* The minigames menu displays a full list of minigames, rather than only one at a time. * The character select is an option which can be changed in the unlockables menu, rather than a menu of its own. For some reason, the cursor can start on an option which should be locked, allowing the player to use some of the features early. * The unlockables menu has some subtle tweaks to it. As it turns out, this plays an early trailer for Crash Twinsanity, not matching the one present in the final game. While the credits are in this version, the other options are 'Memory card Unlocks' which essentially acts the same way as the unlockables menu from the final, and an option which says 'Play Crash Bandicoot 'name of game' Trailer'. * The 'Extras' menu would normally contain an unlockables menu and the ability to roll the credits. ** Some of the menu text is also slightly unfinished, with incorrect capitalisation. * The window around the 'Press START button' text on the title screen is not present.

* Some debug text including a build date is present at the bottom of the screen on the title screen.

Stewart Burns, whose television credits include scripts for Futurama, the Simpsons, and the stuffed bunny sitcom Unhappily Ever After.* A preview build from around a month before the final game. The original Spyro the Dragon was created by Insomniac Games, but Hero's Tail was developed by Eurocom Entertainment and its creative direction carries its own pedigree of successful fantasy comedy. Spyro also has a few new tricks to help him out of tight spots, including platform talents - like 'wall jump,' 'tail swing,' and 'ledge grab' - and breath attacks, such as Flame, Freeze, Electric, and Water. Sparx the dragonfly returns to offer support in this adventure, as does Blink the mole, both sporting new powers and abilities. Hunter the cheetah is a master of weapons, while the penguin Sergeant Byrd employs a useful dive-bombing technique. In order to set things right once again, players can take the role of Spryo himself, as well as four other distinctively able characters. These 'Dark Gems' cast an aura of evil across otherwise safe and sunny areas. It seems that a rival dragon has hidden a great number of sinister magical objects throughout the Dragon Realms.

Fans rejoin the continuing adventures of gaming's favorite friendly dragon in this 128-bit cross-console adventure.

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