I'm delighted to announce that we are now affiliated with Rayman Together, a vibrant and welcoming community run by James McKenzie that is the one place to go for Rayman fans on Twitter.
Rayman Together also recently launched their YouTube channel, Rayman Together Play, and I'm proud to present their first video produced in partnership with Pirate-Community, a top five of Rayman M race tracks:
Hope you enjoyed it, and stay tuned for more collaborations in the future!
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- Re: Discussing the Climate Change
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So I've been reading about hydroelectricity lately, which everyone knows is a renewable energy source, which dates back much further than wind, solar, etc. But apparently, it's not actually emissions-free…
Basically, because the reservoirs are full of detritus, microbiological activity leads to the production of methane, which gets released into the atmosphere as the water levels fluctuate, and in particular as the turbines agitate water drawn in from the deepest levels. Seemingly this has only recently been figured out, so in most places it's not even being assessed and factored into emissions figures. It makes me wonder how many other emissions blind spots we have…
Seemingly it could be mitigated by reducing nutrient runoff upstream, ensuring the reservoirs are oxygenated, and drawing water into the turbines from shallower levels. These all sound really difficult changes to make to existing installations though. It's a pity there's no way to harvest the methane, since burning it would change it to just CO2, which is much less potent as a greenhouse gas, and could actually produce more power…
When I mentioned this to my mother, she suggested someone could do a study to figure out how much methane is emitted by Ireland's eight dams, and compare it with what would be emitted by additional cattle herds if farmland hadn't been flooded to create the dams' reservoirs, but instead developed in accordance with the country's questionable agriculture policies over the last few decades…
- Re: ItzalDrake's Rayman Fan Art
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Lately I've been working on this sketch to find out the Rayman design I'll be using for a school project
I tried to mix together the official modern designs and keep it simple for its purpose
- Rayman M Hebrew Version
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As part of my research into localized Rayman releases (e.g., Rayman 3), I recently obtained the Hebrew version of Rayman M from a retro game store. It is the first game in the series which had been officially translated, back in 2002.
As there is no voice acting in Rayman M, it is only a UI / text translation. It is pretty good, although not flawless. Observations are below.
Appearance
Click the thumbnails below for larger versions comparing the UK release with the Israeli one:
The box art is fully translated and mirrored (except the screenshots), just like they did later with Rayman 3. I would say the discs even look a bit nicer, with the full-color logo.
Disc Contents
Compared to the UK release, Disc 1 contains extra data files to support all localized languages in the installer (Hebrew, Czech, Brazilian, Hungarian, Polish). However, the Ubi.ins is configured to support only Hebrew, and I could not get the game itself to display anything other than Hebrew as well, but I might research it later. There are also differences in various LVL/PTR files (not all of them), in TEX16.CNT and TEX32.CNT, some in SetupUbi.exe, and RaymanM.exe is different too (more on it below). The date on RaymanM.exe is 26-May-2002, which suggests the game was released a full half-year later than the original retail version (November 2001). There is a RAYMANM.SAV file on the CD, although it does not seem to have any saved games in it.
All files on Disc 2 are completely identical to the UK release, down to the Yamakasi.bik strange trailer.
Copy protection
Here things get interesting. Neither ProtectionID nor Alcohol 120% could detect any form of protection on the discs, but when dumping them, they were complaining about read errors in a few sectors on both CDs. I presume these are bogus ''bad sectors'' for copy protection purposes, as there were no errors installing the games, copying any files manually, and the original and copied files read identical. There must be some copy protection code in RaymanM.exe (which would explain some of the different file contents), because it refused to run with a disc image demanding that the original CD2 be inserted. Replacing it with RaymanM.exe from the (unprotected) UK release allowed the game to run from the mounted CD image.
Compatibility
Unlike with Rayman 3, the UK and Israeli releases of Rayman M have the same installation ID, so the installer of either of them would detect the other already being installed. To install side by side, you could use Rayman Control Panel, or something similar. The save games are compatible between the two, as well - I did not notice any strange effects like in Rayman 3.
