darkSpyro

Oh gosh I try and try though I still cannot defeat him Dx

How long did it take you to defeat him...?

It didn't take very long for me. I think I needed 2-3 attempts at the first time. Only tricky thing is to learn how to avoid getting hit by the spells the special orbs give to him. Just learn the patterns of those spells, learn to avoid them and get the special orbs before Ripto to get the advantage. Only thing really challenging in that battle to me is the hunt for skill point.

Took me 6 years

How long it took me to defeat Ripto for the first time? Like 20 lives when I was 6 years old (Yeah, 13 years ago I think), but if you ask me now, no lives at all, maybe 2 or 3 to get the skill point.

Anyway, if you want to defeat him and finish the game, you should study his moves very carefully. Here is some little tricks:

Phase 1:
When you die or enter to the battle, DO NOT MOVE until you saw one of the orbs in the arena, once you saw one, run and get it before Ripto, if Ripto is too close to any orb, just charge or flame him and get it, I highly recommend to get the Green and/or Red Orbs as your number 3 of your orb list because these powerups are easy to use to damage Ripto and not the Blue one (Super-Charge I mean).

Phase 2:


And Phase 3:



I'll hope that works and good luck!! ^-^

If you need the skill point, try getting 100% first so you can use the infinite super flame. You will no longer need to grab orbs at all, but it doesn't help with the last phase.

At least you don't have to get all the skill points to get the infinite GOONROflames.

Is he harder than Gulp?

Gulp took me forever!

8 minutes. I dunno.

He's actually quite tough. It took me a few tries, I think I lost about seven lives. I always lose more lives to Gulp, though, because for some reason I get really lazy in his battle- I think it's because once I have the Superflame, he has no means of defence and is very easy to hit.

Getting the skill point is obviously very easy in the first two rounds, but in the last round, it can be a bit difficult to hit him without getting hit back if you're too cocky. You just need to be a little patient in that phase.

I beat him my very first try back in 1999 I still play it, but I'm talking about how I beat it my very first time. I beat that game 100% in 1999 right before Christmas

You guys should have seen the look on my face when he summoned the robo-gulp the first time. I spent all my hits getting him that far, then, boom, phase two.

he wasn't too tough, but if you plan to het the skill point, well good luck, cause that was tough, took me so many lives on getting the skill point, almost to the point of game over.

it took me awhile but I beat him

It took me 5 tries, I think, before I beat him for the first time. I was HOOKED on the Spyro games, so I would always dare to get back up when I was thrown down.

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It took me 5 tries, I think, before I beat him for the first time. I was HOOKED on the Spyro games, so I would always dare to get back up when I was thrown down.

(bold) I would dare chuck my PlayStation out of the window when I was thrown down

To be honest he was actually the hardest boss, Sorceress, Gnasty Gnorc were SO easy, even easier then Gulp and Crush.

Earlier today I was getting all the skill points and I went to fight Ripto for the first time in my new game. (With superflame unlocked.) and I "killed" him in like 3 minutes.... Without getting hit. IT WAS AWESOME.

^Superflame absolutely breaks the Ripto fight. Try to get that Skill Point without the superflame, it's quite frustrating. Since if you get in close proximity to him (and you will if you're trying to get an orb) your butt is as good as toasted by a fireball. <.<;