Preston Condra Ranks All 84 Spyro 1-3 Levels - 2013 Remake

Preston Condra Ranks All 84 Spyro 1, 2 & 3 Levels [2013 Remake] was a project that was done by PrestonStarry on Board 8 or known as Preston Ward Condra in real life.

This project was a project where Preston Condra ranked all 84 Spyro levels that are included in

Spyro The Dragon

Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage

Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon

You know. The only good Spyro games that were created by Isnomniac. R.I.P. Spyro The Dragon 1998-2000.

This project is a 2013 remake done by Preston Condra that was done back in 2009, four years ago where the rankings admittedly were very wordy and not as good or as definitive as they are now. Preston Condra has grown older, has matured and has improved his write-ups for writing and typing, something like this down significantly.

Somes changes are made in the 2013 rankings from the 2009 rankings.

Unlike the 2009 Rankings? No Speedways are included in these rankings as they are really not levels and are basically an extra to the game then an actual level, if anything else. So they won't be included.

Back in the 2009 rankings? Skelos Badlands was the #1 Spyro level according to Preston Condra.

In the 2013 rankings? That honor would have to go to Metropolis from Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage.

Enjoy the rankings now everyone.

The project ran from '''October 13, 2013 to November 20, 2013. '''The rankings lasted a little over a month to be completed.

Enjoy reading it now everyone! :)

84. Dragon Shores
2009 Rank: 95/101 From: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdIjUYxLOpk 0/10

No level in ANY video game could possibly be more of a let down then Dragon Shores.

Let me continue. Dragon Shores was for all intents and purposes meant to be the vacation spot Spyro and Sparx had planned on going to before getting himself involved in the hullabaloo with the Professor teleporting him to Glimmer to fend off Ripto.

If this was meant to be the getaway Spyro had mentioned in the prologue of the game and the perfect paradise THAT WAS SOMEWHERE WARM & SOMEWHERE SUNNY then I don't know what in zen hell is wrong with that dragon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjN_RWeTD8w

As soon as Ripto is defeated, Spyro is finally allowed to visit Dragon Shores.

BUT you are denied entry at first until you collect 55 orbs. So basically go complete the game 100% before you can enter Dragon Shores.

When you are FINALLY allowed access to the park? It's filled with nothing but kiddie rides with bland gameplay mechanics that a 6 year old could probably come up with a better imagination for.

The movie theater was basically useless as you could access, the cut-scenes from the game in the Guidebook after you finished the game.

The other rides in Dragon Shores like The Tunnel Of Love was anything but nifty and just Insomniac displaying nothing but showing lazy development here in this late stage of the game.

Where can I even FIND a Tunnel Of Love in public?

This is a far better improvement from my write-ups from my 2009 project huh?

And the worst offense?

I collect ALL of the gems and ALL of the Orbs in this game and I'm left awarded nothing but infinite super fire breath?

Wow. That's low. Real low Insomniac.

What was I going to use the infinite fire breath for? The Skill Points? Oh like anybody really cares about those.

I'm honestly really surprised that Sly Cooper and Metal Gear Solid and such got the HD treatment but the Original Spyro Trilogy never been worked upon since 2000.

No wonder Spyro hasn't a good game come out in 13 years.

Oh my god. This write-up is too long.

So rather than having an epic showdown or sorts I get FREAKIN' INFINITE FIRE BREATH as the prize for finishing Spyro 2.

How novel. Thanks Insomniac.

Gets last place as deserved. Let's pronto. Get this trash and poor excuse of an extra out of my sight. I never wish to speak of it again.

83. Gnorc Gnexus
2009 Rank: 100/101  From: Spyro The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M-KqDGwb08 0/10

Gnorc Gnexus will go down as one of the most lifeless levels ever made in a video game.

It's so barren and torpid beyond words.

Which is incredibly disappointing for the Gnorc World in Spyro 1.

It's quite pocket-sized. Gnorc Gnexus is basically just a floating circle with four portals engraved into it. The three portals that are shaped out of a dragon do little to transpire with what is a somnolent level.

There's nothing prospecting here.

It's funny because almost all of the treasure in this level is found in the Dragon heads.

Have fun killing the mice fodder in this "level" because that's about as much fun as get you can get here.

Not to mention? The music in this level is recycled from Toasty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ArvVL-LAyc

Yeah. It's good to be negative about some REALLY bad levels in the Spyro series huh?

I would love to see this get a MASSIVE overhaul in a Spyro 1-3 HD remake. But I doubt we'll see such a thing anytime soon. I give it 2017 at the earliest.

So yeah.

'''LAME. LAME. LAME. LAME. LAME.'''

Next write-up please.

82. Midday Gardens Home
2009 Rank: 89/101 From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZtJESF4750   0/10

You know? With this write-up? I'm beginning to wonder why I bothered to leave the "Homeworld" levels intact in these rankings and just took them out like I did with the Speedways.

Nothing I can do about it now.

For a home stage level? Midday Gardens is very desolate and very boring. And just an overall boring level all things considered.

There's just not much to make your stay here. At all.

Well unless you like to KILL THE BUNNIES with the Superflame power-up in this level but there is something seriously wrong with you if you wish to relish yourself to do that.

The sheep sure. But not THE BUNNIES.

...And that's all she wrote here for this write-up.

I mean at the very least Evening Lake had that swimming glitch to entice the player to enjoy the level.

Midday Gardens is just boring, plain and simple.

81. Icy Peak
2009 Rank: 54/101 From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=367gPvCYR3A 0/10

Oh god. I hated Icy Peak.

I hated Icy Peak for the reason being for how convoluted of a level it was and with how everything in the level from the Egg challenges being so frustrating and to the enemies being so unforgiving.

Half of the level consists of Spyro walking on ice. Trust me. You'll get tried of it real quickly.

The worst part of the whole level were the suicidal squirrels on TNT boxes. They first laugh menacing at you and then they immediately thrust themselves into you trying to kill you. I frickin' hate those squirrels.

It gets worse from there. I hate how the platforming sections are blocked off and you have to use a cannon to blast your way through the bridle.

The cannon requires precision and it seems to have a mind of it's own, if it wants to hit or miss the target you are trying to hit.

And it only gets worse from there.

How could I forget that horrible Nancy The Skater mini-game? UGH THOSE HOCKEY PLAYERS UGH.

It took me forever when I was a kid (like at a 8 or so) to find those gems in that crack you had to headbash in that one room.

So much backtracking in this level. It's ridiculous.

I usually love Ice levels but this one is just so bemusing.

I hate frickin' hate it. Next.

80. Haunted Tomb
2009 Rank: 101/101 From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAgqphFTZVo 0/10

Back in my 2009 rankings? I had Haunted Tomb DEAD LAST in the rankings.

As you can see not much has changed. Haunted Tomb has only done marginally better to get out of last place to here.

I still despise Haunted Tomb for how mind-driven it can be on the player. I'm serious. Let me explain.

I hated those dogs I had to answer a riddle to.

They serve zero purpose in the level other than to distract and down put the player.

The enemies are also just as obnoxious and annoying.

Why am I able to only destroy the Earthshappers with the rocks they throw at me? It makes you wonder WHY they throw the rocks at me in the first place if they are VULNERABLE to them.

I mean at least in Fracture Hills I could charge them and shove them away from me momentarily. Not so here in Haunted Tomb.

'''I also can't stand the Egyptian setting of this level. The whole setting just looks jejune to me.'''

And that's all I have to state here. Now I know why I don't care to replay Spyro 3 that much. Haunted Tomb is a nightmare to get done.

79. Agent 9's Lab
2009 Rank: 55/101 From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OrMSrU87rg 1/10

I'm just plowing right on through these Spyro 3 levels. And Agent 9's Lab is a prime example to why my 2009 rankings shouldn't be taken seriously anymore.

