Spyro: A Hero's Tail

Spyro: A Hero's Tail

NTSC-U cover Game general and emulation properties: Languages supported: Region NTSC-U: Serial numbers: SLUS-20884 Release date: November 3, 2004 2005 (Greatest Hits) CRCs: 94C56923 Windows Status: Playable Linux Status: Playable Mac Status: ? Region PAL: Serial numbers: SLES-52569 SLES-52569P (Platinum) Release date: November 9, 2004 (Australia) November 12, 2004 September 23, 2005 (Platinum) CRCs: 4AC1A110 Windows Status: ? Linux Status: ? Mac Status: ?

Developer(s): Eurocom Entertainment Software
Publisher(s): Vivendi Universal Games
Genre: Action, Platformer
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: GameSpot: 5.8/10, Metacritic: 60/100, IGN: 7/10
Game description: Spyro must save the Dragon Realms from the Evil Red Dragon who has planted light-sapping Dark Gems all over the Dragon Realms in an attempt to control the world. With the help of his allies, Spyro must seek out and destroy all of the Dark Gems to return the land back to normal and to save the Dragon Realms from the evil dragon's tyrannical control. Guide Spyro as he uses his new dragon powers, abilities, and gadgets in lush environments rife with new villains.
The game introduces a new antagonist, Red, a former Dragon Elder banished years before the events of the game. Protagonist, Spyro the Dragon, must save the Dragon Realms from the Evil Red Dragon who has planted light-sapping Dark Gems all over the Dragon Realms in an attempt to control the world, with the aid of his best friend Sparx, Hunter the Cheetah, flying penguin Sgt. Byrd, and mole Blink, who are all playable.

Test configurations on Windows:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Windows 7 64bit, 4GB ram	Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz NVIDIA Geforce GTX280	0.9.8	GSdx 4600 (MSVC 15.00, SSE2) 0.1.16	SPU2-X r4600m 1.4.0 LilyPad svn (r4510) 0.10.0	BIOS: USA v2.20 (10/02/2006), HACKS: "Aggressive" preset	Extradessert
NTSC-U	Windows	Intel Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz Nvidia GTX 285 768MB	1.2.0 r5782	GSdx 5801m SSE41	SPU2-X 5801 2.0.0 LilyPad 5801 0.11.0	Runs above full speed.	General-Plot
NTSC-U	Windows 8.1, x64	Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G2030 @ 3.00GHz NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 @ 2 GB	v1.7.0-dev-1907	GSdx Renderer: OpenGL (Hardware) Native Resolution: 1920x1080, 2560x1440 and 2880x1620 Texture Filtering: Bilinear (Forced and PS2) Anisotropic Filtering: 16x Mipmapping: Basic (Fast) CRC Hack Level: Partial (OpenGL) Date Accuracy: Fast (Default) Blending Accuracy: Basic (Recommended) FXAA Shader External Shader Widescreen patch	SPU2-X LilyPad	Europe v02.00(14/06/2004), Runs at full speed in 1080p (HD), 1440p (2K) and 1620p (3K), no brakes, bugs or freezes.	Chern40+7

Test configurations on Linux:

Environment			Configurations			Comments	Tester
Region	OS	CPU/GPU	Revision	Graphics	Sound/Pad
NTSC-U	Manjaro KDE	Intel i5-6500 (4) @ 3.600GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti	1.7.2678 Nightly	GSdx 1.1.0 AVX2, OpenGL (Hardware)	SPU2-X 2.0.0 LilyPad 0.12.1	Game runs fine with default settings.	Zerron21

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  Spyro: A Hero's Tail (SLES 52569)

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  v1.7.0 dev-1907, 4x Native Resolution (1440p), 16xAF, FXAA, widescreen patch

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  v1.7.0 dev-1907, 4x Native Resolution (1440p), 16xAF, FXAA, widescreen patch

	Spyro - A Hero's Tail (SLES 52569) (E) Spyro - A Hero's Tail (SLUS 20884) (U)