Translation
Since the characters in the game speak some sort of Raymanian (no real-life languages), and there is not any meaningful dialog - the only thing that had to be translated is the UI, character names and level names. As far as I could see, most of the translations seem reasonably accurate. I spotted nothing major, except one weird glitch - the words "Race:" and "Battle:" in the corresponding mode selection screens are written backwards - left-to-right instead of right-to-left. So מרוץ became ץורמ and קרב became ברק. You can see it in the screenshots below. I have no idea what could cause this glitch only in this one spot. Maybe the colon (:) messes up the text direction?
Names
The most interesting part is, of course, how the character names were translated. I superimposed all of them on the screeenshot and summarized in the table below:
So Globox being made into "Mogol" started here and carried into Rayman3. All the other characters have lost a great deal of their personality. Tily is simply "a fairy", the Razorbeard couple have been given descriptive, but impersonal names, and the Henchmen are diminished as well. Although "roboton" may be a word play on "automaton", who knows. The Teensies are reduced to insects!Code: Select all
Character Hebrew Pronunciation Meaning Rayman ריימן Rayman Razorbeard מסורון Masoron Little (male) saw Globox מוגול Mogol Henchman 800 רובוטון800 Roboton 800 Little robot Teensies דו חרק Du Herek Bi-insect Henchman 1000 רובוטון1000 Roboton 1000 Little robot Tily פיה Feya Fairy Razorwife מסורית Masorit Little (female) saw
Another unexpected thing is "lums" are translated to "diamonds" (יהלומים). This did not continue into Rayman 3, where call them "lums" (לומים).
Further research
It's interesting to me whether the content for other languages is somehow present in the game data files, and can be unlocked. Certainly in Rayman Origins this turned out to be the case - all localized content is always present, but is just disabled in certain versions. However, these were very different times, and that localization was done directly by Ubisoft.
Another thing I have no answer for - was there a manual booklet in Hebrew included with the game? The back of the case mentions "refer to the booklet for information on phone tech support". However, the retro game store I got it from had four different copies, and none of them had the booklet. An unfortunate coincidence? Or an error on the publisher's part? I don't know. There are also no digitized manuals on the disc, Hebrew or any other languages, just the Readme file.
- Re: Birthdays and ages
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Happy birthday to Rayman Saturn and Keane!
- Re: Birthdays and ages
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Happy Birthday Keane and Saturn!
(Also Happy Birthday Mya, in case you ever drop by again, even if we never met…
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- Re: Birthdays and ages
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Thanks a lot everyone!
- Re: Birthdays and ages
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Happy birthday to Rayman Saturn!
- Re: Rayman merchandise
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Those are from braadz97. The only thing I could find is this video:
- Re: Rayman merchandise
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Does anyone have any information regarding these Globox Slapping Hands? where or how were they released?
- Re: Challenge of the Month #16 - Bongo Hills Magician Challenge
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That could be tricky I'd say!
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Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:18 pm:
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Wed Jan 01, 2020 2:29 am:
The Pirate-Community would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Of course, this also means that it's time for a new round of the Favourite Rayman Games Survey!
You can find last year's results here, 2018's results here, and 2017's results here.
by PluMGMK
You can find last year's results here, 2018's results here, and 2017's results here.
Wed Dec 25, 2019 4:38 pm:
Pirate-Community wishes you a Merry Christmas! We hope you all got socks, so you won't have to go reinvent the tube sock, and will have more time to enjoy your day. 
by Steo
Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:18 pm:
RayTunes, our Rayman music archive, has just received a big content update!
This one includes the long-awaited Rayman Mini soundtrack, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2, and a very rare official soundtrack for Tonic Trouble.
On top of that, the Rayman 1 and Rayman Adventures soundtracks have also received additional tracks.
Enjoy!
by Droolie
This one includes the long-awaited Rayman Mini soundtrack, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2, and a very rare official soundtrack for Tonic Trouble.
On top of that, the Rayman 1 and Rayman Adventures soundtracks have also received additional tracks.
Enjoy!
Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:44 pm:
Ubisoft have released an announcement trailer for Rayman Mini.
Rayman Mini will have a similar gameplay style to the previous UbiArt mobile games, and it will feature 48 levels, including boss fights. Rayman, Globox and Barbara will be playable characters with unlockable outfits. Teensies will not be playable, and the antagonist seems to be the Flaming Teensy, who is seen shrinking Rayman near the beginning of the announcement trailer.
