Players travel across thirty different worlds gathering gems and eggs. Named after the animal of the Chinese zodiac, which was the symbol at the time of the game's release, Year of the Dragon follows the titular purple dragon Spyro as he travels to the 'Forgotten Worlds' after 150 magical dragon eggs are stolen from the land of the dragons by an evil sorceress. It was released in North America and for PAL regions in October and November 2000, respectively, but unlike the other two games, it was not given a Japanese release.
The game was the last Spyro game Insomniac developed their next title would be Ratchet & Clank for the PlayStation 2. Year of the Dragon is the third installment in the Spyro series. Spyro: Year of the Dragon (also known as Spyro 3) is a platformer video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation in 2000.
