Rayman Advance

Rayman Advance is a port of the original Rayman game which resembles the PC version most closely. It was released in 2001 as a launch title for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld games console. Oddly, both the European and American covers use different renders of Rayman from Rayman 2. In 2017 it was released on the Wii U's Virtual Console in North America alongside the Gameboy Advance version of Rayman 3.

Rayman Advance
Published by	Ubisoft
Developed by	Digital Eclipse
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Release date	11th June, 2001 20th April, 2017 (North America)
Genre	2D platformer
Gameplay mode	Single player
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Platforms	Game Boy Advance, Wii U (Virtual Console)
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Differences

Due to the hardware limitations it has a bunch of differences from other versions. The first part of Bongo Hills has been removed, putting the cage that was meant to appear there at the last part instead. The music has been remade to fit on the cartridge, resulting in much of the original quality being lost. Some music tracks have even been completely removed, while a few new ones have been added. The graphics have increased in contrast and brightness resulting in some quality being lost. This was most likely made to compensate for the lack of backlight on the original Gameboy Advance. The intro and ending of the game now consists of a slideshow, similarly to the Atari Jaguar version, instead of the pre-rendered movie seen in most versions.

Other changes in this port were made to intentionally make the game easier. One extra unit of health has been added to the players health bar, no Tings are lost upon dying, more lives can be found, more time is available on the bonus stages, fewer enemies appear and additional platforms have been added in some levels, most notably Space Mama's Crater. Some bosses have minor differences as well, such as Bzzit and Moskito being able to take hits before they've flown away after they've been damaged, resulting in the player being able to constantly hit them with the right timing until they're defeated. This is also one of the few versions in which Mr Dark's Dare is replayable upon completing.

While there aren't that many bugs throughout this port, there are a few noticeable ones. Some items, most notably the clouds, sometimes appear incorrectly. Some show the textures of a vanishing cloud, while they are stable. Some pencil sharpeners, most notably in Pencil Pentathlon, will move in the wrong direction or are placed incorrectly causing some items, such a lives, to be unobtainable, and others much harder to obtain.

The very first scenery of the Dream Forest in Rayman Advance

In comparison, the same scenery on PC

Debug maps

By changing the level value in the game, players have been able to access debug maps which are thought to have been used by the developers to test the games functions. The debug maps usually consist of randomly placed obstacles and enemies and only a few have an exit sign.

Level value: 0202fb7c:XX (XX representing the level)

Gallery

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  The North American cover art.
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  Bzzit in Rayman Advance.