0:38, proof that Gregg Berger can still pull off his Hunter voice nearly 20 years later!

I am amazed those sounds came from human beings. XD Despite them having to rush it, they were responsible for creating some of the most iconic sound effects of my childhood. And damn, Neil still does the Moneybags voice flawlessly!

I remember seeing that bonus island in Midnight Mountain and wishing I could access it for years. I wasted so many hours (and lives) trying to get there because I could just barely see the extra lives on there, as if they were taunting me, like I *should have* been able to get there. Then, years later, I found out the only ways to get there were by hacking the whirlwind back in, moon-jumping with a cheating device, or absurd proxy jumping that I still can't do to this day. It's some consolation that I wasn't going nuts and Craig Stitt was just as frustrated, and having the whirlwind put back in for Reignited was the ultimate catharsis.

'Spyro: Year of the Dragon' is one of the strongest designed early 3D children's games to date. It's a lot more streamlined than the previous instalments, with better respect for the player's time, and the amount of content had practically doubled. Challenge escalation is properly realised, with levels notably getting harder mixed with gradual introduction of fresh mechanics that broaden the core gameplay, and the controller-dependant analog calibration issues had been fixed. 22 years old, and still the most polished and well designed instalment to date.

That bellow sound was actually really good, I’m glad the person responsible is this proud of it.

Best game ever.

26:35 Finally, confirmation from a long time employee and the very reason for Spyro's existence that Insomniac left Spyro because they hated working with Universal! I always knew that the 'he has no hands' claim was just a cop out!

Mark cerney had some serious foresight when he was working with ps1 games and studios

*"You Brought A Dragon To Avalar?! I Hate Dragons!"* I laughed so hard lol! 😂😂😂

This feels like more of a Spyro history in general ratehr than just spyro 3 but I love it and seeing the very first spyro drawing ever done is pretty awesome!

I never got the sgt byrd dialogue before the fight against spike. actually, I remember the dialogue before bosses often being silent with only a text box. the only consistent speaker was bentley before scorch! "COMBUSTIBLE PROJECTILES!"

This just goes to show how a much of a timeless classic this franchise is, and how many endless facts can be discovered because of it.

19:10 The BOATMAN?! And also Spyro make big steppy

Whoa, I had no idea that the 3rd game was rushed! It’s also neat to see prototype footage, I vaguely remember playing one of the demos at a game store- Seashell Shore- the music was the Enchanted Towers skate park, I think.

After the harshness of the Enter the Dragonfly doc, it’s so nice to see some good coming from this Spyro 3 doc! Awesome job! I’d love to see if you could interview Ryan Beveridge who worked alongside Stewart Copeland for YotD since it has the most diverse soundtrack in the series. Maybe in an update/part 2 vid? *wink nudge* lol

CrystalFissure mentions the spiral staircase in one of his videos

HWD IS THE ALMIGHTY!

It's something that we still don't know somethings about a game after 20 years of it being out, I was really hoping there was going to be a developer comment on the gold fragments and the cut enemy so we could learn more about the purposes. Fantastic that this didn't have bad blood like Spyro 4, Better tune for the whole documentary. Glad my 2 favourite Spyro content bringers came together for a big collab on Spyro 3.

Glad to have another of these the ETD one was class

Why didn’t TFB have Gregg also reprise as Hunter in Reignited? I mean, Tom Kenny reprised his roles BOTH as Spyro and The Professor.

I was really looking forward to this and I'm so grateful to see it completed! I love the effort put into these videos and it's obvious the franchise means a lot to you like it does for me. This game has been my special interest since I was literally a toddler so I always feel like I know everything there is to know about it and don't often come across new information about it/cut content/easter eggs/etc that I haven't seen yet so this makes me really happy

Your content continues to be so incredibly done- so well researched, edited and explained, and I really can't understand how you don't have more subscribers. You really deserve them. Thank you so much for this!

13:04 The press kit I found on eBay made it in?? That's cool! Still watching through, but this documentary is amazing and very well done so far! Thank you guys so much for all the work you put into this, and HWD's commentary is really good as well!

Is this the final version? Are there more parts? The ending was just super abrupt and caught me off guard lmao. None the less, this was super interesting! Thank you for all the hard work and dedication towards putting this together and contacting everyone

Its Feb 26, 2021 and i am replaying Spyro YOFD for the bajillionth time on Frozen Altar, and enjoying every second of it! Long live Spyro

That big whirlwind to that mysterious island at 21:00 is that in the collectors edition? As a kid i remember activating that whirlwind and going all the way to that island. I had the collectors edition as a kid but now i have the greatest hits version and that whirlwind isn't there.

I wish they would have kept Sheila's boxing gloves. Why didn't the add the Dino mines mini boss to Reignited? Reminds me of how before it was released there was a rumor that Reignited would have additional content. People speculated it would've been behind the new door at the beginning of the 1st game. Obviously nothing happened with that sadly.

