Rayman 1

[Haruka]

Lucky, I'll try to buy that game around October or November.

[Marley]

No. Those red monsters with the spiked balls on there arms are in Rayman Advance. But other creatures (such as the bouncy drums), as well as parts of some levels and cage locations, have been changed or removed. I'm not saying you shouldn't get it, even though it isn't as good as the console and PC versions. Just expect it to be a bit different (especially with the music, they overuse Mr. Dark's theme way too much).

[MrBadGuy]

And it's also much easier than the originals

[syntheticgerbil]

Really? I used to have Rayman Advance and found it much harder. The controls seemed really unresponsive and hard to use on the GBA.

[Haruka]

Really? I used to have Rayman Advance and found it much harder. The controls seemed really unresponsive and hard to use on the GBA.

The best version of Rayman 1 is the PSX. Rayman Advance is good anyway, however weaker on the general things done to port it to GBA.

[syntheticgerbil]

Yeah, I don't know. It could be just me, but I had a hard time finishing Rayman Advance. The controls either seemed way too sensitive compared to the 90s versions or maybe I was overcompensating for tiny screen. It's definitely the best version for someone who can't find an old PSX copy or someone who can't get the Win95 versions to work on their PC. I did like how Rayman Advance added copious amounts of "sparkler" hints. Getting all of the cages to appear your first time playing Rayman can be a very frustrating thing if you don't know where to look.

[Haruka]

Yeah, I don't know. It could be just me, but I had a hard time finishing Rayman Advance. The controls either seemed way too sensitive compared to the 90s versions or maybe I was overcompensating for tiny screen. It's definitely the best version for someone who can't find an old PSX copy or someone who can't get the Win95 versions to work on their PC. I did like how Rayman Advance added copious amounts of "sparkler" hints. Getting all of the cages to appear your first time playing Rayman can be a very frustrating thing if you don't know where to look.

The sparkles also appeared on PC version. I would love to play the PC version again, but the patch isn't 100% perfect to solve the compactibility problem with XP. I don't know which ammount of CPU Cycle and additional options I must configure to put the game working as better as possible.

[syntheticgerbil]

Yeah the "sparkler" hints were in the original PC version, but I'm pretty sure there were a lot more in Rayman Advance.

The patch for the PC version is a little bit tough to get working, but have you tried DOSBox instead? I use that to run all the Rayman original/Forever/By His Fans/60 Levels stuff on PC. DOSBox can be somewhat confusing to someone who didn't have to mess with DOS when they were young or had a Mac. It also has some more of the cycle tweaking you were talking about which is sometimes hard to set right. I've only had to use the patches for the Rayman Designer though, since the application is Windows based.

[Haruka]

Yeah the "sparkler" hints were in the original PC version, but I'm pretty sure there were a lot more in Rayman Advance.

The patch for the PC version is a little bit tough to get working, but have you tried DOSBox instead? I use that to run all the Rayman original/Forever/By His Fans/60 Levels stuff on PC. DOSBox can be somewhat confusing to someone who didn't have to mess with DOS when they were young or had a Mac. It also has some more of the cycle tweaking you were talking about which is sometimes hard to set right. I've only had to use the patches for the Rayman Designer though, since the application is Windows based.

DOSBox is confusing for me.
I never used MS-DOS... only for quick hard disk formats.

It would be awesome on suceeding to work perfectly Rayman 1 on PC.

[spiraldoor]

Really? I used to have Rayman Advance and found it much harder. The controls seemed really unresponsive and hard to use on the GBA.

The best version of Rayman 1 is the PSX. Rayman Advance is good anyway, however weaker on the general things done to port it to GBA.

The PSX version is the best, and it's the same as the PSN version; the Saturn version is a close second; after that, the DOS version; then the Jaguar version; I guess it's debatable whether the GBA or the GBC version is the worst.

[Haruka]

I liked pretty much the GBC version and it is very different from the other versions.

[PluMGMK]

Really? I used to have Rayman Advance and found it much harder. The controls seemed really unresponsive and hard to use on the GBA.

The best version of Rayman 1 is the PSX. Rayman Advance is good anyway, however weaker on the general things done to port it to GBA.

The PSX version is the best, and it's the same as the PSN version; the Saturn version is a close second; after that, the DOS version; then the Jaguar version; I guess it's debatable whether the GBA or the GBC version is the worst.

We should have a poll.

[Haruka]

Right, but I never played the Jaguar and Saturn versions.

[syntheticgerbil]

DOSBox is confusing for me.
I never used MS-DOS... only for quick hard disk formats.

It would be awesome on suceeding to work perfectly Rayman 1 on PC.

You could try Dfend instead. It's basically DosBox but with friendly menus and a windowed shell. It's a little bit closer to how you would use the old console emulators like Zsnes or Nesticle but maybe with slightly more things you have to configure. You can try downloading it here:
http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/Download.html

All you do it select the install and game exes through the setup wizard and that's about it. I think it should automatically have CD Drive support but you may have to turn it on in the options first. I think when I used it last I just had to turn up the cycles slightly and I was able to run the original Rayman fine along with the extras. I think you just have to be sure to select Sound Blaster 16 in the Rayman setup with an IRQ of 7 and a DMA of 3.