Agent 9 is a piece of crap to control. There's a reason as to why Sgt. Byrd would be the only other playable character from Spyro 3 to make a return appearance in a Spyro game in A Hero's Tail but that game is even a bigger piece of crap than Agent 9 himself.

Vivendi Universal Games even out of their league to screw up the gem system in A Hero's Tail.

Get this. The Yellow gems used to be worth 10 but now they are more elusive than The Purple gems and are now worth 100.

Do yourself a favor and never play a Spyro game beyond the original trilogy. Spyro games should have portals where you enter a level. Enter The Dragonfly and A Hero's Tail? NEITHER include portals.

Anyways. I'll keep the rest of this write-up transient.

Agent 9 is terrible to control and I hated the one section where I had to throw bombs with the Square button and it was hard to judge trajectory to blow up the Rhynocs and treasure that was necessary to complete the level.

Another tidbit of knowledge is besides that one section? You can basically just spam the Circle button and make headway through the level with no problem.

'''CIRCLE. CIRCLE. CIRCLE. CIRCLE. CIRCLE. CIRCLE. CIRCLE.'''

I found Agent 9 as a character to be incompetent and WHY does Agent 9 move SO SLOW?

He skips around like a pansy.

This level is perpetual to get done and so is like 90% of all of the Spyro 3 levels and now I know why I don't care about playing the game as much as I used to now.

Enough whining. Next level please.

78. Bentley's Outpost
2009 Rank: 60/101  From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw7nKBYSdZ0 1/10

Ugh. Bentley was just as terrible of a character as Agent 9 was. Sheila and Sgt. Byrd were definitely head and shoulders above the other two characters. In terms of fun to control in Spyro 3.

The one thing that bugged me about Bentley and Agent 9 is how downgraded they are as characters compared to Spyro.

Bentley controls like a tank and has NO jump mechanic whatsoever.

And I haven't even mentioned his infuriating Boxing controls. >_>

I'll talk about the abysmal Boxing controls for some other write-up.

As for this level? You have to help out Bentley's brother Bartholomew and make headway clearing obstacles like reflecting snowballs at seals. Wonderful.

lol not really wonderful lol

Bentley and Bartholomew look NOTHING like brothers.

Anyways. I hate Bentley's Outpost for how everything is concentrated in tight spaces and how you have to forestall yourself with something constantly getting in your way

And what's up with this annoying stomping sound you hear EVERY TIME Bentley takes a step?

On a closing note?

'''</3 Bentley </3 </3 Gongs </3 </3 THIS LEVEL </3'''

Note to the developers. Spyro should be the ONLY actual character I should play as in a Spyro game. Muchas Gracias.

77. Terrace Village
2009 Rank: 97/101 From: Spyro The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGJ5ck-vm6U 1/10

This might just be the most boring level to talk about in this project. No scratch that. THE most boring level of the whole Spyro trilogy.

I'll go off topic for once. Do you guys remember RedDevilDazzy?

I've seen that guy make YouTube videos since I was in Middle School and he still does coverage of Spyro gameplay to this day. Poor guy. His videos sadly have gone unnoticed.

At least the guy is loyal to Spyro fans and has some sense of sustainability unlike a crappy Becky G song that has 4,000,000 views in counting that will be long forgotten 5 years from now.

Anyways.

'''No seriously. Terrace Village is frickin' boring.'''

There's not much to do here in this level. The platforming sections are boring. There's only 2 Dragons to rescue. The music is virtually non-existent and the whole swamp setting is crude and abhorrent.

Next.

76. Misty Bog
2009 Rank: 37/101 From: Spyro The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcI8FajbCZM 1/10

And following right behind Terrace Village is it's fellow brethren Misty Bog.

This level is awful for a number of reasons and how this ranked towards in the Top 30 back in 2009 is beyond me.

Misty Bog is a level swarming with an infestation of tadpoles and hogs. Disgusting.

They love to hide behind one another and catch you off guard and if you are not careful? They'll collide right into you, team up and instantly kill you with the 1-2-3 just like that.

While that may sound like fun for them? It won't be you.

'''If you are the impatient type? You're seriously going to hate this level.'''

Nothing awe-inspiring here and this is one of the LONGEST levels to complete back in Spyro 1. >_<

The only notable thing about this level was the last Dragon you rescued in this level. His name is Bubba like Bubba Ray Dudley and it's like Insomniac took the time with watching ECW back in 1998.

http://youtu.be/Z_-Qh08F88o?t=6m18s

'''SMASH THEM SPYRO. STAMP THEM OUT AND SQUISH THEM AND SQUASH THEM. MUHHHAWWWW!'''

Well that and the music that plays in Misty Bog is the song you hear in the credits of the game.

Which is cool. I like the music. Steven Copeland is a god.

Yeah I know that's stretching it. Next.

75. Desert Ruins
2009 Rank: 67/101  From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4YQC18movI 1.5/10

Fun fact. The first videos that come up if you type in Desert Ruins on YouTube are levels named Desert Ruins from Sonic: Lost World and not from Spyro 3. Okay then.

Anyways. I abhor Desert Ruins for the following reasons. Scorpions creep me out. You think Insomniac would come up with something a little more pleasant in the enemies you have to kill in this level.

Also? If you are the impatient type like me? Get ready to deal with frustrating and precise platforming sections in Desert Ruins.

The level is also overflowing with green acid.

This isn't the kind of green acid that's trippy. It's the kind that is rotten, molten and ready to kill you.

There is a lame reference made to Tomb Raider in this level where you rescue Tara Croft but who cares?

The whole level is just a mess in and of itself. And so much of the place is crawling with deadly Scorpions for me to not have much friendly and eulogizing things to say for Desert Ruins.

74. Robotica Farms
2009 Rank: 92/101 From: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwzCuV3IL_I 2/10

Yes I know there are some people out there that like this level. But after all of these years? I still don't like Robotica Farms.

I particularly hate the country/farm setting of this level.

If I could be racist against myself? I'm the only Caucasian that isn't a redneck in my Speech class. It gets to bother you especially if that Speech class is the only class you are taking in the semester.

One hick comes to class with an unbuttoned T-Shirt and a beer belly every day. >_<

Anyways.

Robotica Farms is crawling with wasps and water that can electrify you.

There's also one part in Robotica Farms where you have to help out Farmer Applebee and protect his scarecrows. Who even likes scarecrows?

The seesaw mechanic tries it's best to mix things up in the level for some fun platforming but the whole level is ruined by a appalling atheistic and the last thing I want to do is help out trailer park trash with a wasp quandary.

There's nothing fun about Robotica Farms IMO. Next.

73. Sunrise Spring Home
2009 Rank: 84/101 From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ohoje0VOLI 2/10

Yeah. Nostalgia can only take you so far.

There's really not much to say about Sunrise Spring Home other than the fact it's the first level you set foot on while you boot up Spyro 3.

This is a good level for those that are new to series and while it's nice that the swimming and headbash abilities instantly carry over here from Spyro 2? But that's really it to go by.

Nothing is particularly wrong with Sunrise Spring Home and while everything is solidified and well-done? I think you get my point. It's just a home world level. What do you expect?

On a closing note? I will always remember the first Dragon Egg I rescue in this game.

It's Isabelle and I don't know how I'm able to remember that from now and have for the past 13 years.

I think it's perpetual for all of you to know that Homeworld levels are not as good as the actual levels. Mark my words for it.

72. Evening Lake Home
2009 Rank: 87/101  From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq1tIuzN_3w 2/10

Take EVERYTHING I said about my previous write-up and just scramble up the letters Sunrise Spring Home to spell Evening Lake Home.

Well that was easy wasn't it?

No really. The only reason why Evening Lake is ranked higher than Sunrise Spring is because of that swimming glitch which is gaiety to pull off. I recommend you try performing it at least once.

Just be careful. If you try to pull off the swimming glitch? You have to turn your PS2 off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2cqpBuxUVM

'''The start button doesn't work once this glitch is activated. 0_0'''

Well that and there's a super duper cute WHALE in this level. It's just too bad you can enter it's stomach only once and you are never allowed entry back in it after you get the Egg from the whale's stomach.

What else can I say?

lol Homeworld levels lol

71. Bamboo Terrace
2009 Rank: 69/101  From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zozpileb-2M 2.5/10

Bamboo Terrace honestly is pretty boring.

The pandas might be cute to some of you? But I found the pandas to be more annoying than irresistible.

I particularly dislike Sing Sing for being a frickin' numbskull for shutting down the bridge while Rhynocs were invading their territory. >_<

The Chinese/Korean/Asian whatever setting of this level is trite and I didn't find anything cultivating about Terrace Village.

That is all. Boring level. Next.

70. Charmed Ridge
      2009 Rank: 72/101 From:                  Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KudjXZFpS0 2.5/10

Oh god Charmed Ridge. I REALLY hated this level while I was younger and still do while not as excessively as I do now.

The deal breaker for me was that stupid Jack In The Beanstalk mini-game.

Why couldn't I just stack two mushrooms on top of one another?

The blue water also instantly kills you in this level unlike any other level with water in Spyro 3 which is stupid.

The fairies were also peeving drama queens.

'''SPYRO. STOP PRINCESS AMI FROM MARRYING AZRAEL.'''

Like I should care? The fairy tale setting of Charmed Ridge is also probably a problem I have with it.

Charmed Ridge is arguably the most girliest level in all of the Spyro games.

From having to pay Moneybags once again and other hindrances getting in the way with the cat wizards able to manipulate objects like rocks and try to hurl them at you. This level is just a mess from top to bottom.

69. Blowhard
2009 Rank: 88/101  From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFZKviYwyQA 3/10

The first "boss" level in the trilogy goes down and probably the most inane of the bunch.

Blowhard is an extremely small level.

400 gems may seem like a lot to collect in theory but it's not.

VERY LAME that 90% of all of the gems you collect in this level are mostly Blue/Yellow gems but NO Purple gem was ever found. :(

The shifting platforms are hardly arduous and Blowhard himself is just creepy and a pushover to kill.

What is he? A pumpkin tornado? 0_0

Three shots from your fire breath and he's history.

Honestly? The ONLY boss I can remember back when I was playing Spyro The Dragon when I was 6 years old and Blowhard was the ONLY boss I didn't lose a life to the first time I faced him.

Nothing exceptional here. Although I do like the music.

Steven Copeland could never do so wrong.

68. Crush's Dungeon
    2009 Rank: 78/101 From: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljLFylw6gmE 3/10

Let's talk about that hilarious cutscene before you fight Crush.

22475. That's my birthday.

<3 Hunter The Cheetah <3

Anyways. '''What can I say about Crush's Dungeon? '''It's very basic for a boss fight.

It only takes 7 hits to take down Crush and has only two means of armaments.

It's easy to spot by color. Get the hell out of the way when it's Red and simply just jump when it's Blue.

Nothing is extensive about this fight beyond that.

The fight with Gulp was definitely more in depth and more fun than the one with Crush.

Crush must of suffered from some serious brain hemorrhaging before he was CRUSHED to death by those rocks. Poor guy.

So yeah. Not the grandest level ever.

If there's one thing nice I can say? At least Crush is cute and more charismatic than Blowhard.

  67. Shady Oasis
2009 Rank: 70/101 From: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9U-jO6Dags 3/10

I'm sorry. While the Aladdin setting might be cool to some of you? I find Shady Oasis to be a very grotesque and boring level.

'''I can't stand the Hippos. Hippos are disgusting vermins.

Hippos have ugly jawlines. Give those Hippos some retainers ASAP. Thank you.'''

Hippos also weigh like 1,500 pounds and bathe themselves in some of the dirtiest water possible.

Oh yes the level. Sorry about that.

'''Rescuing the magic lamps? Yawn. Saving the hippo family from the acid? Yawn.'''

Next level please.

66. Buzz's Dungeon
      2009 Rank: 71/101  From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXl1x8nrnc4 3.5/10

There isn't much pivotal about this fight. It's incredibly easy. Just like Crush's Dungeon.

Leave it to Insomniac to recycle the name Dungeon for a boss encounter.

Anyways. Charge yourself into Buzz until he falls into the lava.

Repeat this process five times and you are victorious.

Not exactly a deep boss fight. You and Buzz fight on a small circular battlefield. Woo hoo.

I'm left pondering the fact that the hot air balloon isn't flying off in the distance even though there's NO ribbons attaching it to something. 0_0

Very easy fight.

I probably should of altered the rankings a bit and have Crush's Dungeon be higher than Buzz's Dungeon.

But I like the music in Buzz's Dungeon more. More intimidating and overall just better in my opinion. SO MEH.

65. Cloud Temples
2009 Rank: 66/101  From:          Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM7Dbgxyjek 3.5/10

I really don't know what to say about Cloud Temples. Other than honestly? It's a pretty boring level.

The warlocks (the enemies in this level) are these creepy red looking clown guys. I can't help but detest them and I can't shake the feeling they look like evil Hamburger Helper mittens.

Hamburger Helper is so bad for you. Curse you MSG.

Anyways. This is another level that has a Chinese/Asian setting and I don't generally care about this kind of setting in video games.

There's some cool bonsai trees that grow in the foreground of this level but that's the only good thing aesthetically I like about Cloud Temples.

The orb challenges were also pretty much a bore.

The hide and seek mini-game with Agent Zero aggravated me to no end.

And that's all I have to say about Cloud Temples. Boring level all things considered.

Next time developers? Try something more aesthetically unique like a spa resort for a level or something.

'''Defeat the evil sunscreen! They're alive!'''

64. Sgt. Byrd's Base
2009 Rank: 22/101  From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6eJno0gGG4 3.5/10

The levels are getting a little harder for me to rank. I think all of the trash has been covered already. Thank god.

That said? I LIKE Sgt. Byrd as a character. I DON'T like this level.

It's like you don't have to like a particular artist to like a song.

Anyways. What I don't like about Sgt. Byrd's Base is how much of a claustrophobic mess it is.

Hallways are narrow with not much room to fire at and when you are in bigger parts of the level?

The place is blooming with those Rhynocs that are able throw flower pots at you long range. I hate those guys.

I particularly dislike the fact that I'm only able to release bombs by my feet and the lack of ammo supply for the bombs is down right cheap.

On the plus side? Certain sections in Spyro 3 with Sgt. Byrd ARE fun to play in. Just not when you play as him in this level as it's a test of eternal fortitude.

I guess the Hummingbirds were okay. Meh.

63. Doctor Shemp
    2009 Rank: 75/101  From: Spyro The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKZv1CfE1FE 3.5/10

Not that many "boss fights" in a video game are as lifeless as Doctor Shemp was in Spyro 1.

I don't know. Something about this guy (and the level as a whole) bugs me.

'''Suicidal Indians? Check. Irritating music? Check. Boring boss confrontation? Check.'''

It takes just 3 hits to kill this giant hybrid of a Banana/Indian or whatever Doctor Shemp is and he's toast.

Just press the X button 3 times and avoid his staff and flame his behind. Done. You won. Not much of a cardio workout.

The only notable thing about Doctor Shemp is flaming his anus. By George that's awesome. Can't say the same for this level.

On to the next level now. Let's forsake this creepy place.