Another great job on this one, so many new juicy details. Such a unique series, I'm looking forward to seeing what else you've in store!

These videos are absolutely incredible!!! Needs way more views! I abaolutely love how the sound guy talks so openly, just wow, amazing to listen to this!

Oh man I've been waiting this a lot! Thanks for this documentary series!

28:00 Lol, you know that Craig is dedicated to the little details. I’ve played Spyro for over 20 years and never noticed that his wing texture was “wrong”

This was such a fun watch! Great job on compiling all of these super compelling interviews with the original developers. Amazing how so many of the voice talent can still play their roles perfectly to this day! Spyro holds a special place in my heart for myself and my dad, he'll be thrilled to watch this, too. Thanks for making it. :)

Thanks a lot, loved this vid. I know its sooo much effort and it shows, thanks again I REALLY wish they had a old/new graphics button or option....like halo MCC. I like how good the graphics are in trilogy but everythings just too bright and colour vomiting, the old graphics just have a better vibe nothing to do with nostalgia. Watching this gameplay looks better Edit: the absense of a sorceress cut scene before the last fight never even being planned. Bittersweet i remember being so dissapointed at the time. As a kid i never realised how rushed most of the 4th world felt they did well with smoke and mirrors (the good kind)

My favorite Spyro game. Do you have more on this?

Oh this is such a treat! Thank you!

Love this video and the work you put in!

I have been waiting for this! Thank you for uploading.

Obsessed with these Documentaries, absolutely love them! Amazing job once again!!

Amazing and interesting, as usual. Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the dokumentary and the work you put in its interisting too know new material 20 years later thats awesome ✌🏻

I really had no idea how in depth this was gonna be. Good job 👍

"I love dragons and I love bones."

That was really interesting, your efforts are much appreciated! Though I'm not sure I got the Back to the Future reference right at the end!

Now, this is how you do greatness. I was hoping there would be more to this film. But clocking in at 40 minutes is good enough for me. :)

Thanks for the top tier video :)

Omg such underrated video! Loved it!

I've said it once, I'll say it again. Neil Ross is the single greatest upgrade to any video game NPC ever. ❤ And I'm sad he didn't make a comeback for reignited 😔

amazing documentary, really fun watch :)

Great job!

I adore this game so much it's my favourite of all the trilogies and awesome this commentary, and adore end the voice of Neil Ross it's awesome actor and must rewatch again this commentary dude 👏😍🤗💕💙

Legendary quality like the rest your videos. Great job lad!

Woo new documentary

Amazing documentary

Spyro 3 the best game in the series :) . Miss those days 💜

So, you did not even touch on the fact this was the first and only Spyro game with a guest composer? Ryan Beveridge wrote some of the music (it was almost a collaboration on each track).

The beta music for Bamboo Terrace has a removed vocal audio which features in Dynasty Warriors 4 soundtrack.

I feel for the guy who designed the cut Summer Forest staircase. You spend all your time and effort getting it to work and then someone removed it. That genuinely frustrated me 😂

Hi, Mr. Fo1! There's something about the documentary that confused me a bit. It says here that Andrew Dawson was the guy who voiced Aku Aku (the OOGA BOOGA sound from the early games). I remember about 6 or 5 years ago, David Siller, the producer of Crash 1, said that he did the voice for Aku Aku and another character called Papu Papu. I want to include this info in the Crash Bandicoot encyclopedia, but there are two infos that contradicts each other.

My favorite spyro game

The greatest of all time

Wouldn't the unused Dragon be a plot hole in spyro 3? considering dragons were banished from the forgotten realms by the sorceress

I would have appreciated it if they didnt have MoneyBags come back. That was a bad move to bring him back.

Will there be a documentary on spyro the dragon and riptos rage

What was the Evening lake mini boss? The yeti in Frozen altars or the fire dragons in Fireworks factory?

Were the deleted enemies in spyro 2 would've reside?

Damn, the original Moneybags design is nightmarish. I wonder what Mike Gollum thinks about Naughty Dog's crunch culture.

Look at Spyro's eyes at the beginning! He looks high as f*ck 😂

I like that cyclop gnorc

Love so much your documentaries! Perfect research and efforts, maybe you could do one about a Crash game? Crash Twinsanity has the most interesting development cycle

I thought it was Agent 9 that was supposed to be a pig? Was Canadian Guy Eh wrong about that?

i wanna see the stair

Mr.fistus is real CT

Don't get me wrong, you obviously put a lot of time into the video and I have to admit I couldn't do something like this big and the video is amazing! But why do you have to use 16:9 gameplay videos which is also stretched? Just use 4:3 or 16:9 widehack. But 16:9 stretched just looks awful. Again, don't get me wrong!

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Theres some things about these games that the remakes got so very, very wrong.

I can't get over those Amish dolphin riders 😂😂😂😂