i made a thread about this on twitter, but i thought it’s worth posting here since i have a different set of spyro followers here on tumblr. i’ll try keeping it short and put the longer explanation under the readmore!

have you ever seen this strange blue-themed, helmet-less gnasty gnorc while playing through the PAL (europe) version of spyro 1?

screenshots above were taken from two spyro PAL let’s plays x x posted 2012 and earlier. here are two more videos that i unearthed around the same period by doing advanced searches x x



if you’ve encountered him, you may have (or have had) an uncommon PAL version of the game, which differs from the standard release. another easy pointer that you have this copy is the title screen says “PRESS START” instead of “START GAME” (also, deutsch is spelled incorrectly..)

also note that despite switching languages, the words PRESS START stays in english instead of switching to the selected language like the normal PAL version

here’s a side-by-side comparison of the copy in question (seen left), to the standard PAL version (seen right, which most people have and is easy to find online as well)

this is where i need your help -

if you could please boot your old PAL discs or roms of EU spyro the dragon and check the title screen for the “PRESS START” text above the language selector, i would be very appreciative! if you find it, please contact me via ask, IM, or email me kendyliris(at)yahoo.com

(a bit more info on this copy and why i’m looking for it below)

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