  62. Dry Canyon
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 81/101 From:   <span id="cke_bm_45E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_45S" style="display: none;">   Spyro The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4-TLWoBFak 3.5/10

Straight up. Dry Canyon is a pretty boring level.

What holds this level back for me is how desert settings are some of the most nugatory levels in video games.

Does anybody like deserts? Deserts are so arid. So hazy. And so devoid of life. Deserts are boring.

Not to mention? Deserts would be the last place I would go to in the events of an apocalypse.

OH LOOK CACTUS CAN GROW IN DESERTS. Cactus is overrated.

Oh yes the level.

Well. Dry Canyon I just did not care for as a level when I was younger and I still don't now.

Vultures? Meh.

Dry Canyon really is not that great of the level.

The saving grace for Dry Canyon is that at least it had some decent gliding mechanics.

Maximos was one of the last dragons I had to get to complete 100% in Spyro 1. Him and Jed were a pain in the rear.

What level was Jed in? Look it up yourself! :P

61. Spike's Arena
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 52/101 From:   <span id="cke_bm_45E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_45S" style="display: none;">   Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy67clwh3KI 3.5/10

THIS BOSS.

I'll keep this one short.

I somewhat dislike Spike's Arena for the fact that it's frustrating to judge the angles of where Spike is firing his gun at you.

Do I jump or not jump?

Spike is incessant and you are given hardly any time to catch your breath after he fires his gun at you and immediately fires at you again.

What a jerk. I can't be the only one that just doesn't like this skirmish with Spike. Next.

The music is pretty tight for whatever that's worth.

60. Cloud Spires
<span id="cke_bm_44E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_44S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 62/101 From:   <span id="cke_bm_46E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_46S" style="display: none;">   Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJq4q1MWdrs 4/10

This is a semi-depressing level.

I don't really like Cloud Spires for the fact that while the level may appear large, everything is bunched up in small areas. And that there really is no strategy needed to complete the level.

Spam the Square Button to charge the Rhynocs with shields which is what 75% of this level consists of and you're in the clear.

There's nothing extra gradient about Cloud Spires.

Also? The citizens of Cloud Spires annoyed me greatly.

I WILL NEVER A SEE A RAINBOW AGAIN.

Quit your bellyaching. >_>

I love rainbows but I certainly don't love this level.

The sun seed mini-game is easy as counting 1-2-3.

Next.

59. Scorch
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    2009 Rank: 39/101 From:   <span id="cke_bm_45E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_45S" style="display: none;">   Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS0yyq2-3dI 4/10

Now this was one level I overrated quite a bit back in 2009. I don't necessarily hate Scorch. I just find it to be a little bland and boring level.

Honestly? I only care about this level because of Handel and Greta.

Greta: Have you seen my bwother Handel? He's ugly and wears a stupid shirt...''' Handel:''' Have you seen my sister Greta? She's ugly with pigtails...

Swoliders. Cwaught. Lwooking.

So cute.

As for Scorch itself? Again I'm not a fan of desert backdrops in video games.

The monkey mini-game is stupendously easy. Just keep charging the tree until the monkey falls back down and Hunter catches them in the barrel.

Recovering the 3 flags from the Devil? Yeah that was more frustrating than fun.

I'm surprised this level was acceptable for a Rated E game back in 1999. Some of the enemies in the level have FRICKIN' SHOTGUNS they can use against Spyro.

That wouldn't be acceptable nowadays. :O

Anyways. '''A bit of a boring level. '''Could of used better variety. There just isn't much appealing for Desert levels in video games and Scorch is another one of those of why they just aren't.

<span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  58. Alpine Ridge
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 65/101 From: Spyro The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIVD8rQtKug 4.5/10

Alpine Ridge is one of those levels that is boring but not boring enough to at least be remarkable in some ways.

Even if there's some demerits to Alpine Ridge.

I'm not exactly sure what kind of setting Alpine Ridge is? A mountain range level? Not exactly the most appealing level ever.

On the bright side of things? Alpine Ridge is fun with including some death-defying and well thought out level design.

I particularly like the section where you collect a ton of Yellow gems on small, pint-sized platforms.

Those over-sized yellow mammoths in the level were also beyond creepy and probably the first enemy any Spyro fan that also has an obsession with FURRRIES would draw.

They also growl a lot which is kind of annoying.

This level was okay. I think at this point? Every level is a 5/10 in my book.

57. Toasty
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 64/101 From: Spyro The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBmCqcNmZ_o 4.5/10

Holy crap Batman this level is so short and so small.

No seriously it is. Looking back at it now? Toasty is a cake walk to complete.

What's so peculiar of this level is that even though it's SUPPOSED to the BOSS level of the Artisans world? It's smaller than Stone Hill and Town Square.

There's only 100 gems to collect and if you're not frightened of the Dogs you'll have no problem with completing this level.

"I think I smell a barbeque."

Carlos Alazraqui did a wonderful voice of Spyro. Even if he wasn't up to snuff with Tom Kenny.

So yeah. This level is okay.

Leave it to Toasty to be just a sheep on stilts. Wow. XD

56. Colossus
2009 Rank: 56/101  From: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VHax-USPoE 5/10

Colossus is another one of those levels where it was just simply okay.

Umm....hmmm...

You know there really isn't much to talk about Colossus other than the fact that it introduced elements of Hockey in Spyro 2.

The hockey mini-games were so much fun.

Pretty weird that you had to make progress in the level with talking to the yoga instructors but whatever.

But yeah. This level okay. Next.

Wow @ Colossus NOT changing from my 2009 Rankings.

I'm not paying ANY attention to my 2009 Rankings I may add.

55. Zephyr
2009 Rank: 28/101 From: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrqtR5mWq3o 5/10<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">  

Dear God. Zephyr is perhaps the most gigantic level in the entire Spyro trilogy.

Zephyr was another level that was just simply okay.

Zephyr does have some issues. '''In particularly with pacing. Zephyr takes an eternity to complete.'''

And some of the orb challenges do get to be really annoying. '''Like that Cowlek mini-game. '''You have to cover so much ground to get the Cowleks back to Little Bo Peep. That dragged the pace of Zephyr down significantly.

Speaking of which? Why were there such childish references in Zephyr like Little Bo Beep and Romeo & Juliet?

Juliet is voiced by a man. 0_0

Juliet is a tramp because SHE'S A BIRD and she slams down Romeo on the idea of the both of them getting married because Romeo is so short.

What nerve does that tramp have?

...Why am I talking about this?

You guys probably read more on the internet than you did when you read bedtime stories back in 1st Grade.

...Where was I again?

Oh yeah. Zephyr was an OKAY level.

Just that Insomniac heaved too much for the player to collect in Zephyr and it did get to be exasperating really fast.

<span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  54. Beast Makers
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 59/101 From: Spyro The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40-SHw8NYr4 5/10

Definitely my least homeworld from Spyro 1.

I hated Beast Makers because after all who apprises swamp levels? Swamps are disgusting.

Not to mention? I wanted to leave this homeworld pronto. As soon as possible and you couldn't because the Balloonist was such a tool that heeded your progress.

You could only go to Dream Weavers after you had rescued 50 Dragons. Even after you had finished ALL of them in the other levels of Beast Makers? The maximum amount of dragons you could get was 57.

That was a pain in the kisser and you guys have no idea HOW MANY TIMES I had to restart a new file of Spyro The Dragon because I ran out of lives or because it was just so hard to collect 50 something Dragons before you could go to Dream Weavers.

Took me two years for having the game to FINALLY bypass this. Remember I was only 5 when I started playing this game.

But yeah. That's really all I have to say here about Beast Makers.

At least I didn't have to worry about that much danger here as I did in Tree Tops or Misty Bog. Whatever that's worth.

Let's scootaloo on now.

