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{{Game
| name = Rayman Dictées
| image = [[File:RaymanDictees 1998 6ème.jpg|250px]]
| published by = [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]]
| developed by = [[Ubisoft|Ubi Soft]]
| release date = June 17, 1998<ref>Ubisoft.fr (via archive.org), ''La Société Ubi Soft Entertainment France : Les Communiqués de Presse d'Ubi Soft - COMMUNIQUES LUDO-EDUCATIF'', https://web.archive.org/web/20000709095814/http://www.ubisoft.fr/societe/press/ludo-educatif/ludo-educatif.html</ref>
| genre = Educational
| gameplay mode = Single player
| platforms = Windows 95/98/ME/2000
| distribution media = CD-ROM
}}
[[File:Raymandictee1.JPG|thumb|260px|Rayman relaxing on a sofa.]]
[[File:Raymandictee1.JPG|thumb|260px|Rayman relaxing on a sofa.]]
'''''Rayman Dictées''''' is one of the educative games from the ''Rayman'' Learning Game Series. This game for the PC is only sold on France and Canada and is available in the French language only, no other language versions were made. ''Rayman Dictées'', as the name suggests, it focuses on dictation exercises to test the player's knowledge and to improve his/hers spelling and grammar capacities. It also features exclusive human characters such as [[Clara the Witch]].


==Plot== 
'''''Rayman Dictées''''' (also known as '''''Les Dictées de Rayman''''') is an entry in the ''Rayman'' educational series. This game was released for the PC only and exclusively sold in France & Canada. It is only available in French, with no other versions supporting different languages having been made.
One day, [[Rayman]] is resting and [[Clara the Witch]] appears by magic with a machine called Telebox. Clara explains to Rayman that the Telebox was broken on a middle of a argument between Rayman's friends from the [[Amnesia Island]], and she cast a curse, called "The Curse of the Express Refrigerator" by freezing Rayman's human friends' from the feet until the torso. She also explains that she can only free them if the Telebox is fixed. Rayman accepts to help, and he magicaly jumps to the Telebox.


The game focuses on dictation exercises which aim to help the player improve their spelling and grammar. Unlike most [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' games]], it also features several human characters such as [[Clara]] the Witch, Patrick, Gaaf, Tim, Junior, Landra, and Sam.
==Synopsis==
One day, [[Rayman]] is seen resting in his room when suddenly [[Clara the Witch|Clara]] appears, by magic, alongside a machine called the Télévox. Clara explains to [[Rayman]] that the Télévox was broken during an argument between [[Rayman]]'s friends from the island of Amnesia. Clara then says she has cast a curse on them, called "The Curse of the Express Refrigerator", which freezes [[Rayman]]'s human friends up to their torsos. She also explains that she will only free them if the Télévox is fixed. [[Rayman]] accepts to help with repairs and then jumps into the Télévox.
==History==
Rayman Dictées is a crossover released in 1998 featuring [[Rayman]] and another educational game series developed by [[Ubisoft]]: ''The Adventures of Tim 7''.
''The Adventures of Tim 7'''s main character is a young boy named Tim. One day, he has a scooter accident and falls unconscious. He is then found and kidnapped by a mad scientist, Doctor Gaaf, who takes him to the Island of Amnesia to experiment on him. As this is his seventh guinea pig, Doctor Gaaf gives him the name "Tim 7". Following his accident, Tim 7 has become amnesiac and unable to escape from Doctor Gaaf. The Adventures of Tim 7 has the player help Tim regain his lost memories through educational activities.
In addition to the player, Tim 7 also has help from the other inhabitants of Amnesia: [[Clara the Witch|Clara]], Patrick, Landra, Junior and Sam.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* [[Razorbeard's Lackey]] makes a cameo appearance on the room where Rayman rests. It isn't known if it is a doll or the real body.
* A [[Spyglass Pirate]] makes a cameo appearance in [[Rayman]]'s room.
* A sound effect that's used in-game was re-used in ''[[Rayman 3]]''.
* One of the tracks used in a grammar exercise is re-used from the ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'' level [[Eat at Joe's]].
* The music that can be heard during the game's intro is a variation of ''[[French with Rayman]]'''s opening.
 
==Gallery==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxekqUWj1MA Intro movie of ''Rayman Dictées'' at YouTube]
 
==References==
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{{Rayman series}}


==External Links==
[[fr:Les Dictées de Rayman]]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVrNUKVAauQ Intro movie]
[[pl:Rayman Dictées]]
[[es:Rayman Dictées]]


[[Category:Games]]
[[Category:Educational games]]
[[Category:Rayman games]]