Searching for Rayman 1 Japanese demo version

[RaymanRedemption]

Hi there!

I'm actually looking for this specific Japanese version of Rayman 1:


In this version, the world map looks like:

Any idea where can I find it?
Thanks!

[hoodlumsworld]

Have you checked archive.org?

[RaymanRedemption]

Have you checked archive.org?

Yes thanks, and someone helps me to find it!



Here's the link to the DEMO version:
https://archive.org/download/redump.psx ... pan%29.zip

If someone here knows where we could find the complete version of this Rayman game, I'll be happy to play it.
I only found the DEMO version.

The whole version should be so nice to play or speedrun!

[Jhspecks]

I don't know if your intrested but i actually own both Volume 3 and Volume 6 of DEMO DEMO however i don't own a region free playstation so i havent had the chance of playing it just yet.

[PluMGMK]

Oh, I remember hearing that annoying music loop before…

But wait, this was on PlayStation? It looks just like a Jaguar version! Does that mean they ported the Jaguar engine to PlayStation before scrapping it and writing a new engine? (I feel like I knew this before and have forgotten )

Also, the world map includes the gift as a stop (though I guess you can't actually visit it in the demo). That might explain the strange rumours I heard years ago that the gift could be visited in the Japanese version…

[ItzalDrake]

I did not know about the existence of this demo, I have even tried to find a download link to help and also because I was interested to play it too.
Good that you have found it then, and thank you for sharing it!

[Chacanger]

This is where you can see that the electoons were supposed to be the "tings" of the game, when you give the bonus magician 10 tings he has an animation where you can see him shuffling electoons in his hand.

I always found it strange too how in every level there is an "always" object called "Rayman's Feet", which uses the feet animation oriantated in the same direction as his handstand. Yet the only place he ended up doing this handstand was the bonus breakout game.

[RayCarrot]

But wait, this was on PlayStation? It looks just like a Jaguar version! Does that mean they ported the Jaguar engine to PlayStation before scrapping it and writing a new engine? (I feel like I knew this before and have forgotten )

No, this is using the same engine as the final game. It's an earlier version of it though, so the way it end up looking closer resembles the Jaguar version, but the code and data formats are still very close to the final game.

This is where you can see that the electoons were supposed to be the "tings" of the game

Yeah, the code in the final game which remembers your collected lives and cages also checks for electoons even though they can't be collected anymore.

[RaymanRedemption]

Hi there

For people interested, I made the second part of the japanese playstation demo of Rayman 1:

[Hunchman801]

Interesting how Rayman collects the Electoons one by one. But man, that soundtrack is so terribly unfitting.