darkSpyro

Lately, I've been working on a speedrun for Spyro the Dragon. In case you're still wondering, a Speed Run is when you strive to complete the game as fast a possible, using many tricks, but is restricted by a list of rules.

So, after playing and reviewing the game a couple of times, I found out the fastest route possible. However, it had many tough tricks and requires luck, so I altered the route and balanced speed and difficulty to come up with this route. I could have saved around 5 minutes total using my first route, but I will not try it this time.

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Example:
level name...........................gems/dragons/dragon eggs

artisans home..........................68/3/0
stone hill.............................108/4/1
town square............................131/4/1
dark hollow............................63/3/0
sunny flight...........................300/0/0

peace keepers home.....................149/3/1
ice cavern.............................237/5/0
dry canyon.............................326/4/1
cliff town.............................255/3/1
doctor shemp...........................248/1/0
night flight...........................300/0/0

magic crafters home....................192/3/0
wizard peak............................265/3/0
alpine ridge...........................305/0/0 (may change)
high caves.............................288/3/0
blowhard...............................354/1/0
crystal flight.........................300/0/0

beast makers home......................136/2/0
terrance village.......................182/2/0
misty bog..............................303/4/0
tree tops..............................223/2/0
metalhead..............................151/0/0
wild flight............................300/0/0

dream weavers home.....................131/0/0
dark passage...........................322/0/0
jacques................................311/0/0
icy flight.............................300/0/0

TOTAL: 6248/50/5

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I seem to be able to easily run through most levels, however, I still feel uncomfortable doing the Flight's. And, if you're reading dark52, I saw your post on GameFAQs and compared times with yours. Mine are terrible compared to yours. This is where I ask you if you can share some tips and routes to completing each the fastest, which will greatly benefit me in this run.

By the way, if you're curious about the rules and frequently asked questions about speedrunning, you could visit the site here:

www.speeddemosarchive.com

Don't really want to advertise here, since it's inappropriate on forums, but it's the only way to better help people understand the concepts of speedrunning. Hopefully, dark52 will read this far into the post and reply with some tips.

Well, I do intersect paths a lot. However, each attempt should be around the same time, thus have a confined pattern to which ones of complete in which order. I'd imagine collecting two at once would be the fastest, but can be hard at times.

I'm currently working on sunny flight. I've managed to beat my 1.48.52, and get 1.47.12, but that's all.

Alright, thanks. I'll try that out later.

Here are my times for the other Flights:

Night Flight: 1:14.34
Crystal Flight: 1:08.12
Wild Flight: 1:07.87
Icy Flight: 1:14.37

Also, there is a new post in the Spyro the Dragon GameFAQs Flight topic. The guy there gives a route for each flight, which is quite similar to yours. If you could, compare yours and give me any more advice you can. Thanks.

I think tahts just confusing!!!! n e 1 else think that or am i just dumm lol!~

i have no idea how to find Capano i charged like this sit says and went into a blank wall i have done everything but and it's driving me mental how do i get him

Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6HiGDnqWQ0. It's what helped me get my 120%. Insomniac made it too easy.

Here is the time i got while doing the flights
Sunny flight: 59 seconds
Night flight: 1 min and 3 seconds
Crystal flight: 1 min and 1 second
Wild flight: 34 seconds (It was to easy)
Icy flight: 11 seconds (it was hard luckly i made it lol)
also if you are wondering how to get to sunny flight step on all the stone by the waterfall