Spyro: Year of the Dragon

PlayStation, PSX Collector's Edition, PSX Games, PSX Greatest Hits, PSX Variant
PSX PlayStation Spyro: Year of the Dragon

Jewel Case Release

 

Genre:
Adventure		 CDs:
1
Publisher:
Sony		 Released:
October 10, 2000
Developer:
Insomniac Games		 UPC:
7 11719 44672 9
Sony ID:
SCUS-94467		 PSRM:
017980
Players:
1 Player		 Memory:
1 Block
Accessories:
Analog, Vibration
ESRB:
Everyone – Comic Mischief
Box Copy:

CELEBRATE THE “YEAR OF THE DRAGON” WITH AN EGG-CELLENT NEW ADVENTURE!

A new batch of dragon eggs has arrived and the Dragon World hums with festivities. But a disgruntled Sorceress has hatched her own plot to steal them all! Dragonkind could become egg-stinct! It’s Spyro and his friends to the rescue…
  • ALL NEW playable critters – Sheila the Kangaroo, Sgt. Bird, Bentley the Yeti and Agent 9. Even Sparx the Dragonfly struts his stuff. All with their own unique moves.
  • Huge, mystical worlds – Travel through vivid and dangerous realms. Search for eggs from deep lava craters and flooded mineshafts to a city in the clouds.
  • Challenging new gameplay – Pull off sick tricks on a skateboard, unleash a tank attack, pilot a flying saucer, ride a speedboat, step into the boxing ring, dive deep in a submarine or fire off rockets.
  • Scores of enemies and silly creatures – Battle flying beavers, gunslinger dinosaurs, unmannerly mummies, bug-eyed scorpions and micro-mastodons.

 

 

Variants

Bit of an interesting tale here. It appears that the original print run of Spyro: Year of the Dragon was without the lenticular. After the Day 1 / Pre-Order edition of Spyro: Year of the Dragon, it was reprinted with the Lenticular Insert.

This comes way of opening sealed copies and comparing the data revisions and ring codes. It’s possible some Day 1 copies did indeed have the insert, but for now the actual disc data speaks the loudest.

PSX PlayStation Spyro: Year of the Dragon Lenticular Cover

Day 1 Release with Lenticular Insert Sheet

Sony sold enough copies for Spyro to make it into the Greatest Hits Program. No change to PSRM or SLUS.

PSX PlayStation Spyro: Year of the Dragon Greatest Hits Release

Greatest Hits Release

It was also obviously included in the Spyro Collector’s Edition set, which included the entire Trilogy in one set.

PSX PlayStation Spyro: Year of the Dragon Collector's Edition

Collector’s Edition – Part of a 3 Pack DCUS-94467CE / PSRM-017982

 

 

Misprints

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Trivia

  • Spyro: Year of the Dragon included a hilarious Anti-Piracy feature that decided to have fun with the players. Rather than lock the game, players were allowed to play with some crazy effects. One of which included the game wiping all of your Save Data. IGN had an article discussing all the hi-jinx.
  • After years of being his own star, Activision would bring Spyro back as a sort of cameo-style spokes-mascot for the Skylanders series of games.

 

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