require you to be able to control the characters with skill if you are going to
be successful in beating this game. The controls of the game are as follows:
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Spyro's Controls | |
| START SELECT A B R L+R L+A L+START | Pause Menu Switch Breath Type Jump Flame Charge Show map of area Use Phoenix Glasses Go straight to Journal |
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Sgt Byrd's Controls | |
| START A B R L | Pause Menu Tap repeatedly to fly Primary Guns Drop Missiles Drop Missiles |
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Agent 9's Controls | |
| START A B R L Down | Pause Menu Jump Use gun Fire grappling device Hold to look around Duck/Crouch |
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Main Types of Gem Locations | |
 | Most gems are situated just lying around on the ground for anyone to come along and pick up. These are generally the easiest to spot and gather as they are rarely out of the open and will only require Sparx to go pick them up for you. |
 | These baskets are orange in colour and are flammable, making them simple to break open with little risk of you losing your life. These can contain all values of gems but they will not ever contain items. They are also chargeable meaning that you can go on a charging rampage and still collect gems from these baskets. |
 | These blue vases are flame resistant meaning that the only way to break them open will be with a charge attack. This kind of way to open them leaves them in a more dangerous situation as it is easy to miss them and charge right off the edge of the levels. These again, will only contain gems. |
 | These are blue banners with Ripto's face on. They are found hung on walls all around the Dragon Worlds. To get the gems out of them, all you need to do is flame them with the fire breath. You cannot charge these down so will require you to be going a little slower to be able to pick up the gems hidden inside. |
 | These chests are of four different colours. Gold (more of a yellow colour in the actual game though), Purple (again, it looks more of a pink then purple), Green and Red. They can only be opened when you have won both halves of the corresponding key. They can be got in special missions involving Sgt Byrd and Agent 9. These chests cannot be flamed or charged to open. They can also hold special items that you will need to gather, but they will only hold either an item, or plenty of gems. |
 | All Rhynocs when first killed will give up a gem, but on the killings after you've collected the gem, they will not drop anything at all. Most Rhynocs are easy to kill, just a simple flame or charge will do it, some require the wind ability though so watch out for them. |
| Saving the game |
| To save the game, simply press the START button to access the menu, then move the selection down to Save Game, then select Yes to confirm that you want to save the game, wait for it to save, and then either carry on with your game, or switch off your GBA. |
Loading a Game |
| When you turn your GBA on, go to Continue Game, and then select your save file which you are currently using to load it up. It won't load you in the exact position as before, but rather at the start of the current map. |
Starting a New Game |
| To start a new game, turn your GBA on and when it gets to the main screen, select Start New Game, and then select which of the three places you would like to use as your game. You can also overwrite old games from here as well simply by selecting them as the save destination for the new game. |
Options |
| The game has only three options for you to
alter: Music: On/Off - turns the music on or off Sound FX: On/Off - turns the game sounds (such as your fire breath) on or off Speech FX: On/Off - turns the squeaking known as speech on or off |
Credits |
| Selecting this option will roll the credits for who made the game. |
Byrd Rescue |
| This option has three different types of
missions for you to do. Head to Head where you compete against another player, Cooperative where you work together and Single Player where you work by yourself, and isn't a multiplayer game. These will only become playable after you complete the game so you may have to wait a while before you can start playing these. To play them you will need two GBAs and a link cable. |