Spyro: Year of the Dragon is a platform game developed by Insomniac
Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation.
The game was released in North America on November 30, 2000. Year of
the Dragon is the third installment in the Spyro series and the last
Spyro game to be released for the PlayStation. The game was the last
Spyro game Insomniac developed; their next title would be Ratchet &
Clank for the PlayStation 2. Named after the animal of the Chinese
zodiac, Year of the Dragon follows the titular purple character Spyro
as he travels to the "Forgotten Realms" after 150 magical dragon eggs
are stolen from the land of the dragons by an evil sorceress. Players
travel across thirty different worlds gathering gems and eggs. Year of
the Dragon introduced new characters and minigames to the series, as
well as offering improved graphics and music. Upon release, the game
sold more than two million units in the United States, and received
positive critical response, with reviewers noting the game built on the
successful formula of its predecessors by adding more games and
expansive environments. At Game Rankings, Year of the Dragon is one of
the top twenty highest-rated PlayStation games of all time. The game
was followed by the multiplatform title Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, and
was later released for download on the PlayStation Store on May 14,
2009.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1508:
The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the
League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai>
1898:
The Spanish-American War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris,
with Spain recognizing the independence of Cuba; and ceding Guam, the
Philippines, and Puerto Rico to the United States.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_%281898%29>
1901:
The first Nobel Prizes were awarded, on the anniversary of the 1896
death of their founder, Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize>
1907:
During the Brown Dog affair, about 1,000 protesters marched through
London and then clashed with 400 police officers in Trafalgar Square
over the existence of a memorial for animals who have been vivisected .
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Dog_affair>
1948:
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, representing the first global expression of rights to
which all human beings are inherently entitled.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
intempestivity (n):
Unseasonability; untimeliness
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
"Hope" is the thing with feathers —
That perches in the soul —
And sings the tune without the words —
And never stops — at all —
And sweetest — in the Gale — is heard —
And sore must be the storm —
That could abash the little Bird
That
kept so many warm —
--Emily Dickinson
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