53. Peace Keepers
2009 Rank: 47/101  From: Spyro The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4hyVBTnV2U 5.5/10

Another Homeworld bites the dust. And another one gone. And another one gone.

<3 Queen <3

Sorry. I just had to do that. I like Queen. Do you guys like Queen?

Anyways. This level was okay.

There isn't much confounding of Peace Keepers. It's a level that feels like your sitting through an endless warzone. There's not much to it but that.

There was a couple of cannons that you could light up for fun and blow small things in a small radius that you may find entertaining.

But it isn't once you clear everything in this level for the first time.

Spyro 1 had some excellent levels. Just a shame that if you replay and go through levels you already completed? '''Everything looks so barren. 'Granted it was like this in Ripto's Rage and Year Of The Dragon but I don't remember them being this '' empty like the levels were in Spyro 1.

Enough of my blabbering. This level was okay.

I'm honestly not a fan of Military environs like this.

And did I mention that ugly purple tar you can drown in this level? What a way to go decompose Spyro.

Peace Keepers is okay. Next.

52. Stone Hill
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 68/101 From: Spyro The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2avPrsztyc 6/10

Decent tier time! Yay!

More than likely? Stone Hill will be the first level you'll play in Spyro The Dragon. People can get a serious nostalgic orgasm just by looking at gameplay footage of this level.

What's to say about Stone Hill? It's the prerequisite level of the game. Stone Hill is a fairly large evergreen level filled with bulls and creepy geezers that like to wick canes at you.

The setting of Stone Hill is honestly kind of boring but there's enough variety in Stone Hill to get some enjoyment out of it.

'''There's a treasure chest to unlock. Whirlwinds. An egg thief to chase down.''' All that different kinds of that mojo.

It surely may not sound that amazing but it definitely was back in 1998.

All that combines to make Stone Hill a decent level. If anything else, it's probably the most recognizable Spyro level in the original trilogy because it was the first level likely anyone would play.

Good times I had with Spyro. Good times.

51. Sunny Villa
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    2009 Rank: 44/101 From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioxF1Pbt52Y 6/10

Stone Hill is to Spyro 1 as Sunny Villa is to Spyro 3.

It's a level that's basically more or less a level for people that are novices and haven't played Spyro 1 or 2 before.

So much so you'll get pointers from Zoe like "THIS RHYNOC IS TOO BIG TO CHARGE!"

Overcompensating at it's finest.

That's not all. The orange shielded Rhynocs will be afraid to not even attack you. >_>

On a positive note, there is one notable thing to talk about Sunny Villa.

'''A gameplay concept that was introduced in Spyro 3 starting with this level. Skateboarding.'''

It was blast to play in that little skate park / coliseum where Hunter was.

I've spent countless hours mastering and landing different tricks in that place.

It's just too bad it wasn't as fleshed out in Enchanted Towers or Lost Fleet. I'll talk about that more for some other time. The lizards weren't TOO bad.

Overall? Sunny Villa is not the most spectacular level ever as the skateboarding sections were not as well interlocking as they were in other levels but still? A pretty decent level despite it's flaws.

Also? If this is was some kind Greek themed level? Why do people put those leaves in his or her hair?

I wouldn't want to have vegetation in my head.

50. Sheila's Alp
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 31/101 From:   <span id="cke_bm_45E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_45S" style="display: none;">   Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz8eNpCmJd0 6/10

The last (and without a shadow of a doubt) the best extra playable character to use in Spyro 3 is Sheila.

Sheila is quick, agile and very cute. For the most part, she was pretty fun to use for whenever she was playable during certain sections of the game.

Sheila's Alp isn't a particularly complex level which is both a blessing and a set back I have with the level.

You can basically spam the X Button and use THE DOUBLE JUMP to your heart's content and you'll succeed with getting this level done with no problem.

Really. There isn't much to it. Everything is bunched together in small sections and it's doubtful you'll find yourself in a pickle.

I can't help but get some kind of Winnie The Pooh or Smurfs vibe from this level. Reasons because of those mushroom shaped huts you destroy at the end of the level.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

But yes. Sheila is a fun character to use. It's just to bad it's ultimately a shallow level with the basic of the most basic requirements that are needed to complete this level and does little to push the boundary for a Spyro level. Oh well.

Regardless? Sheila's Alp is a decent level.

<span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  49. Town Square
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 57/101 From: Spyro The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEj3Q2t08yM 6.5/10

More or less? Town Square is another one of those relatively easy levels that is hampered back for being so small and a little bit on the barren side.

There's not much to say about Town Square.

This level is all about having the player get to grips on the gliding mechanics in this game and using that to bring home the bacon. Or Gems you can say.

There is some funny and goofy nonsense in Town Square.

I like the Bulls it is there are you to kill in this level and the Gnorcs that hold Red Flags like they are playing OLE! with the Bulls.

This level draws some inspiration of the Running Of The Bulls it is that's done in Spain so that's cool.

'''I heard that just came to the U.S. in 2013. 0_0'''

Nothing too special about Town Square but there is some fun to behold of here. Still nowhere near one of my favorite or least favorite Spyro levels of all-time. Go figure.

48. Tree Tops
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    2009 Rank: 8/101 From: Spyro The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg7OU5R0oCE 6.5/10

Oh boy. I can hear the fanboys raging at me already.

'''Tree Tops was #8 in 2009? WHAT THE HELL PRESTON!?!?!'''

Let me be clear here. While I can admire and have some good fun out of Tree Tops now?

It was no doubt an aggravating level for me back in the day. In regards to when I was 5 and playing Spyro The Dragon for the first time.

Tree Tops WAS annoying back then.

The memories we like the forget, are the ones we remember the most.

Tree Tops was basically a hell hole that had nothing but Supercharge ramps. Little substance in terms of actual level design and that one false step? Could mean impending doom.

Having to rescue Jed was a nightmare. Not to mention the two Thiefs roaming about with the only way to get to them would be getting on the Supercharge ramps and pulling off a death defying stunt.

I can't tell you how many times it was quietus for me that I lost lives in Tree Tops. A whole slew of times.

As I got older? I sure appreciated this level a lot more than I did.

But I look back at 2009 rankings and I'm like REALLY? Just because it provides a challenge than 90% of all of these levels now in the Spyro games, doesn't make it good.

#1 on this list is a level that meets both requirements for providing the perfect medium to both younger Spyro fans AND older Spyro fans.

I'm taking too much time out of my day to talk about Tree Tops.

The constant Supercharging in this level was fatiguing.

Decent level that I have grueling memories for otherwise.

47. Wizard Peak
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 21/101 From: Spyro The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWRVzFiVYrs 6.5/10

Another level where I look back at now and while I liked Wizard Peak to a decent extent? I don't endear it and highly as others.

Wizard Peak is some kind of mountain-ice themed level with a mix of Supercharging and long-distance Gliding included for players to have zestfulness with it.

I look at Wizard Peak and say that it is enjoyable and zesty in parts, but a bit of a drag and a tad bit boring to play through.

I personally got tired of hearing the music in this level as RedDevilDazzy played the music in this level for his Spyro videos on YouTube constantly. He just spammed the music to death.

Fun Fact: The music in Wizard Peak can also be heard in episodes of The Amanda Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9gvNqACsB8

Mind blown.

I think talking about the music is more arousing than the gameplay in Wizard Peak.

There's just some awkward platforming sections in Wizard Peak.

In particular where you use the whirlwinds and you get on top of the structures and...well it's hard to explain. I'll leave that as a reason as to why I have some beef I with this level.

Not exactly a marvelous level outside of that awesome music that takes me back to 2002 being a fan of Amanda Bynes and Spyro The Dragon.

Before Spyro looked like a intoxicated action figure in Skylanders and Amanda Bynes lit a drive-way on fire.

