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Got any ideas? Send me a comment. ​ Follow me on Twitter:   / kiwiseal   ​ Also got a TikTok:   / kiwi_seal   Footage used:    • 100% Full Walkthrough of Rayman 1! [ PlayS...      • Complete Rayman Playthrough (DOS)      • Game Boy Color Longplay [009] Rayman      • GBA Longplay - Rayman Advance      • Longplay Atari Jaguar - Rayman (USA)      • Rayman by his Fans - Jungle - Good Pickin'      • Tutorial Rayman Designer: Costruire un liv...   Rayman, more commonly known as Rayman 1, is the first game in the Rayman series and features the debut of the titular character. The game was first released in 1995 on the Sony PlayStation, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, and PC/MS-DOS. The game was later ported to the Game Boy Advance in 2001, under the name Rayman Advance, Nintendo DSi in 2009 and iOS and Android in 2016, under the name Rayman Classic. The PlayStation version was released in 2008 on the PlayStation Network as a downloadable PSOne Classic, playable on PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. The Nintendo DSi version was released alongside other DSiWare titles on the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. On December 3, 2018, the PlayStation version was re-released with the PlayStation Classic. This version was the NTSC version for all territories. The entire game takes place in the valley, a diverse and surreal location somewhere in the Glade of Dreams. Prior to the beginning of the game, all is harmonious; a mystical pink orb known as the Great Protoon provides peace and balance to the world. However, this cannot last – one day, the evil Mr Dark steals the Great Protoon and defeats its guardian, Betilla the fairy. The natural balance of the world is disrupted; freaks and hostile characters begin to appear. The Electoons, small friendly creatures which gravitated around the Great Protoon, are scattered across the valley and imprisoned in cages by Mr Dark's minions. A benevolent character known as the Magician turns to the heroic Rayman for help. The Magician gives Rayman these tasks: free the Electoons from their cages, and recover the Great Protoon from Mr Dark. Only then will the balance of the world be restored. The valley contains six distinct worlds, and Rayman must pass through each of them in order to fulfill his objectives and reach his ultimate goal. Note that, for the sake of simplicity, the following description assumes that the player chooses to pass through each world one after the other in the correct order. Rayman's path is a branching one; at several points in the game, the player is offered a choice between two new levels, though it will be necessary to backtrack in order to free Electoons and gain certain powers if the player chooses to skip ahead. Rayman is a 2D side-scrolling platform game, unlike its successors. The game takes place in a valley which is made up of six different worlds, half of which are natural (the Dream Forest, Blue Mountains, and the Caves of Skops), while the other half is 'imaginary' (Band Land, Picture City, and the Candy Château). Each of these worlds excluding Candy Château contains three or four levels, each with six cages with Electoons to find. The game's heads-up display consists of how many lives and units of health Rayman has, and how many Tings he has collected. In most versions, Rayman starts with four lives and three units of health, can increase his units of health to five by collecting a Big Power, can gain a life by collecting 100 Tings, and can obtain up to 99 lives per continue. When he takes damage, he loses one unit of health, and when he loses all of them, he loses a life, his temporary fist powers, and all of the Tings he had collected. Upon Game Over, he uses one of his five continues, which are represented by alarm clocks. In later versions, the number of units of health, starting lives and continues has been increased, and the number of Tings required to gain a life has been decreased. The game is considered extremely difficult – much more so than the later installments in the series. Many players do not complete it. This is because the game was never play-tested, leaving the developers with no conception of how difficult it would be for a new player. As a result of the original game's renowned difficulty, great efforts were taken to make Rayman Origins accessible to both beginners and veteran players. #rayman #gaming #ps1 #retro