN - IGN has several exclusive video clips of Attack of the Rhynocs but you have to pay for the good ones. The smaller Media Player videos are free to download but you can only get the big QuickTime files if you have a subscription.Saturday October 18 2003:
Video Clips at SpyroTheDragon.com - There are seven new video clips of Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs at SpyroTheDragon.com. There's a clip of Agent 9, one of Sgt. Byrd and a couple where Spyro seems to think he's a jet fighter. Spyro rides a boat and Zoe has a new look. All of the clips were made using the GameBoy Player so ignore the border if you only have a GBA or GBASP.Wednesday October 15 2003:
Sgt. Byrd to the Rescue! - Another fascinating article at IGN, this time about Sgt. Byrd's rescue mission. There are "numerous single player, cooperative, and multi-player link levels" to be unlocked. Read the article here.Wednesday October 1 2003:
Whatever happened to Agents 1 through 8? - We all know Agent 9, but was there ever an Agent 8? This will be answered in Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs according to an article on IGN. Lead Game Designer at Digital Eclipse, Ryan Slemko, writes a little about the Agent 9 mini-game in AOR. There are many new screen shots as well.Source: IGN
Wednesday September 17 2003:
Another title for Attack of the Rhynocs? - It appears that "Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs" may be known as "Spyro: Adventure" in Europe when it is released this fall. This news comes from lunch, a PR agency based in London. They also have 12 new screen shots.Sources: Game Press, lunch PR
Tuesday August 26 2003:
AOR at DE - Digital Eclipse, developer of all the GBA Spyros, has added Attack of the Rhynocs to their web site. They have some great screen shots including one of a level designed by Salvador Dali :-)Tuesday August 19 2003:
Brand New Screen Shots at IGN - IGN has some new screens of Attack of the Rhynocs. This game certainly is colorful!More New Screens at SpyroTheDragon.com
Saturday August 9 2003:
Attack of the Rhynocs updates at SpyroTheDragon.com - There's new wallpaper, a profile of Sgt. Byrd and a video.Source: Neptunes
Saturday August 2 2003:
SpyroHints calls it quits - SpyroHints.com, the Web's #1 hint site for the Spyro the Dragon PlayStation 1 videogame series, received it's final update on July 28 2003. This update was more of a strip down, leaving only pages for the first 3 games and the game shop. I use to visit the site daily for tips on the PS1 Spyros. Back then the site was known as "The Care and Feeding of Young Dragons" and featured tips submitted by fans as well as codes directly from Insomniac.The site is now officially retired but the Spyro 1-3 sections will remain indefinitely.
Tuesday July 29 2003:
IGN has New Screen Shots... - Actually they're the same ones NeoSeaker had last week. Wonder how that happened? GameSpot has same 5 ScreensSaturday July 26 2003:
Spyro Universe Updates - Since news on upcoming games is a little thin right now I will write a little on the updating of this site. This site is far from complete. There are always more Spyro games coming and I still don't have everything from the games that are already out.- Vision: This site is to become an encyclopedia of everything about the Spyro the Dragon series of video games.
- Inspiration: books! I love fantasy and Science Fiction, and I love books that describe the universes in which these stories take place. The name for the site comes from MARVEL Universe and Transformers Universe, books with detailed info on all characters within those universes
- When to Update:
- When there is news to report
- When A New game is announced I need to create a whole section in ENTERTAINMENT with Walkthroughs, Codes, Records, item lists.
- When the game is released I start building the walkthrough and adding info to POPULOUS, HISTORY, BESTIARY, and GEOGRAPHY.
- When ever I get an idea and have time to work on it.
- Recent Updates:
- I've been adding quite a bit to the Walkthroughs lately, especially Ripto's Rage, Season of Flame and Enter the Dragonfly.
- The characters list in POPULOUS should now be complete. Every character with a proper name in all the games should be in list.
- A few updates in BESTIARY and GEOGRAPHY
- The 'Spyro Shop', Contacts and 'NOT Spyro' sections under HOME are pretty new
- Plea for HELP!:
- If you are fan of Spyro and would like to add something to this site please drop me an email.
- If you are planning on buying a Spyro game or anything from amazon.com please click on any of the
amazon links, like the one below, before making your purchase. It won't cost you anything more but
I get a small commission, which makes easier to explain to my family why I spend so much time on this
site.
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Thursday July 24 2003:
New Attack of the Rhynocs Screen Shots at NeoSeeker - See some more of Agent 9, and Sgt. Byrd and meet a rabbit named O'Hare who just happens to be a magician.Friday July 1 2003:
Attack of the Rhynocs board added to VU Games Spyro boardsFriday June 27 2003:
New Spyro Advance Graphics - This happened back on March 27 but I just saw it today. The official release site for Spyro Advance, the Japanese version of Season of Ice, has been updated. The Strategy Guide has been completed with screen shots of most levels. Notice that the Winter Fairies look a little different. There are also some new wallpapers featuring Spyro and Sparx.Thursday June 26 2003:
Some Sales Figures - Here are some recent sales numbers for all the post Insomniac Spyros. Season of Ice - 675kSeason of Flame - 475k
Enter the Dragonfly (PS2)- 550k
Enter the Dragonfly (GCN)- 250k
Friday June 13 2003:
Spyro goes mobile: Who's SICK Idea is this anyway?! - France based mobile games service
provider (they make game for cell-phones), in-fusio, is making a Spyro the Dragon game for "girls". I have
nothing against games for girls but I bet most girls would be insulted by the suggestion that they
would enjoy a game where a male purple dragon helps female fairies get dressed. I don't see how
this could in anyway help the series since it has nothing to do with actual Spyro games. It can
only cause product confusion or turn gamers off all together.Source: Wireless Developer Network
Tuesday June 3 2003:
New Attack of the Rhynocs Screen Shots - Straight from UI!Tuesday May 27 2003:
Universal Interactive has screen shots!Attack of the Rhynocs Forum added at NeoSeeker
Saturday May 24 2003:
Box Art! - Yes it is the official box art because I found this at Universal InteractiveFriday May 23 2003:
NEW Attack of the Rhynocs video at IGN - The one they had before was not supposed to get out. They now have a much larger video with music.
