Game:

Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2000)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 8:20:30

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The goal was to show full uncut footage. I was tired and later on it was taking a toll on me. Treat this like a casual 100% playthrough. Nothing fast or skillful. Final Results at the end of description.
There appears to be an audio desync later in the footage, which I did not realize until later.

Details about what effects can happen (missing gems vary)
https://tcrf.net/Spyro:_Year_of_the_Dragon#Anti-Piracy

A story from a developer about the code itself
https://web.archive.org/web/20150626181010/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3030/keeping_the_pirates_at_bay.php.

Some points of interest
00:32:16 - Zoe says the game is hacked
01:01:19 - Shiela's section closed off after exiting it (Sheila reset)
01:57:30 - Sheila's Alp egg reset (stage therefore not cleared)
02:05:12 - Clearing Sheila's Alp a second time (this will be repeated)
02:24:26 - First removed gem in the game is in Spooky Swamp
03:22:12 - While not seen, the ability to pause is removed
03:22:16 - Whirligig doesn't prompt any stage to travel to and takes off, returning you to Midday Garden. Reset required at this point.
03:24:33 - Spike's battle with AI turned up (because again, hacked copy alters AI to be harder than normal)
03:29:49 - Sparx will always stay green at this point forward
03:43:55 - Eating a butterfly will restore Sparx's health bar but will not make him blue or gold
03:41:59 - Whirligig lands on top of another Whirligig (unfinished) indicating the stage isnt complete
03:50:00 - Whirligig now missing and only an incomplete one remains. Traveling now impossible. Byrd's egg reset. Icy peak, Spooky Swamp Bamboo Terrace all have missing gems.
03:58:48 - Enchanted Towers missing 5 gems
03:59:35 - Sheila's Alp egg reset again. Byrd's egg reset again
05:05:58 - Frozen Altars and Lost Fleet missing gems
05:30:20 - Progress so far
05:56:03 - Level halted from this point forward. Cant collect 2 eggs and 174 gems due to Agent 9's level being inaccessible (you can clip into it but i'm not skilled enough to)
05:57:07 - Rocket menu lets you travel to Midnight Mountain or Sorceress' Lair
05:57:32 - Selecting "Sorceress' Lair" takes you to Buzz's Pit instead
05:58:25 - Exiting Buzz's Pit takes you to behind the doors of the Sorceress' Lair and execute's Bianca's cutscene (with or without 70 Eggs) but can be canceled.
05:58:51 - Entering the doorway to what should be "Sorceress' Lair" takes you to back to Buzz's Pit. Reset required at this point
06:00:45 - Egg counter now 105, was 107 prior to reset
06:05:48 - Agent 9's stage is available despite never having paid Moneybags
06:06:37 - Progress so far, Scorch still not fought.
06:07:22 - Sparx's stage not open yet because Scorch's Pit hasn't been cleared
06:10:45 - All stages except Sunrise Spring and boss levels are removed from the transportation list. Egg count 110. Resetting here triggers the next part
06:12:05 - Egg count 96 (we lost 14 eggs).
06:12:41 - All stages (except hubworld and Speedways) end of level eggs reset for all worlds.
06:22:23 - Rocket and Hot Air Balloon merged. Only bosses and Midnight Mountain remain on the travel menu
06:40:16 - ALL of Byrd's eggs reset in addition to all end of level eggs being reset. Speedway Time Attack egg also reset
06:52:03 - Entering Spike's Arena on his hardest difficulty (skip forward
07:05:52 - Ragequitting Spike's battle because it's so hard and my patience is gone
07:35:41 - Haunted Tomb Tank Blast 2 ragequit. Patience gone, literally not possible after how exhausted I am. Agent 9's stage inaccessible
07:57:49 - Bently's sign saying he's not here present with no text because it's open (applies to all friends)
08:16:54 - Progress up to this point, Agent 9's eggs reset
08:17:23 - Removing PS1 memory card for what's about to happen
08:18:20 - Removed from Sorceress Lair and transported to Sunrise Spring, with all gems and eggs reset.

Total progress in game: 87%
Maximum possible completion should you continue: 98% (everything but Sorceress egg and missing gems)

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