Spyro the Dragon

Streaming level-of-detail worlds let collectathon platforming run smoothly on modest hardware.

Released 1998 Developer Insomniac Games Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment Platform PlayStation Genre Platformer Era The 3D rupture Website spyro1.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Spyro the Dragon inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Momentum-Based Platform Control ~~1985~~Analog Free-Roam 3D Movement ~~1996~~Hub-and-Spoke World Access ~~1996~~Trailing Follow Camera ~~1996~~

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