Rayman 1: Difference between revisions

The third world of the game is the [[Blue Mountains]], a cold mountain range. The first level is [[Twilight Gulch]], where [[Rayman]] finds himself chased by [[Mr Stone]], the gigantic [[stone man]] who is the boss of the Blue Mountains. The next area is [[the Hard Rocks]], where no notable events occur. The final region in the Blue Mountains is [[Mr Stone's Peaks]], where Mr Stone lives. When Rayman arrives, he meets a character known as [[the Musician]], who lives in a hut in the mountains with his wife and child. The Musician's guitar has been crushed by a falling rock. Rayman uses his telescopic fist to carve a new guitar out of the rock, and the Musician rewards him by giving him a [[Super Helicopter]] potion; this temporary upgrade to Rayman's [[helicopter]] ability allows him to fly freely, which comes in useful in the next couple of areas. Finally Rayman reaches Mr Stone's lair and makes use of a nearby totem pole to deafeat his enemy. With the totem pole's head lodged on his own, the jumbled Mr Stone reforms and begins to dance. Betilla appears and gives Rayman his final power: the ability to run. This replaces the ability to [[grimace]] (whose only purpose was scaring [[Livingstone]]s).

[[Image:BetaEnemies.jpg|frame|right|Unidentified enemies from an early Jaguar version of the game]]

Over the years, a lot of information about the early development of the original game was unveiled, mainly through beta versions leaked to the public and [[Rayman Designer hacking|''Rayman Designer'' hacking]]. An interview also revealed that [[Rayman]] had had his limbs removed due to technical limitations.

Two Atari Jaguar beta versions became available on the Internet – an early prototype, which was leaked to the public in October 2008, and a demo version that had been available from ROM download sites for years before. While the first one features a lot of differences with the final version, especially as concerns the gameplay and the levels, the second one displays even more of them, with a noticeably different heads-up display centered at the top of the screen.

In July 2010 it was revealed that the game was initially developed for the Super NES.

[[Image:BetillaPoingGrappin.png|frame|Rayman gets all of his permanent powers from Betilla the Fairy.]]

* '''Magic Seed:''' Given to Rayman after helping [[Tarayzan]], Rayman plants seeds to help him reach ledges and escape floods.   

* '''Super Helicopter:''' A potion that allows Rayman to actually fly with his helicopter hair.