Then again Spyro sucked in 2002 with Enter The Dragonfly.

The only notable thing that happened to Preston Condra in 2002 was 3rd Grade.

Intoxicated action figures for Toy Story 4.

...Why am I talking about this?

46. Sunny Beach
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 49/101 From: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_DUICurMro 6.5/10

Fun fact: Sunny Beach is included in the Spyro 2 demo along with Skelos Badlands.

What's funny is that level is called Aquaria Beach by it's prototype name in the demo. Skelos Badlands is still called Skelos Badlands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhilETRnHtk

Good times back in 1999.

The swimming mechanics were great in Sunny Beach. Spyro controls and moves more freely in the water better than Mario does. Why does Mario move so slow in the water? Than again anyone with overalls on would.

Sunny Beach is a pretty decent level. Cute little Starfish are the fodder it is that you kill in this level.

I hope one of them isn't Peach. NOT Princess Peach. I meant Peach the Starfish. FIND A HAPPY PLACE.

And collecting the gems in Sunny Beach was fun to collect unlike where it's an aggravating scavenger hunt to collect in other levels.

cough* Haunted Tomb *cough*

It's just too bad that the orb challenges sucked.

That one Orb mini-game where you had to rescue the Turtles without them being cooked in the soup was maddening back in the day.

Let those Turtles die for all I care. Turtles are boring.

<3 Cats <3

Issues aside? Sunny Beach is a fun level. The swimming mechanics are probably not as fleshed out as Aquaria Towers or Seashell Shore but swimming was a welcome inclusion to Spyro 2 and I can't help but have SOME fun with Sunny Beach, despite my nitpicking issues.<span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">4 45

45. Scorch's Pit
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 58/101 From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxHDtxnvWNk 6.5/10

Scorch's Pit is that one boss battle I keep forgetting existed in the Spyro trilogy.

Scorch's Pit is not a terrible boss fight mind you but not a very striking one and lacks substance and aptitude to make it rather OKAY boss encounter and not much else.

Scorch is able to hatch crabs and squirrels with TNT boxes from eggs.

Who would of thought a bat can have a crab be it's offspring. Okay then.

Not a very ballistic boss fight. There's only two different types of weapons to fire at Scorch. Green Rockets that atomically lock on to Scorch and Red Rockets that have limited ammo.

There's luckily enough breathing space around the battlefield to where I had some negligible fun with Scorch unlike Buzz and Spike but the lack of variety in this boss fight is a bummer.

This is like a watered down version of Gulp's Overlook. Which I'll talk about more once I get to that.

This boss fight was okay. Something a little more galvanizing would of been nice though.

44. Artisans
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    2009 Rank: 63/101 From: Spyro The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduvEG1ItsM 7/10

Nostalgia can only take you so far.

Artisans is the '''FIRST. SPYRO. LEVEL. EVER.''' anyone will play while they boot up Spyro The Dragon on the PS1 for the first time. It's no doubt a memorable one if not as self-absorbing as the ACTUAL levels in the series.

Artisans is just the homeworld after all.

The first Dragon you rescue in this game is Nestor. You know like Nester the kid that appeared in Nintendo Power magazines? Who cares if it's spelled differently? :D

I should also mention 90% of the Dragons in this game are voiced by Mr. Krabs.

Preston Condra is nerdy and crazy right now. YEAH!

Back to the level. It's classic. The garden maze, the balloonist, The portals that I was actually frighten to enter way back when, etc.

Despite all of this? What could possibly be wrong with this level?

'''There's only 100 gems to collect. There's NO possible way for Spyro to die in the level other than if you want to make Spyro drown in the water.'''

Unable to swim back in Spyro 1 wasn't exactly a bold move for the developers to process back then.

Spyro gaining the ability to swim in Spyro 2 was a great move. Which I'll explain why once we get to Aquaria Towers.

And Artisans itself is a level that is quite empty once you complete it.

Overall. A good level. For sure that I look back on in 1998 and I'll never forget about. Even now in 2013.

Now if only it could hold up well to the actual levels in this series.

I really hope whoever develops an HD remake of Spyro 1-3 one day?

They make Artisans more than just a divertissement.

That's ultimately what this level is quite frankly.

I still have a special heart with Artisans and the remaining levels in this project from here on out.

<span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  43. Glimmer
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 51/101 From:   <span id="cke_bm_45E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_45S" style="display: none;">   Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LZOT26J5Us 7/10

Honestly? You can take a lot of what I just said about Artisans and cut, copy and paste that here for Glimmer.

Glimmer is the first level that the player is able to traverse through once they boot up Spyro 2 for the first time.

More so. You even hear the music of Glimmer play at the intro screen of the game.

I have Glimmer ranked higher than Artisans because I do like the music better and that there's more to explore in and of the level.

The tasks at hand in the level were pretty fun. Lighting up those gem lights were cool.

There is a better display of color found here in Glimmer compared to a lot of Spyro 1 levels.

Gem Lamps > Lava Lamps

Lava Lamps are terrible. Did I mention they can be fire hazardous?

Let's move on. For better or worse we are also introduced to Moneybags for the first time in this level.

No comment on Moneybags.

The prehistoric/cave like setting of this level is also no doubt engaging.

If you don't get some kind of invigorating feeling while you are playing a level like Glimmer than I don't know, what's wrong you.

My only complaints with this level?

The introduction of Moneybags. The fact that you HAD to come back to this level because Spyro couldn't learn how to climb, and that Gimmer is a cinch to complete. It really is.

Still. I liked Glimmer. Takes be back.

Unlike now?

Vile video games companies like Capcom include DLC they could of already had installed on to the disc for free and how this newer generation of Gamers are self-entitled POS that care about getting at the top of leaderboards in a game that is easily hackable for anyone to fabricate his/her score anyway. Like should they really care?

Ridiculous and it makes you wonder, how something more horrible can be spawn after that but, the gaming industry will just continue to get worse and worse as the years go by.

42. Magic Crafters
2009 Rank: 45/101  From:   <span id="cke_bm_50E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_50S" style="display: none;">   Spyro The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRMQLeWjdQw 7/10

Ah another Homeworld level.

Magic Crafters is a fun level. If not as much of joyride as other levels it is that rank higher than it on the list.

Magic Crafters is filled with platforming that requires precision to get done and that's ultimately what makes it a pretty decent level.

There was one part where you had to get on the Supercharge ramp and you and you had to carefully squeeze yourself on a narrow pathway to break the chest that contained the Purple Gem.

It was frustrating but in a good way that didn't derail the experience.

Besides that? There's snow everywhere and green wizards that like to wear coats and mock at you and all that jazz. Pretty cool stuff.

Only complaint I can say about Magic Crafters? Some of the enemies are pretty creepy.

'''There's palm trees that saber a staff in their hands. 0_0'''

Overall? A good level.

41. High Caves
2009 Rank: 15/101 From: Spyro The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N95nYLeErmM 7/10

Speaking of enemies that are beyond creepy? Those spiders in High Caves are the depiction of that.

Spyro: I hate those bugs!

Took the words right out of my mouth Spyro.

Anyways. I guess High Caves was a decent level.

I loathe those Spiders in this level.

Learning that Supercharging could make you invisible didn't curb the pain that much, considering it was hard to steer Spyro while he's Supercharging through the caves and it was real easy to bump into something, while traversing through the caves.

Somewhat of a drab level. I wouldn't like exploring caves or mountain tops in general.

I went to Natural Bridge Caverns one time back in 5th Grade in San Antonio and I thought it sucked.

But at the same time? That's what makes High Caves unique. There's a lot to explore here in this level. Arguably the biggest level in Spyro 1.

Well no. Haunted Towers and/or Lofty Castle is probably the most robust level in terms of exploring but you get the idea.

