Insomniac Games is a video game developing company. It is the company that originally developed the first three Spyro games, but is noted and stated that they never truly owned the rights to the Spyro series since Universal Interactive owned the Spyro franchise during the time. They developed the original Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon.

Insomniac Games announced after the release of Year of the Dragon that they would not create anymore Spyro games, marking the end of what some fans considered the "golden age" of Spyro games. Insomniac Games is known for other game franchises such as Ratchet & Clank and Resistance, and their friendly relationship with Naughty Dog game developers, who developed Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter, and Uncharted.

Contents 1 In the Games 1.1 Spyro the Dragon 1.2 Ripto's Rage! 1.3 Year of the Dragon 2 Trivia 3 References

In the GamesEdit

Spyro the DragonEdit

In the logo screen for Spyro the Dragon, a gnorc holds up a sign that has the original logo of Insomniac on it. After he plants the sign in the ground, the gnorc screams when he sees Spyro flying at him, and is thrown off the mountain he was on by the purple dragon.

Ripto's Rage!Edit

In the logo screen for Ripto's Rage!, a bonebuilder is leaning on the sign until a dinosaur comes along and snaps it into pieces while attempting to eat the bonebuilder. Then, the title appears and the dinosaur runs into it.

Year of the DragonEdit

In the logo screen for Year of the Dragon, a ninja rhynoc is hiding behind the sign and it tries to steal an egg, but Spyro charges him. The egg flies up breaks the Insomniac sign and stops rolling in front of Spyro.

TriviaEdit

• Although Insomniac Games developed the first three Spyro games, they never owned the rights to Spyro as most fans speculated and claimed. Universal Interactive did in fact own the rights to the Spyro franchise while Insomniac developed and created the characters, gameplay, and the worlds in Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, and Spyro: Year of the Dragon.
• The CEO of Insomniac Games, Ted Price, reveals that he and his kids like Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, and he was disheartened by the follow-ups of the games he and his team had made when they walked away from the Spyro franchise years ago. He mentions that he is really happy for the Spyro franchise in the current universe of Skylanders. According to Ted, to see the Spyro series back with a fairly innovative concept, is really rewarding for the team who worked on the first three Spyro games.^[1]

ReferencesEdit

Spyro series
Original series
Spyro the Dragon - Ripto's Rage!/Gateway To Glimmer - Year of the Dragon - Enter the Dragonfly - A Hero's Tail - Shadow Legacy
The Legend of Spyro series
A New Beginning - The Eternal Night - Dawn of the Dragon - Cancelled 3D Movie
Skylanders series
Spyro's Adventure - Giants - Swap Force
Spinoffs
Season of Ice - Season of Flame - Attack of the Rhynocs - Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy
Mobile Games
Spyro - Spyro: Ripto Quest - Spyro the Dragon - Skylanders: Cloud Patrol - Skylanders: Lost Islands - Skylanders: Battlegrounds
Books
Skylanders: The Machine of Doom - Skylanders: Spyro versus The Mega Monsters - Skylanders: Gill Grunt and the Curse of the Fish Master - Skylanders: Lightning Rod Faces the Cyclops Queen - Skylanders: Terrafin Battles the Boom Brothers