Box Art? - I found this at EBGames by searching for Spyro, but they don't have a bigger version.
Friday May 16 2003:
Attack of the Rhynocs video at IGN - See Sgt.Byrd fly, Agent 9 looks like Bionic Commando, Spyro makes tornados and Sparx tells you about an item.GameCube/Game Boy Player combo - On June 23 Nintendo will begin to include the Game Boy Player with it's Game Cube System for the same price that the System now sells for alone, $149.99. the Game Boy Payer allow you to play Gameboy, Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance game on the Gamecube.
New PS2 Package - In june Sony will introduce a new PS2 that will include will include a
network adapter for online gaming and modified DVD playback hardware. It will retail for $199.99
Source: GameSpy
Will Universal sell? - Another rumor from gamespy: "Vivendi Universal will likely conclude sales of its games division this summer"
Tuesday May 13 2003:
E3 Begins Today! - The Electronic Entertainment Exposition Begins today and continues through Friday. E3 is the center of the Gaming Industry Calendar. Game companies reveal all their biggest news. Watch for new info on upcoming Spyro Games.PS2 Price Drop - Announced today at E3, Sony has dropped the price of the PS2 to $179.99.
Source: EBGames Newsletter
New Sony Portable - Sony is trying their hand at portables with the PSP. It seems to be
based on MiniDisc technology. I wonder if Spyro will make it to the PSP?
Source: IGN
Wednesday May 6 2003:
Attack of the Rhynocs Concept Art - While everyone has the first Screen shots of AOR I choose to show the concept art straight from Universal Interactive. Below is the world map. Check out my Attack of the Rhynocs page for more.
Saturday April 26 2003:
Season of Wind out, Attack of the Rhynocs IN! - The next GBA Spyro game has been officially announced and it will not be titled "Season of Wind". The new title is "Attack of the Rhynocs". The game will have RPG elements than previous. It seems that Ripto is back and so are the Rhynocs. Oh well, I guess I can't have everything my way. :-DSources:
IGN 12 screens
IGN newswire
GameSpot 27 Screens
Gamepro 12 Screens
GBNext 12 Screens
Universal Site Update - Universal Interactive has changed their site design. It looks more like the VUGames site and has a lot more info on the games.
Friday March 28 2003:
Season of Wind, #24 of Games to watch - Spyro 3: Season of wind is listed #24 on IGN's 25 GBA Games to Watch . The list is of games that are coming out in 2003 for Gameboy Advance. This game is still not listed in their games section.Wednesday March 19 2003:
Spyro Advance Site - The Japanese version of Season of Ice has it's own web site, in Japanese of course. But it's full of screen shots, new character art and even a TV commercial.Wednesday February 26 2003:
Today Gamespy Daily and IGN showed VU games' planned releases for 2003. It did not include any Spyro titles.Tuesday February 18 2003:
Season of Wind for GBA and GameCube? - Nintendo.com has 2 Season of Wind games listed, one for GBA and one for GameCube. Right now both pages are blank except for saying that the games are announced, but this is the most official news we have.Saturday February 8 2003:
Spyro Universe wins an award! - Lightning, creator of Spyro Towers, has given my site an award for it's "awesome & unique content".
Spyro Towers is home of the Spyro top sites list and it has quite a few interactive feature like quizzes and a forum.
Spyro 3: Season of Wind? - Is the next GBA game in the works? GameFAQs, GBA Central and EB Games seem to think so.
Thursday January 23 2003:
Microsoft Buys VU Games? - Another rumor about the sale of VU but it's that Microsoft has already bought them. Can this be true? Will we have to buy an XBox to play Spyro? Please say it isn't so!Source: GameSpyDaily
Wednesday January 15 2003:
Gampro review of PS2 Spyro - This review is much kinder than the GameCube Review, in fact it is quite positive. As always they have new screenshots.GBA-SP Follow up - It seems that only silver(Platinum) and blue(Cobalt) will be available in the US. If you absolutely must have black you can import it from Japan since GameBoys don't have territory lock-outs. I guess Nintendo figures what good is a portable game system if it can't go international.
The price of the GBA-SP will be $100. Personally I'm holding out for the price to go down to $70.
Wednesday January 8 2003:
New GBA-SP offers a lit screen - Nintendo has unveiled a new version of the GBA that features vertical orientation, flip-up screen, and light!. Front lit LCD to be exact, kinda like the Afterburner add-on. It also has a built in rechargable battery that gives you 10 hours of play with light.US Release: 3/23/2003
Colors: Silver, Blue, Black
Source: GameSpy
Gamepro review of Gamecube Spyro - Gamepro is known for it's short reviews and so they give ETD:GCN the usual short blurb with all the same complaints as everyone else, frame rate, glitches, same old game. I find it odd though that they even bothered to review it since Spyro is listed in their "Sponsored Links/Affiliates" section. Well there are some new screen shots!
