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Rayman is a side-scrolling platform video game developed and published by Ubisoft. Originally designed for the Atari Jaguar in 1995, a PlayStation version was developed and released in time for the North American launch of the console on 9 September 1995; and further ports were created for Sega Saturn in 1995 and MS-DOS computers in 1996. The game has appeared in various other formats, including versions for the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation Network, DSiWare, and iOS and Android devices.

Plot
Mr. Dark, a mysterious evil wizard, stole the Great Protoon, the Glade of Dream's source of power, and imprisoned the electoons which gravitated around the Great Protoon in cages. Betilla the fairy attempted to stop him but failed, so she requested Rayman to save the day. With assitance from Betilla and the Magician, Rayman must break all the cages to free the Electoon and find Mr. Dark's lair in order to recover the Great Protoon.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Absolutely beautiful and colorful graphics, even by 1995 standards, They're so beautiful that they're on par with Crash Bandicoot or even Final Fantasy VII. They still even look like they deserve to look like for today and for ages, to the point that this game is often considered one of the best-looking games for consoles, especially in the PlayStation and Sega Saturn versions.
 * 2) Goofy and creative character and enemy designs give the game lots of personality.
 * 3) Excellent music and soundtrack composed by Rémi Gazel, Didier Lord, and Stéphane Bellanger. They are so wonderful that it would make you want to try to take it to your head or play the levels for longer to listen to the music, or even go to YouTube and download the music to your computer, phone or tablet, especially Deep Forest, Harmony, Fear of Heights, and Cloak of Darkness.
 * 4) The stage selection screen is seen from the main villian, Mr. Dark's point of view.
 * 5) Despite the game's colorful happy appearance, it is very challenging. Despite that, the game is never unfair.
 * 6) Responsive and fluid controls, good collision detection, and a solid frame rate prevent cheap deaths.
 * 7) The very frame Rayman grabs onto a ledge the player can immediately jump thus preventing the game's pacing from slowing down.
 * 8) Like Crash Bandicoot: Warped, in some levels you can get abilities, power-ups or temporary such as:
 * 9) * Telescopic fist: the first ability that Rayman can do, the only thing he does is hit the enemies and release the Electoons.
 * 10) * Hanging: the second ability that Rayman can hang from shelves, and it is absolutely useful that if you fall you can hang yourself on a shelf.
 * 11) * TBA
 * 12) The level designs are pretty appealing, here are some perfect examples:
 * 13) * In Candy Chateau, it has a eye-candy design to see, the details that you see in this world you can see the floor like cream and chocolate cookies and nougat, and the rest you can see ice creams, chocolates, tea pots and cups.
 * 14) * In Picture City, he has some very creative and original designs, The details of this world you can see some pencils, pencil sharpeners, erasers, chalks, paints and pens.
 * 15) * TBA

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some console ports were very poorly made.
 * 2) The game is often considered too difficult. The difficulty spike begins as early as the second world.
 * 3) Occasional frame-rate stuttering.
 * 4) The Rayman Forever game found on the GOG store is missing most music tracks found in the original game. Mods are required to restore the complete original soundtrack.
 * 5) Unfortunately, the Android and IOS version removed it in the summer of 2018 for unknown reasons, so you can no longer download this game in the Play Store and App Store stores.
 * 6) Very low replay value, you can complete this game in 3 or 4 hours or depending on what you are doing.
 * 7) If you want to fight with Mr. Dark, it will be mandatory to obtain 100% to access the boss! Yes, really.

Reception
Rayman recieved generally positive reviews. Critics praised its graphics, animation, soundtrack, controls, and for proving that the Sony PlayStation can do 2D games well and showing that the Atari Jaguar had some potential. It was criticised for its excessive difficulty, however.

Trivia
The back cover of the PlayStation 1 game box has several quotes that hint to the game's intense difficulty.