A good level despite the spiders freaking me out a little back then.

40. Cliff Town
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 43/101 From: Spyro The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnd0f65O0OI 7/10

Cliff Town is a TOWN hanging by a CLIFF. It's ironic just like Alanis Morissette.

That's your musical lesson of the day.

Anyways. This desert themed level is a good one.

What made this level a little unique was that the Gems / Currency of this level was hidden in the pots and that for the longest time I was unbeknownst that the Gems were hidden in the pots.

Instead? I would be flaming the Cactus thinking it would be hiding in the Cactus but it was actually the other away around. XD

Aside from that? It was fun with experimenting gliding and YOU COULD TO GET ALMOST EVERYWHERE on the highest point of the level where Marco was.

Aside from a few minor quibbles.

I still am not the biggest fan of desert/wasteland levels like this in a video game, Cliff Town is a good level.

Not an exceptional one. But a rather enjoyable one.

39. Autumn Plains
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 48/101 From: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80dGKmftMD8 7/10

Sweet old Autumn Plains. Probably the most harmonic level in the Spyro series.

It's calm, Autumn, Fall like setting is easy to fall in love with.

The scope of this level is enormous. Has the most portals out of any other homeworld in the Trilogy series and the LONGEST GLIDE EVER to where that one island was along with 3 Purple Gems and 1 Orb was memorizing.

Despite all of this and while I call Autumn Plains a good level? What could be dear wrong about this level?

Moneybags is an annoying pest in this homeworld. You pay him like 7 times throughout your stay at Autumn Plains and it was actually quite the hassle with rounding up so many Gems to pay Moneybags back then before you could enter the portals.

'''Pay for Icy Speedway Pay to Zephyr Pay to Climb Pay to Open The Bridge to Shady Oasis'''

That dirty scoundrel. Screw you Moneybags.

Issues aside? I like Autumn Plains. It's a good level. Enough said.

38. Summer Forest
2009 Rank: 61/101 From: Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqaPdXgmEv8 7.5/10

Summer Forest. A nice level to look back at while taking the walk down memory lane.

Summer Forest is traquil, majestic and breathtaking in scope and (for the most part) fun to explore around in it's structure.

For once? I'll keep a write-up short for a Spyro level.

'''Summer Forest is exquisite and lovely. I loved swimming around the whole level.'''

If there's one draw I can say about Summer Forest? Is that it's a homeworld level. But then again what do you expect?

Backtracking was also a minor annoyance in Summer Forest.

Elora ***** I'm old enough to learn how to climb. I shouldn't have to listen to you.

Why don't YOU climb the ladder for me and get the Orb for me?

'''It's just like Preston Condra in real life. I give and I give and I don't get much of a favor done in return.'''

Sad face. :(

Oh wait. Where was I?

Summer Forest is a good level. Brings back a lot of memories. Fun with swimming around it's mass and structure.

Now if only you could feel like you got more of a sense of completion in the level. Oh well.

<3 Summer Forest <3

Despite it's faults with being incredibly easy.

37. Sorceress's Lair
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    2009 Rank: 36/101 From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8oJ_vpczhM 7.5/10

The great finale of Spyro 3. Or so you think.

Wrongful misconceptions aside? That doesn't deteriorate the fact that the showdown with The Sorceress was a pretty fun one for the first time you faced her.

'''For anyone that hasn't played Spyro 3 before? You face The Sorceress two times. '''The second time is once the game is 100% completed and you entangle with her again at the Super Bonus World.

Marking out spoilers for a video game that came out 13 years ago is unnecessary.

Anyways. This boss fight was pretty creative and a pretty fun one at that.

You take control over several vehicles like a UFO and a tank and aim as precise as possible and hit Sorecress enough times until the end of her demise.

Eww. Sorceress is fat. Sorceress needs to take Jenny Craig ASAP.

In any case, a pretty fun boss encounter.

The creativity is not EXACTLY up to snuff with other boss levels I have higher than Sorceress's Lair but it is an enjoyable one for at the very least being a little difficult and a little unpredictable in figuring out The Sorceress's movements.

A good level and a good boss fight. But not a great one.

LMAO. This level was preciously ranked only one spot lower then how I had it back in 2009.

36. Crystal Glacier
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 35/101  From:   <span id="cke_bm_48E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_48S" style="display: none;">   Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unQ3Jv8em3I 7.5/10

Is it a shame that when I find a Spyro video that was uploaded on YouTube 6 years ago has only 6,000 views or something like that?

What is the matter with YouTube promoting so much crap and so many Spyro videos go unmentioned?

Anyways. Here we have Crystal Glacier. An ice/cave themed level. And it's a pretty delightful one.

Crystal Glacier feels like wandering through a palace that has seen 1,000 winters. The snowflakes keep falling down as you explore more and more of the level.

There's cute little cave drawings on parts of the walls. There's George the Snow Leopard who MEOWS like a cat.

Everything is so endearing about Crystal Glacier.

Well almost. My only complaints for Crystal Glacier was that the Spider mini-game was infuriating way back when.

Those spiders mate and multiple at an alarming rate. Probably one of the toughest and most annoying Orb challenges in Spyro 2.

Also? Crystal Glacier was EXTREMELY SMALL in size.

Not a very vast level. Only 2 Orbs to collect and most of the gems are the blue and yellow ones. A cinch to complete.

That doesn't mean there's some great appeal to Crystal Glacier. I love Snow levels.

It rarely if ever snows in San Antonio where I live.

Overall? Crystal Glacier is a pretty good level.

35. Dino Mines
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 34/101 From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRhgK9bkOBU 7.5/10

Dino Mines is a very wacky level. More wacky and wild then the women in the Girls Gone Wild videos.

Dino Mines includes dinosaurs that clench guns and the different colored Dinosaurs in this level (Red, Blue & Green) are able to fire the guns at you in rapid fire or succession.

Dino Mines is probably one of the hardest levels to play in the trilogy.

And did I mention the floating TNT boxes in the water? Oh god. So many lives were wasted throughout so much back then.

Pretty good level. Dino Mines wasn't ever really annoying, just a little too chaotic for it's own good.

The western theme didn't bother me too me here compared to something like Robotica Farms.

At least Dino Mines is lively. Robotica Farms is just frickin' boring.

Dino Mines was challenging, a lot to seek and explore, fun, ummm...don't know what else to say.

Some of the design in the level could of been better constructed.

Collecting 700 gems in some of these levels was such a drag.

But overall?

<3 Dino Mines <3

It's a level that is ALMOST wholesale. Almost.

34. Lost Fleet
2009 Rank: 16/101 From:   <span id="cke_bm_45E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_45S" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_46E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_46S" style="display: none;">   Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUVlqv2wfpc 7.5/10

So many Spyro 3 levels are biting the dust lately. For better or worse. Ehh Spyro 2 was always my favorite in the trilogy anyways.

In any case? Lost Fleet.

Lost Fleet is a pirate/toxic dump themed level with a little bit of ghosts, crabs, skateboarding and driving a submarine thrown in to make Lost Fleet a fun level. And for the most part? It is.

Any level that includes skateboarding is amazing.

Those Rhynocs are so dastardly but so fun, once you whip their tail in Skateboarding. It's also important to save as much turbo as possible if you want to cross the finish line as the winner. Quite a lot of fun and strategy needed to win in that part of the level.

<3 Skateboarding <3

Now if only the rest of the level could hold up well.

I think the setting of Lost Fleet is disgusting.

'''It's like wandering through a polluted toxic waste dump. '''I would hurl anywhere if a place like Lost Fleet exists in real life.

The green toxin instantly kills you while you're trying to collecting the gems in the stream.

The submarine sections were generally hit or miss for Spyro fans.

I thought piloting the Submarine was okay. I can't go into deeper detail about it since it was used only sparingly in Spyro 3.