Rayman Mini is scheduled for release on September 23rd, 2019.
by Steo
Rayman Mini will have a similar gameplay style to the previous UbiArt mobile games, and it will feature 48 levels, including boss fights. Rayman, Globox and Barbara will be playable characters with unlockable outfits. Teensies will not be playable, and the antagonist seems to be the Flaming Teensy, who is seen shrinking Rayman near the beginning of the announcement trailer.
Rayman Mini is scheduled for release on September 23rd, 2019.
Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:36 am:
A new game called Rayman Mini has been announced as a launch title for the upcoming Apple Arcade.
In this game, Rayman is reduced to size of an ant. Players are tasked with clearing levels as quickly as possible by jumping off insects and plants.
Rayman Mini will be available on September 19th, 2019.
by Hunchman801
In this game, Rayman is reduced to size of an ant. Players are tasked with clearing levels as quickly as possible by jumping off insects and plants.
Rayman Mini will be available on September 19th, 2019.
Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:59 pm:
Today marks the sixteenth birthday of Pirate-Community. It is an impressive figure for what started as a small fan community, and this was only made possible thanks to the loyalty of its members and the dedication of its staff during all these years.
Yet there are many more birthdays to come! Despite the complete lack of Rayman news, the community is still strong, and while it may not see as much activity as it used to, it's still the one and only place for Rayman fans to go. In fact, with only 39,217 messages posted during the last twelve months, this is the quiestest year in the history of the forum, which now totals 1,319,591 posts.
RayWiki, however, has made good progress, with a Russian version being created, the first language addition since 2015. With 5,304 articles in 8 languages, it is the world reference when it comes to Rayman, and while this figure gives us an increase of 138 articles from last year, the real figure is actually between 300 and 400 due to an error, now fixed, in the way statistics were previously calculated.
Meanwhile, RayTunes still sees a lot of visits from music enthusiasts all around the world, and is so complete that it is now difficult to think of new additions to it!
Overall, things have been calm, but the community is still here, ready to boom shall Ubisoft decide one day to revive the Rayman series. In the meantime, we will keep working hard on the websites you love, and make sure that their incredible content is always there for you.
Long live Rayman, long live Pirate-Community!
by Hunchman801
Yet there are many more birthdays to come! Despite the complete lack of Rayman news, the community is still strong, and while it may not see as much activity as it used to, it's still the one and only place for Rayman fans to go. In fact, with only 39,217 messages posted during the last twelve months, this is the quiestest year in the history of the forum, which now totals 1,319,591 posts.
RayWiki, however, has made good progress, with a Russian version being created, the first language addition since 2015. With 5,304 articles in 8 languages, it is the world reference when it comes to Rayman, and while this figure gives us an increase of 138 articles from last year, the real figure is actually between 300 and 400 due to an error, now fixed, in the way statistics were previously calculated.
Meanwhile, RayTunes still sees a lot of visits from music enthusiasts all around the world, and is so complete that it is now difficult to think of new additions to it!
Overall, things have been calm, but the community is still here, ready to boom shall Ubisoft decide one day to revive the Rayman series. In the meantime, we will keep working hard on the websites you love, and make sure that their incredible content is always there for you.
Long live Rayman, long live Pirate-Community!
Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:31 pm:
The 2019 Edition of the Favourite Rayman Game Survey is now up! Whether you participated in the previous edition or you're a new member, we hope you'll share your thoughts on our beloved series.
The results from 2018 can be found here, while those from 2017 can be found here.
by PluMGMK
The results from 2018 can be found here, while those from 2017 can be found here.
Thu Dec 27, 2018 6:29 pm:
Info has recently come to light about a cancelled game, derived from a trailer which was intended for release back in 2000. There's a possibility that it may have been the original concept of Rayman 2000, although that's currently unconfirmed.
by Steo
Tue Dec 25, 2018 1:16 am:
The Pirate-Community wishes you all a Merry Christmas!
Unfortunately it looks like Santa won't be giving us Rayman's "fourth adventure" this year, but let's remain hopeful that it'll happen some day!
by PluMGMK
Unfortunately it looks like Santa won't be giving us Rayman's "fourth adventure" this year, but let's remain hopeful that it'll happen some day!
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