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Spyro 2 Ripto’s Rage, as the name implies, was the second entry in the popular Insomniac developed series. Sony was onto something with Spyro and they were not going to let the character be a single entry on their console. The Spyro franchise was also a console exclusive so Sony had that going for them […]
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Spyro 2 Ripto’s Rage Continues Dragon Romp on PlayStation – November 2nd, 1999 – Today in Video Game History
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Spyro Year of the Dragon Sees Insomniac Say Goodbye on PlayStation – October 24th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
October 25th, 2020 Carl Williams Spyro Year of the Dragon on the Sony PlayStation was the end of a fantastic trilogy. One that many gamers would argue that should have staid a trilogy. What Insomniac did on the PS One is simply astounding. Each entry was better than the previous and set a new high watermark for the competition. A […]
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Spyro Reignited Trilogy PlayStation Xbox Bound
April 6th, 2018 Carl Williams Spyro is the one franchise that a lot of fans were calling for when the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy was announced. Well, for all those fans that wanted it, come September this year, you will get your wish. If you own a PlayStation 4 or Microsoft Xbox One console (Nintendo Switch fans, sorry). Spyro […]
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Spyro the Dragon Remade in Unreal Engine 4, Download Now Available
December 26th, 2017 Carl Williams Ah, Spyro the Dragon was one of those games that got me interested in the PlayStation console. This whole 3D action adventure thing was still fairly new to me and I was liking it for the most part. Spyro was like playing a cartoon with lavish colored worlds to run around and enemies to dispatch […]
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Spyro Flaps Wings onto Playstation – September 10th, 1998 – Today in Video Game History
September 10th, 2016 Carl Williams When the Sony PlayStation blew onto the gaming scene it represented a COMPLETELY new era for both games but also the fans that enjoy playing them. Insomniac was fresh of the release of Disruptor- a first person shooter that was not exactly “more of the same” in that genre. The same can be said of […]
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Target Tuesday: Spyro the Dragon
May 12th, 2015 Michael Crisman Neither Retro Gaming Magazine nor any member of our staff is associated with the Target chain of retail outlets. Michael just thinks this particular series of ads from the 90’s featuring “Respected coach and video gameologist Tom ‘The Thumb’ Blake” which ran in GamePro magazine was amusing. Thus we’re going to feature one every Tuesday […]
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Disruptor Disrupts Sony PlayStation – November 30th, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
November 29th, 2020 Carl Williams Disruptor may not seem like a catalyst release on Sony PlayStation today. The place in history this game holds is due to the developer, not the game itself. This is the first game that Insomniac Games developed. Maybe you recognize them for their work on Spyro the Dragon on PlayStation. Maybe you are more familiar […]
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Tomb Raider The Last Revelation Goes Multiplatform – November 22nd, 1999 – Today in Video Game History
November 21st, 2020 Carl Williams Tomb Raider The Last Revelation is the first entry in the franchise to go multiplatform since the original. Much like the first Tomb Raider game, the other platform was a Sega one – the Sega Dreamcast in this case. Sony, smartly, locked up this franchise as a PlayStation console exclusive after the first game was […]
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Sony Introduces PS One Effectively Outsells Own PlayStation 2 – September 19th, 2000 – Today in Video Game History
September 19th, 2020 Carl Williams When the Sony PlayStation was launched it was an anomaly. Gamers were not quite sure what to expect from this newcomer. Sony had plenty of experience in gaming prior though. They worked with both Sega and Nintendo during the 16-bit era for instance. The first Sony console would go on to devastate the old school […]
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Could Star Wars Dark Forces Remake Be Coming?
January 20th, 2019 Carl Williams Remakes, reboots, and general updates to games from yesteryear happen at a decent clip. We saw the remaster of the Crash Bandicoot games, Spyro the Dragon franchise, and even Turok which hit fame on the Nintendo 64. We might see a remake of Star Wars Dark Forces sooner than later if things move forward like […]