Conclusion? Lost Fleet is a diaphanous level. While not a great one.

diaphanous - fine, see-through

Despite it's problems.

Big words like diaphanous. Vintage Preston Condra.

33. Midnight Mountain Home
2009 Rank: 50/101 From:   <span id="cke_bm_45E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_45S" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_46E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_46S" style="display: none;">   Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=817QnEfQwgI 8/10

8/10 levels. Yay.

Midnight Mountain Home is a very nice getaway and a very nice luxurious level for a homeworld.

<span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  '''The night time setting is beautiful. '''<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">  There's clever ways with collecting the Eggs in the level. The platforming sections for the most part are sublime.

And who could possibly forget flaming Moneybags's posterior with collecting ALL of those gems he stole from you? That turd.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOwFgJ0DAzs

Definitely my 3rd favorite homeworld in the Spyro trilogy.

It's the last ACTUAL homeworld that you explore in a true Spyro game. 'Nuff said.

My only complaint with Midnight Mountain would be that it had some of the WORST levels and portals you could find in Spyro 3.

I despise Haunted Tomb and Desert Ruins with a fiery passion.

The music is fantastic. I find myself humming along to the song.

DOO DOO DOO DEE DOO DOO

Has anyone ever noticed that the music is recycled in half of these levels in Spyro 3?

'''Speedways = All sound EXACTLY the same Crystal Islands = Seashell Shore Haunted Tomb = Cloud Spires Dino Mines = Molten Crater Desert Ruins = Enchanted Towers Evening Lake = Sunrise Spring'''

Just to name a few.

Granted this problem is fixed in the Greatest Hits Collection but...yeah.

Spyro 3 is still a mighty fine game, despite this issue.

You can tell Insomniac was running short on development time.

Midnight Mountain Home is a pretty good level.

Just that since it's not an actual level? I have to deduct points from it.

32. Dream Weavers
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 42/101  From: Spyro The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_VuxHhIu_k 8/10

Another Homeworld level has fallen. Leaving only one left in the running. Take a wild guess what that was?

Dream Weavers is a spectacular level.

The minions of this level (and I don't mean the minions from Despicable Me) are actually threatening and there are some nice platforming sections in this level. You glide from one island to the next and you have to time your glides carefully if you don't want to lose a life.

You flame some jesters in this level that turn themselves into clocks 0_0

Such a fun level. I got nothing wrong to say about this one.

Other than lol homeworlds lol

<span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  31. Molten Crater
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 29/101 From:   <span id="cke_bm_45E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_45S" style="display: none;">   Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfi2k66TBjg 8/10

THANK THE LORD that I'm able to charge the Hogs in this level unlike in Misty Bog.

That PO'ed me off so much when I played Misty Bog.

Here we have Molten Crater and it was a pretty good level.

Wow @ this YouTube video of Molten Crater.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgZkxlKhbg

'''I'm able to complete the Hide and Seek mini-game without rescuing Sgt. Byrd? 0_0'''

There's some sugar and spice to this level. I'm not really contempt with anything here in Molten Crater.

Racing the thiefs on the supercharge ramps was also good fun.

Molten Crater is a pretty good level and it's flaws are so negligible I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with it.

<3 Molten Crater <3

30. Dark Hollow
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    2009 Rank: 53/101 From: Spyro The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIyMN1F-E4Q 8/10

I gotta love the night time setting of Dark Hollow. You even hear crickets in the background.

The music is easy to adore and one of my favorites from Spyro 1.

Everything is so rich, green, beautiful and prepossessing in Dark Hollow.

I also love that garden maze you enter BEFORE you enter Dark Hollow's portal.

Why are there no portals in any Spyro game after Spyro 3?

This is the first level where you also come across a treasure chest to open.

I got nothing whinge at here at Dark Hollow?

Only complaint? Only 100 gems to collect and it's relatively easy but the music is such a stress reliever for me to the point where I don't really care.

<3 Dark Hollow <3

Even if it barely cracks the Top 30? Dark Hollow is still a great level.

29. Gnorc Cove
<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 24/101 From: Spyro The Dragon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl9I_UwZmow 8/10

This shipyard themed level is a blast. No doubt about that.

You're job is to make it from the beginning to the end of the level with rescuing Dragons and collecting treasure along the way.

Did I mention you are able to blow the workers clothes off and reveal that they wear heart underwear?

There is some trickery to the level where you can only charge the metal barrels at your opposition and that the TNT barrels can only be flamed. It's all good fun.

I really like Gnorc Cove as a level.

'''My only complaint with this level was that I HATED being restricted for not being able to swim in the water. '''Swimming in this shipyard looks like it would be a lot of fun.

Curse you Insomniac.

Then again that's probably just a cavil complaint more than anything else.

Still? There's just so much great ingenuity to Gnorc Cove that make it an amazing level.

28. Super Bonus World
2009 Rank: 46/101 From: Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxuG0W3OTpU 8/10

    <span id="cke_bm_56E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_56S" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_57E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_57S" style="display: none;">      <span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  Bianca: '''Hey Spyro! Hunter was a little worried about you. Hunter: Hey Spyro! Bianca was a little worried about you.<span id="cke_bm_43E" style="display: none;">  '''

Duly noted.

Anyways. Super Bonus World is the grand finale and epilogue to Spyro 3 and it's a great level to trek through as the ending to Spyro 3.

Super Bonus World is a world chalk full of gems and fun challenges waiting for you to collect and it's all yours to keep.

One section is particularly memorable where you race a whole gang of Yetis on a snowboard.

Weapon variety keeps the action blazing hot with red stars that give you rockets and blue stars that jack up your speed.

Also? If you crash just once? You bascially have no chance to catch up and glamour victory.

It's a grueling challenge but it's tons of fun. Took forever for me to win.

There's also shooting down UFO's and battling the Sorecress again after she took some counseling.

</3 Soreceress </3

I hate the Soreceress. She's ugly. Gnasty Gnorc and Ripto were better villians anyway.

A great ending to Spyro 3 in Super Bonus World.

Variety is the spice of life and there's plenty of that here.

Great, great level.

27. Jacques
2009 Rank: 27/101 From:   <span id="cke_bm_45E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_45S" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_46E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_46S" style="display: none;">   Spyro The Dragon  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AIYzCir2qA 8/10

Ooh! This was a greatistic level.

There's some clever platforming that is required and needed to complete Jacques and how the Jesters are implemented in the level is so smooth and so crisp that make Jacques a fun level.

The music is some of the best in Spyro 1.

Jacques is probably the level that looks the most like Hell in the Spyro games. Trust me I think it does.

A very good level.

One minor complaint I have with Jacques is that Jacques himself is a piece of cake.

Just hold the Square button and you'll barrel through him with no problem.

At least he explodes beautifully into purple gems. Aww I love those Purple gems! :D

Haha. This level was ranked at #27 in my 2009 rankings.

26. Crystal Islands
<span id="cke_bm_43S" style="display: none;">  2009 Rank: 19/101 From:   <span id="cke_bm_45E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_45S" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_46E" style="display: none;">    <span id="cke_bm_46S" style="display: none;">   Spyro The Dragon  http://youtu.be/ZPvI2y1-gsQ?t=43s 8.5/10

I love Crystal Islands. It's night time setting is just so majestic and respledent.

The level is bright full of personality.

A magician helps you out making your way through the level and you ride on an escalator of gems and the enemies in this level are giant blue bears that are SO cute you have to feel a little sorry for them with making way of their demise.

You even explore every nook and cranny in this level with one part where you take control of the Superfly power-up.

My only complaint with Crystal Islands was that Whack-A-Mole mini-game with Bentley pissed me off.

But otherwise? Crystal Islands is an excellent level.