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Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:13 am
by Zinx
PluMGMK wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:53 am Yeah, I don't understand why they didn't just do that.
Because the source code of that version uses an older and more hard to understand engine.

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:12 pm
by hoodlumsworld
Davide Soliani, the creative director at Ubisoft Milan, who also happened to work on Rayman for the Game Boy Color, recently found level design notes and concept art for the game in his garage and published some of it on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/DavideSoliani/statu ... 9619809280
Davide Soliani wrote: This morning, in my garage, I've found thousand stuff of my youth, my work and my passion about Nintendo. This one is about my first project ever, Rayman game boy colour, released in 2000 (I've started in Ubi in 1999. A 50 page archiver with the notes of my levels ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜…
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https://twitter.com/DavideSoliani/statu ... 7106003973
Davide Soliani wrote: The garage digging continues. This time I've found a 21 years old collection of artworks of Rayman Gbc, and another game that was never released. I hope that the Rayman players will appreciate. Have a great week end you all ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™
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Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 2:09 pm
by Hunchman801
Nice find! It would be so great if the guy could scan and upload everything for us to see. :hap:

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 12:39 pm
by hoodlumsworld
Have you guys seen this new (well, previously unseen) artwork posted by Emmanuel Carre (PR Manager at Ubisoft) on LinkedIn?

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(Thanks RayCarrot for uploading them!)

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 2:26 pm
by Electoon
I've seen the stopwatch one before, but the rest are new finds. I love how expressive he is!

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 3:51 pm
by Elite Piranha
I saw this recently, but I forgot to share it here, thanks for posting the images. That image with the Electoons hidding within clothes makes me think that Mr Dark might have been the original hoodlum :mrgreen:.

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:47 am
by Steo
I had noticed they posted these images for Rayman's Birthday too.

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:55 am
by Raymanfan112
Rayman 1 is pretty hard, I'm currently stuck on space mama have any advice?

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:55 am
by RaymanRedemption
Raymanfan112 wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:55 am Rayman 1 is pretty hard, I'm currently stuck on space mama have any advice?
Are you playing on PS1 or PC?
Whatever, I strongly advice you to use cheatcodes :mrgreen:

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:14 am
by dr_st
Raymanfan112 wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:55 am Rayman 1 is pretty hard, I'm currently stuck on space mama have any advice?
It's all about memorizing her patterns and precise timing and positioning.

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:33 am
by Hunchman801
Lovely artwork! Thanks for sharing, hoodlumsworld. :up:

As for Space Mama, you might want to watch a couple gameplay videos to know what to expect (and welcome to this place, by the way!).

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:06 pm
by Steo
Raymanfan112 wrote: Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:55 am Rayman 1 is pretty hard, I'm currently stuck on space mama have any advice?
First of all, welcome! As for the battle, it's basically all about learning the patterns. I assume you mean the fight with the washing machine? Which part do you have trouble with?

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:56 pm
by Gordswitch
What file format were Rayman 1โ€™s music files in? Just wondering considering how placing the CD-Rom in a CD-Player back in the day would allow you to listen to the soundtrack.

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 12:50 am
by PluMGMK
They were in standard CD audio format. The game simply played the track on the CD using standard CD-audio functions provided by MS-DOS/PlayStation/Saturn.

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:27 am
by Fifo
Gordswitch wrote: Sat Sep 26, 2020 10:56 pm What file format were Rayman 1โ€™s music files in? Just wondering considering how placing the CD-Rom in a CD-Player back in the day would allow you to listen to the soundtrack.
itโ€™s a mixed mode CD โ€“ track 1 is ISO 9660 data while the rest of the tracks are Red Book audio

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 12:45 pm
by Zinx
I think that the DOS version is Red Book audio only.
It does not loop the tracks as well as the other verisons too (and its missing some tracks).

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 2:03 pm
by Fifo
Zinx wrote: Sun Sep 27, 2020 12:45 pm I think that the DOS version is Red Book audio only.
Every version of Rayman 1 (including PC/MS-DOS) is a mixed mode CD, which means track 1 is unplayable.

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 5:43 pm
by PluMGMK
Don't forget that the PS1 version has extra MIDI tracks that are mixed under the CD audio in certain parts. But otherwise, Fifo is correct.

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2020 7:28 pm
by Fifo
PluMGMK wrote: Sun Sep 27, 2020 5:43 pm Don't forget that the PS1 version has extra MIDI tracks that are mixed under the CD audio in certain parts. But otherwise, Fifo is correct.
Not only the PS1 versionโ€”thereโ€™s one other version that has the MIDI sequences. ;)

Re: Rayman 1

Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 8:16 am
by Zinx
I wonder why they didnt do a normal Windows release for this game even after spinoffs and expansions for it got released.
Maybe they could have got rid of DOS limitations this way.