How did you become a Rayman fan?

[TheKopex]

I became a fan 12 years ago in 2000 when one of my parent's friends gave us a PS1 bundled with four games. Theme Park World, Crash Bandicoot, Rayman 1 and 2. Instantly, I became a fan of Rayman and played it for hours

[Rulez]

I watched up to the second area in Allegro Presto, then it was time to go to preschool.

So you took an arrow in the knee FUCK

[Adsolution]

I watched up to the second area in Allegro Presto, then it was time to go to preschool.

So you took an arrow in the knee FUCK

I have a huge scar on my knee to prove it.

[Rulez]

I watched up to the second area in Allegro Presto, then it was time to go to preschool.

So you took an arrow in the knee FUCK

I have a huge scar on my knee to prove it.

But you still are an adventurer, despite taking an arrow in the knee.

See that, guards? She's still adventuring though she took an arrow in the knee. You pussies.

Guards these days...

[Rayfist]

I first started playing rayman 1 when I was 4 years old, I sucked at it, and I quit. which is why I never WAS REALLY a TRUE fan until the year of 2000, when I actually finished R1 and loved it! Ever since then I feel like I accomplished something as if... as if I had survived a war. It was a heartbreaking moment. Too much nostalgia? :p

[Shrooblord]

Too much nostalgia? :p

Maybe a little bit.

My cousin used to live in with us and he was like an older brother to me. He played Rayman 2 on the PC and that's how I got to know the franchise. I remember playing around in the Woods of Light, trying to get back up the waterfall right under the very first cage. I also tried chasing the moskitoes and I never really managed to hover to the ledge with the Globoxes... I think I thought you had to take a good run before you could do it. Apparently I never beat the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire, because I remember the Hall of Doors not reaching to beyond that point.
I think for me it was the music that captured me. I am still in awe of that music as to this day - especially the Prologue is a brilliant score in my opinion - and since then I got to know Rayman GBC, which I also loved, Rayman M, Rayman 3 and Rayman 1 in that order. The day the Rabbids invaded my TV screen was the day I cursed upon UbiSoft for ruining my hero. ... and then came Rayman Origins... oh, sweet reconciliation.

[BarkingChaos]

I got a Playstation for christmas...I was either four or five...and Rayman was one of the games I got for it. I don't recall if I was ever able to beat the game, but it does hold a special place in my heart for being only one of 2 games that I have played so much they broke (first being Sonic 2). It got to the point where the only way the game would load was for me to sit through the entire opening, and eventually even that stopped working. Although now I can recite that intro by heart

[Electoon]

. It got to the point where the only way the game would load was for me to sit through the entire opening, and eventually even that stopped working. Although now I can recite that intro by heart

Me too

[Adsolution]

So many 2000ers, I feel like a veteran.

[Shrooblord]

So many 2000ers, I feel like a veteran.

Haha I picked 2000 because I think 5 years old is the best age at which I can assume I knew what videogames were - before then, not so much, maybe just pretty screens.
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Hmm, that sounds like a wrong assumption. 5 is quite old for not knowing what is going on. I'll change my vote then.

[BarkingChaos]

So many 2000ers, I feel like a veteran.

While its possible I got Rayman in 95, that would have made me 3. I think I still had a sega at that point. I'm gonna guess it was either 96 or 97 for me.

[Anassy]

Oh, I see the voting!~ Omg, it seems that I'm the only one who has been loving Rayman since 1996. If I remember well, I've been being a fan since then... or if not, I don't miss too much, the next option I could start it is '97, but I was very young, so can't remember well. XD

[Shrooblord]

Isn't '96 like the oldest time from which a Rayman fan could come? That's pretty cool - lovin' it at release.

Btw I like the Pirate outfit that you're wearing in your sig.

[Rayrobi]

Isn't '96 like the oldest time from which a Rayman fan could come?

It's 95, but i think no one became a fan in the same year as it has been released.

[Cairnie]

I hadn't even heard of Rayman when it first came out and even back then I was a kid... yet I was playing Zool on the school Acorn... haha

[Anassy]

Isn't '96 like the oldest time from which a Rayman fan could come? That's pretty cool - lovin' it at release.

Btw I like the Pirate outfit that you're wearing in your sig.

I was very little, like 4 years old when I first played it if I remember well ^^ It was one of the most awesome moments in my life when I got the first Rayman. ;w;

Btw thanks! ^^

[maxxyboy1000]

I was given Rayman 2 when I got my computer. I played it, absolutly loved it, and have been a Rayman fan ever since. It is probably, still, one of my favourite games to play.

[Reese Riverson]

I fell in love with the Rayman series when my brother first got Rayman Arena, I wanted one too but the store had Rayman 3 instead. I never regret it.

[Raymansgirl22]

Since 1995 baby!

[Rayrobi]

I mistook, you then became a fan in the same year the first game released!