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This page details prerelease information and/or media for Spyro the Dragon (PlayStation).

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Information on the press kit and the official development content that comes with it:
- https://www.spyroforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=14357 (US)
- https://www.deviantart.com/adjeca/art/Spyro-The-Dragon-Press-Kit-332486615 (US)
- https://www.deviantart.com/adjeca/art/Spyro-The-Dragon-Europe-Press-Brochure-494399037 (Europe)
Some early animations of Spyro are shown in the Making-Of, are there any unused ones?
Account for new information that has surfaced in light of the 2020 prototype releases.

4Official Render Oddities
6E3 Demo
8EGM Issues 111 and 112
- 8.1EGM 111
- 8.2EGM 112
9Miscellaneous Screenshots

Subpages

Design Documents and Developer Insights
Some of the earliest concepts for the game, including early concept art for a few of the characters.

Press Kit
The two versions of the press kit which was distributed all the way back in 1998 to advertise the game to gaming journalists.

Silver Dragon Builds
The earliest playable builds which have been seen, featuring an early dragon design.

Gold Dragon Builds
A slightly later group of builds featuring another early dragon design.

Announcement and E3 1998
The period leading up to Spyro's reveal and the demo playable at the event.

June and July builds
Later builds, leading up to the game's release.

Conception

Spyro the Dragon started development following the poor sales of Disruptor, Insomniac Games' previous game. Noticing the rise in popularity of platformers such as Super Mario 64 or Crash Bandicoot, Insomniac decided that their next game would try to appeal to a larger audience. Aiming to create a character for their new game which would in a way serve as a mascot for the more child-oriented part of the Playstation library, art director Craig Stitt suggested this character to be a dragon due to their sheer appeal in terms of both appearance and gameplay options.[1] The idea was then pitched to the rest of the development team, only to receive a positive reception. And so began the story of Spyro the Dragon.

Changes in Spyro's character in early stages of development:

Spyro's working title was originally 'Pete', though this has been said to have been more of a codename than an actual name intended for the character. Spyro was then briefly called 'Pyro' before his final name was chosen.
Spyro was originally intended to be an adult dragon, but was later turned into a kid in order to be easier to animate and look cuter.
Other preliminary sketches also depict Spyro as being bipedal. 'The Making of Spyro the dragon' released by Playstation Underground actually shows us an early animation test of Spyro raising on his hind legs and putting his hands on his hips in a sassy manner.[2] While Spyro can go bipedal (like during the ending of the first game) he is otherwise quadrupedal by default.
Spyro's original color was green, but it was switched to purple so that he wouldn't blend into grassy environments. What appears to be an animation test for Spyro using a green colour scheme can be seen in 'The Making of Spyro the dragon',[3] and a video of a 1997 colour test for the titular character, recorded by Craig Stitt, reveals several other designs that were considered for the character.[4]
Spyro's voice allegedly went through 5 or 6 revisions[5] according to his voice actor, Carlos Alazraqui. Two proposed but ultimately rejected voices include a younger, more nasily voice, and an older, more tough sounding one.

(Source: The Making of Spyro the dragon)

Development Timeline

Conceptual phase (Early 1997)
- It is said that development on the game began in January 1997.
Late 1997
- VHS footage shows a colour test used around this time to decide on a colour scheme to give Spyro.[6]
~March - May 1998
- Press screenshots and a small handful of builds of some of the earliest publicly seen versions of the game are sent to previewers. The game would not be officially unveiled to the public until E3, at which point the game was significantly more complete than these preview builds.
- The earliest of these builds - the silver dragon build - shows a much earlier variant of the dragon statue, as well as an extremely primitive HUD. The build was featured in a number of European publications.
- The gold dragon build featured in multiple USA-region magazines and trailers and showed a slightly later version of the game with an updated HUD and a gold variant of the dragon statues
- An early trailer which originates from several VHStapes used in stores in the USA shows yet another update to the game's HUD, including a graphic that went unused in the final game. Dragon statues now use their final design.
May 28th - May 30th 1998
- E3 1998 began, and Spyro had a booth.[7][8][9] Said booth featured an early build of the game with a few notable differences. In particular, the HUD is now in a near-final state, but the life icon is located in the upper-centre of the screen instead of the right-hand side.
- The build seems to be a match for one sent out to a number of publications for news and preview purposes, as well as one of the game's trailers. The build itself seems to be dated around May 15th, 1998.
~May 25th 1998
- The Tabloid demo is built. It appears to be from a slightly later point in development to the build of the game shown at E3 1998.
June 15th 1998
- The June 15th, 1998 prototype is built around this time.
- Another trailer seems to also be from around this point in development, closely matching the June 15th prototype.[10]
June - July 1998
- A second demo of the game is built. This version is later than the June 15th build but slightly earlier than the unreleased June 1998 build.
- A currently unreleased prototype of the game, slightly later than the aforementioned demo. Features a multitude of differences.[11]
- One of the builds EGM used in their articles seems to be a match for this version.
July 18th 1998
- A later build of the game, apparently only featuring a relatively small number of differences. The title screen still isn't finished, and a large number of dragon cutscenes are still missing or incomplete.[12]
- One of the builds EGM used in their articles is a match for this version.
July - August 1998
- At least one review build of the game is used in a few publications.
August 14th 1998
- On August 14th the NTSC-U build of Spyro the Dragon finished development, according to the final game's primary volume dates.
August 27th 1998
- A PAL localisation prototype is built around August 27th.
September 10st 1998
- The final PAL build seems to have finished development around this time, according to the game's primary volume dates.
Late 1998
- September - Spyro the Dragon is released in North America.
- October - Spyro the Dragon is released in

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