The best version of Rayman 1 is the PSX. Rayman Advance is good anyway, however weaker on the general things done to port it to GBA.
The PSX version is the best, and it's the same as the PSN version; the Saturn version is a close second; after that, the DOS version; then the Jaguar version; I guess it's debatable whether the GBA or the GBC version is the worst.

I'd love to see screenshots of the differences of the Saturn version one day. I do own a Sega Saturn but I guess I don't really have time to track down a copy of Rayman for it and then play through it.

I wouldn't count the GBC version as really the same game. While it is all based on the storyline and worlds from Rayman 1, the levels are designed completely different. I really like the GBC Rayman as a stand alone game (only the first one) and it's definitely one of the best on the Game Boy Color in my opinion but it seems like a bad game when compared to the original Rayman.

[Cairnie]

Currently there's no way to play the Jaguar version with decent sound and without fatal glitches [the app suddenly shutting down] unless you have the console yourself, which of course I don't but would get one if I saw one [fat chance].

I though the GBA one was the very worst - terrible audio, graphics weren't to par and it was less playable on such a small screen.

[Haruka]

DOSBox is confusing for me.
I never used MS-DOS... only for quick hard disk formats.

It would be awesome on suceeding to work perfectly Rayman 1 on PC.

You could try Dfend instead. It's basically DosBox but with friendly menus and a windowed shell. It's a little bit closer to how you would use the old console emulators like Zsnes or Nesticle but maybe with slightly more things you have to configure. You can try downloading it here:
http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/Download.html

All you do it select the install and game exes through the setup wizard and that's about it. I think it should automatically have CD Drive support but you may have to turn it on in the options first. I think when I used it last I just had to turn up the cycles slightly and I was able to run the original Rayman fine along with the extras. I think you just have to be sure to select Sound Blaster 16 in the Rayman setup with an IRQ of 7 and a DMA of 3.

OMG it actually worked! The game running perfectly! But it has no sound... can you help me? (My game is from French Rayman Collector)

[MrBadGuy]

I thought the GBA one was the very worst - terrible audio, graphics weren't to par and it was less playable on such a small screen.

Really? I quite liked the GBA one when I first played it... Although I'll admit I prefer playing it on PSP.

[Haruka]

DOSBox is confusing for me.
I never used MS-DOS... only for quick hard disk formats.

It would be awesome on suceeding to work perfectly Rayman 1 on PC.

You could try Dfend instead. It's basically DosBox but with friendly menus and a windowed shell. It's a little bit closer to how you would use the old console emulators like Zsnes or Nesticle but maybe with slightly more things you have to configure. You can try downloading it here:
http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/Download.html

All you do it select the install and game exes through the setup wizard and that's about it. I think it should automatically have CD Drive support but you may have to turn it on in the options first. I think when I used it last I just had to turn up the cycles slightly and I was able to run the original Rayman fine along with the extras. I think you just have to be sure to select Sound Blaster 16 in the Rayman setup with an IRQ of 7 and a DMA of 3.

OMG it actually worked! The game running perfectly! But it has no sound... can you help me? (My game is from French Rayman Collector)

Nevermind, I started to have problems.

The menu is OK, but on in-game the game runs TOO FAST. I fixed the sound effect problem, but there is no background music... X_X

[syntheticgerbil]

Nevermind, I started to have problems.

The menu is OK, but on in-game the game runs TOO FAST. I fixed the sound effect problem, but there is no background music... X_X

Yeah, I'm at work right now, but I'll go home and try it out again on my PC and see what I can do. Are you using XP? I've been on XP professional for a while now.

Hmm... if the music isn't running the CD may not be turned on within the emulator. I don't have it in front of me, but if you right click on the path you made for Rayman in Dfend and I think press "edit"(?) you will open up a window where you can adjust the options. There should be a place you can add a CD drive in there.

The game running too fast is actually a bug I remember. I will have to try to figure out why that's happening to you. Inside the game is there something you can change in the option screen to pick the speed of the game?

Haha, sorry I can't be more help right now. I'll post again after I get home.

[Haruka]

Nevermind, I started to have problems.

The menu is OK, but on in-game the game runs TOO FAST. I fixed the sound effect problem, but there is no background music... X_X

Yeah, I'm at work right now, but I'll go home and try it out again on my PC and see what I can do. Are you using XP? I've been on XP professional for a while now.

Hmm... if the music isn't running the CD may not be turned on within the emulator. I don't have it in front of me, but if you right click on the path you made for Rayman in Dfend and I think press "edit"(?) you will open up a window where you can adjust the options. There should be a place you can add a CD drive in there.

The game running too fast is actually a bug I remember. I will have to try to figure out why that's happening to you. Inside the game is there something you can change in the option screen to pick the speed of the game?

Haha, sorry I can't be more help right now. I'll post again after I get home.

My operating system is Windows XP Professional. And I had configured before you posting, the CD drive (ISO file) on the emulator, but no music... Option screen to pick speed of the game on it? I don't think so.