Rayman 2

Rayman 2: The Great Escape is the second game in the Rayman series, and is the sequel to Rayman. It was first released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64 and was followed by ports for the Sega Dreamcast, PC, Sony Playstation, Playstation 2, Game Boy Color and Nintendo DS. It was also the first of the series to jump from 2D to 3D.

Gameplay

The gameplay in Rayman 2 is somewhat similar to that of Rayman, though this time Rayman starts with a few powers to defend himself, one of which is given to him by Globox who is introduced at the very beginning.

Characters

The Good Guys Rayman Globox Ly Murphy Teensies Ssssam Clark Uglet Globox childrend

The Bad Guys

Environment

Unlike Rayman 1, Rayman 2 is not divided into certain themed worlds, but rather a trail of 20 different locations, none of which are imaginary, but are still considered to be in some sort of fantasy world. Apart from the Playstation 2 version, Rayman Revolution, these worlds are linear, though the player can backtrack like in the original.

Hack

It is possible to run the game under higher resolutions than 1024x768 by a simple hack. By editing the file C:\WINDOWS\UbiSoft\ubi.in with a basic text editor, you'll have something like this

[SYSTEM]
Test Sound=1
3DFX=0
Memory=511
MMX=1
Windows colors=34
CPU=9

[INSTALLED PRODUCTS]
rayman2

[rayman2]
GLI_DllFile=GliDX6
GLI_Dll=DirectX6
GLI_Driver=display
GLI_Device=Direct3D HAL
GLI_Mode=1 - 1024 x 768 x 16
ShortCutDesktopName=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\Bureau\Jouer à Rayman 2
ShortCutDirectory=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\Menu Démarrer\Programmes\Ubi Soft Games\Rayman 2
Language=French
Configuration=2
VolumeName=RAYMAN2
SrcDataPath=\
Directory=C:\UbiSoft\Rayman2\

[OSD]
Valid=TRUE

The GLI_Mode line define the resolution of the game. You'll just have to replace "1024 x 768" by "1440 x 900" to run the game in 1440x900 instead of the default 1024x768.

Caution : Modifying the other values may crash the game.