Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition

Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition
Published by	Ubisoft
Developed by	Digital Eclipse
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Soundtrack by	Christophe Héral
Release date	Digital: 13th February 2026 Physical: June 2026
Genre	2D platformer
Gameplay mode	Single player
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Platforms	Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC via Steam, Ubisoft Connect
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Distribution media	Digital download
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Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition is a compilation and remaster of the original Rayman game, developed by Digital Eclipse in collaboration with Ubisoft and published by Ubisoft in partnership with Atari to commemorate the series's 30th anniversary. Its digital edition was released on February 13 2026, on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC via Steam and Ubisoft Connect, and a physical version containing postcards, stickers and a poster is set to release in June 2026.

Announcement

The title was first leaked through a rating that appeared on the Australian Classification Board on 22 January 2026. Additional details listed Atari as the developer and publisher, and UI Entertainment as the applicant.

Before the official announcement, Michel Ancel hinted at the project in an interview, noting that it would feature changes intended to make the game less frustrating than the original.

The game was officially announced during Sony's State of Play on 12 February 2026, confirming the involvement of Digital Eclipse, a studio known for its archival compilations and purchased by Atari in 2023.

Content

The compilation includes five emulated versions of the original game:

• Rayman (original PlayStation version, 1995)
• Rayman (Atari Jaguar version, 1995)
• Rayman (MS-DOS version, 1995)
• Rayman (Game Boy Color version, 2000)
• Rayman Advance (Game Boy Advance version, 2001)

For the first time officially, the collection also includes the unreleased Super Nintendo prototype version of the game from 1992.

Additional levels

The collection includes the expansion packs originally released for the PC version of the game:

• 24 levels from Rayman Designer, referred to in-game as "Rayman's New Levels."
• 40 levels from Rayman By His Fans.
• 60 levels from Rayman 60 Levels.

Changes from the original games

The collection features two modes from the main menu - the first being the history section and the second being the games. Each game uses a specifically configured emulator to run it from the original ROM. The following emulators are used:

• Pancake for the PlayStation version. This version also uses a statically re-compiled version of the game, with various patches applied for the new widescreen support.
• BigPEmu for the Atari Jaguar version.
• DREAMM for the MS-DOS version.
• sameboy for the Game Boy Color version.
• mGBA for the Game Boy Advance version.
• Mednafen (snes_faust) for the Super Nintendo prototype.

History section

Accessible from the main menu is an interactive history section featuring over 50 minutes of interviews with the original developers, a gallery of concept art and the previously unreleased Bible of Game Design.

Soundtrack

Main article: Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition (Original Game Soundtrack)

The game features a new soundtrack by Christophe Héral, the composer for the UbiArt Rayman games. More specifically, all versions except the Game Boy Color one, which uses the soundtrack from the Chromatic re-release, feature faithful arrangements of the music that Rémi Gazel composed for the original game, while the rest of the original soundtrack is entirely replaced with new music.

The game's soundtrack was released as an album titled Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition (Original Game Soundtrack) on May 7 2026.

Enhancements

The game includes a 60-second rewind feature and 3 save slots per game, acting as save-states. Additionally, a menu allows players to toggle several cheats, though activating some of them disables achievements:

• Infinite lives
• Maximum health points
• Infinite continues
• Unlock all levels
• Unlock all abilities

Other changes

• The PlayStation version has a native widescreen option, extending the horizontal viewing area of the game.
• The intro in the PlayStation version no longer has Rayman say "No problem" at the end.
• The two levels "The enchanted forest" and "High flyer" in Rayman By His Fans can no longer be accessed. Attempting to enter them shows the message "Level not available". This is due to an oversight in the usage of the gendoors in the levels causing the game to crash if a checkpoint is taken twice.
• The Ray Breakout minigame can now be accessed from a single button press in the Atari Jaguar version.

Missing features

• The PlayStation and MS-DOS versions can only be played in English, even though the original releases had additional languages supported. For the other versions, the in-game language selections still function the same as before.
• The option to have parallax scrolling enabled for the backgrounds in the MS-DOS version is no longer accessible, making it be forced to be turned off.
• The Ubi Key cannot be used in the Game Boy Color version, making the Ubi Cliff bonus level inaccessible.
• The intro and outro videos are missing from the MS-DOS version.
• The Ray Breakout minigame can not be accessed in the MS-DOS version.

Bugs

• When playing the PlayStation version in widescreen, there are some cases of sprites getting cut off, especially for the in-level effects such as the snow. The demos that play when waiting on the title screen are also out of sync in widescreen, causing them to not play correctly.
• The screen transitions do not play when changing levels in the Atari Jaguar version.

Unused content

• There are unused, incomplete, localized subtitles for the PlayStation intro.
• Unused text mentions an enhancement named "Electoon Guide".
• There are three unused achievements in the MS-DOS version:
  • "Take a picture at each photobooth"
  • "Make a funny face at a lividstone to scare him"
  • "Achieve X mini games of the magician"
• An unused ROM for the Atari Jaguar prototype exists in the game's data.

Reception

Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition received "mixed or average" reviews, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic. Push Square rated the game 6/10, praising the gameplay "holding up well after all these years" and the inclusion of additional levels, but criticizing the soundtrack "cutting out entirely, leaving large silences" and stating that the different ports "feel almost identical", opining that the anniversary package should have included other Rayman games. Similar remarks were issued by Nintendo Life, who gave the game a score of 7/10, outlining the game's value to a "super fan of the original game", noting the absence of the original soundtrack and stating that it "would have been nice to at least have had Rayman 2 included".

Upon launch, the 30th Anniversary Edition received mixed reviews on Steam, with more than half of the reviews being negative. Users complained about the new soundtrack not being faithful to the game, with no option to switch to the original soundtrack, as well as the forced DRM via Ubisoft Connect. A Ubisoft employee later stated on the official Ubisoft Discord server that the team will "look into" the ability to swap to the original soundtrack. After a saved game bug was discovered, one Ubisoft support representative falsely reported the end of the game's support after less than two days of its release; this was later debunked by another employee.

Physical version

A physical version containing postcards, stickers and a poster is set to release in June 2026.

• 
  The content of the physical edition

Updates

On March 25 2026, it was announced that the game would be receiving a patch in April, updating it to version 1.1. It is set to fix several issues, mainly around saving the game and audio.

See also

• List of achievements and trophies in Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition