Actually introduced in Ripto’s Rage. The Reignited version backported them to the first game, though.
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rekorse@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoI believe the very first one had skill points that unlocked and extended ending and game art.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
ICastFist@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Not the first one on the PSX, that’s for sure. Also, getting some extra stuff for 100% a game wasn’t new by the time of Spyro, both Donkey Kong Country and Crash Bandicoot already did that
Okami_No_Rei@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
This. They were indeed called Skill Points, and Insomniac loved to tie cheats and bonus material to completing them. I played the shit out of Spyro and Ratchet and Clank back in the day.