Help with ghost gem glitch in fireworks factory

deadinthewater · Jun 13, 2011 11:51 PM

I have almost been able to complete Year of the Dragon for a while now. However, I have been unable to get the last two gems in fireworks factory (and in the game) because of the ghost gem glitch. Is there any way it can be fixed or am I just SOL? If it is of an importance, I own the Greatest Hits version of the game. Any help that can be given is appreciated.

yearofthe · Jun 14, 2011 12:11 AM

Exit Fireworks Factory (if you are in it). Press Pause. Press: Circle, Square, Right, Left, Right, Square, Circle, X. (You'll hear sounds as you press the last two keys - this means that it worked!) Enter Fireworks Factory. Go defeat the two ninjas on the platform with the cannon (right below the tower with the gems).

So, what was it that was happening? Brian explains (and sheds some interesting light on how Spyro 3 works):

"It is actually completely unrelated to the Speedway issue, and it only happens to people who are in the 'easiest' difficulty level (the game automatically tunes the difficulty levels for you as you play, depending on how you are doing). You are never prevented (permanently at least) from getting those gems - you just have to go into the level when your difficulty setting is not at the lowest. Some people (a very small number I think) who are almost always playing at the lowest difficulty setting, will almost always be at the lowest difficulty setting."

From here.

Stormy · Jun 14, 2011 12:23 AM

^ That's taken directly from here; you should probably cite where you got it from instead of posting it as if it's your own.

riverhippo · Jun 14, 2011 2:22 AM

Wait. wait. wait. wait....

Difficulty level? I have never heard of this. Is this from the PAL region version or something? I have the North American "Greatest Hits" version and I have never heard or seen anything like this. The game changes the difficulty based on how you are doing? WAHT!?!? And what does it change? how hard the gems are to find, the reaction time of the enemies, or something else?

This is amazing, I can't believe I have never heard of this.

And I just got done playing through this game again.

Paranoia · Jun 14, 2011 2:29 AM

I never knew about the difficulty level until recently either. Apparently the game (all versions of Spyro 3 I believe) will adjust its difficulty depending on how well you're playing. It's most evident when trying to get to the "Impossible Tower" in Charmed Ridge. It doesn't change the location of any of the gems, I think it's probably just how smart the enemies are. And I guess it also hinders your gliding ability a bit.

riverhippo · Jun 14, 2011 2:43 AM

PARANOiA wrote:

I never knew about the difficulty level until recently either. Apparently the game (all versions of Spyro 3 I believe) will adjust its difficulty depending on how well you're playing. It's most evident when trying to get to the "Impossible Tower" in Charmed Ridge. It doesn't change the location of any of the gems, I think it's probably just how smart the enemies are. And I guess it also hinders your gliding ability a bit.

If it hinders your gliding ability, I feel like I would have noticed it.

However, I did notice that I had to climb the tower edges to glide to the impossible tower in order to get the skill point, while other times, I remember being able to glide and hover it straight out with out much scarping for an edge.

Stormy · Jun 14, 2011 3:04 AM

I never knew about it either until I found that SpyroHints website. I figured I never noticed because I must have been at a fairly consistent skill level throughout the entire game.

deadinthewater · Jun 14, 2011 3:14 AM

thank you for your help. I will try this as soon as I get the chance to.

JazzJackrabbit · Jul 03, 2011 12:03 AM

I'll just leave this here

MoonDragoness · Dec 10, 2011 8:54 PM

I've never heard of a difficulty level in the games before.
And I've defeated all three of the original games 100+% countless times tongue

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