The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
Developer(s)	Krome Studios
Publisher(s)	Sierra Entertainment
Series	Spyro
Platform(s)	GameCube
Release date(s)	NA October 10, 2006 EU October 27, 2006 AUS November 2, 2006
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	G6SP7D, G6SE7D
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia Debug Symbol Files

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning is the first game in The Legend of Spyro trilogy, a reboot of the Spyro the Dragon series. It was developed by Krome Studios for the Nintendo GameCube.

A New Beginning uses a more action-based focus than previous Spyro games. Rather than the previous focus on platforming, the gameplay is now more combat based. Spyro has a variety of combat moves as well as four different breath attacks: fire, electricity, ice and earth, which he can use as both long range and short range attacks. Spyro can also use furies, huge blasts of elemental energy. The game has fewer levels than previous Spyro games, with six levels that progress from a starting point towards a final destination and boss encounter in a linear fashion, and two rail shooter style flying levels adjoining them.

Emulation Information

16:9

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning has a native 16:9 display option, but it requires enabling it in its internal options and setting Dolphin's Aspect Ratio graphics setting to "Force 16:9". Using the widescreen hack with this title is not recommended.

Problems

Light Glow

Since 5.0-4703, light glow will not render correctly when EFB to Texture Only is enabled. Disabling it fixes the problem.

Enhancements

60 FPS

Use this Gecko code to enable 60 FPS.

NTSC-U

$60 FPS
043a1d48 00000000
043a1d54 00000000

PAL

$60 FPS (PAL) [Manuelx98]
043a2808 00000000
043a2814 00000000

Configuration

Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.

Graphics

Config	Setting	Notes
Store EFB Copies to Texture Only	Off	Fixes light glow

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

4.0-4061

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2409-117 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
4.0-3547	Windows 8.1	Intel Core i7-4710HQ @ 3.25 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	Certain cutscenes will seem to freeze when the camera is focused on Spyro and/or Sparx. However, the dialogue will continue going, so the game itself isn't frozen. Scene will return to correct movement when camera focuses on another character. Otherwise, games run perfectly.	Anon
4.0-4061	Windows 8.1	Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.4 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460	The game plays out very well. Minor bug when there glowing lights but is easily overlook during gameplay.	Drshaw
5.0	Windows 10	Intel Core i7-4720HQ @ 2.6 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 940M	Certain cutscenes will seem to freeze when the camera is focused on Spyro and/or Sparx. However, the dialogue will continue going, so the game itself isn't frozen. Scene will return to correct movement when camera focuses on another character. Otherwise, games run perfectly.	MegaTrainFan

Gameplay Videos

Dolphin Emulator 4.0.2 - The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (1080p HD) - Nintendo GameCube

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning on NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV - Dolphin Emulator (Nintendo GameCube)

The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning [PAL] [Gamecube] [Español] Dolphin 5.0 [1080p HD]