The third game of the Spyro series also feature levels in which the player controls Sparx in a bird's eye view shooting game. Byrd the flying penguin, Bentley the yeti, and Agent 9 the monkey. There they meet many new allies, which are also playable characters - Sheila the kangaroo, Sgt. Spyro, Sparx, and Hunter must follow her down a rabbit hole to the Forgotten Realms on the other side of the world. This event takes place every twelve years. The dragons are celebrating the coming of dragon eggs.

Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon ( 2000) is the last game developed by Insomniac Games before the series got a different developer. The game introduces some new movements which Spyro can do to advance in his quest, including swimming, climbing, and head-butting. In this episode of the series, the small dragon also meets a number of new allies, including the Professor, Hunter the cheetah, Elora the fawn, and Zoe the fairy, and must face Ripto and his henchmen, Crush and Gulp, two other dinosaurs who are not very smart. Spyro was looking forward to having some rest but instead is dragged into a new adventure. Spyro and Sparx accidentally stumble upon the realm of Avalar, where the antagonist, Ripto (a tiny, mean dinosaur with a magic staff), is taking over the once-peaceful lands. It was released on the Playstation in 1999. Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! is the sequel to Spyro the Dragon. The point of the game is to charge, fly, and flame your way through each world, defeating enemies, saving dragons, and eventually facing and taking down Gnasty. Spyro was out playing hooky and was spared from a crystal prison. At the beginning of the game the main antagonist, Gnasty Gnorc (a half gnome, half orc hybrid), seeks revenge against the dragons for banishing him and traps them in stone. It takes place in the Dragon Realms, an imaginary fantasy world, which is itself divided in six worlds: Artisans, Peace Keepers, Magic Crafters, Beast Makers, Dream Weavers, and Gnasty's World. It features Spyro, a small, purple dragon his dragonfly companion, Sparx and a multitude of fellow dragons.

Spyro the Dragon was released on the Playstation in 1998. The first three games got a remake called Spyro Reignited Trilogy (2018). The series was rebooted again in 2011 when Skylanders was released. The original Spyro series was restarted in 2006 with the release of the Legend of Spyro series. The Spyro series has sold more than 20 million units worldwide. The Spyro series has become very popular since the first release and several sequels and spin offs. The first title was released for Sony's PlayStation. Spyro the Dragon is a series of video games.

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