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Rayman

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Rayman
Rayman cover
Developers
Ubisoft Montpellier
Publishers
Ubisoft
Release dates
DOS April 30, 1996
Windows (DOSBox) March 29, 2011
Reception
IGDB 78
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Rayman on IGDB
Rayman guide on StrategyWiki
Rayman on MobyGames
Rayman on Wikipedia
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⤏ Go to series page
Rayman 1995
Rayman Designer 1997
Rayman By His Fans 1998
Rayman 60 Levels 1999
Rayman 2: The Great Escape 1999
Rayman M 2001
Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc 2003
Rabbids (series)
Rayman Origins 2012
Rayman Jungle Run 2013
Rayman Legends 2013
Rayman Fiesta Run 2014
Rayman Mini 2019
Rayman Redemption (unofficial) 2020

Key points

Some antiviruses may detect files from Rayman Forever as being viruses when they are all otherwise false positives, the game itself being safe.[1][2]

General information

RayWiki - An active wiki dedicated to the Rayman Franchise
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
 DOS version pre-packaged with DOSBox.[3] Rayman Forever, bundled with Rayman Designer and Rayman By His Fans.
Windows
Ubisoft Store
DRM-free after installation through Ubisoft Connect client (notes may include more details)
 Rayman Forever, bundled with Rayman Designer and Rayman By His Fans. Included with Ubisoft+.
Windows

Essential improvements

Restore original soundtrack

To save disk space,[citation needed] the entire soundtrack wasn't included in Rayman Gold/Forever.
Install soundtrack[4]
  1. Download the archive containing the soundtrack here.
  2. Go to <path-to-game>\Rayman\Music\ and extract the files from the archive in the folder.

Use PS1 version's soundtrack

Use Rayman Plus, Rayman Control Panel or Implement manually into DOSBox

Game data

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\RAYMAN.CFG
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\RAYMAN#.SAV
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Ubisoft Connect

Video settings

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.
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External options menu (GOG.com version).

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Input settings

In-game keyboard key map settings.
In-game keyboard key map settings.
In-game gamepad button map settings.
In-game gamepad button map settings.

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Language availability varies between releases.
French
Language availability varies between releases.
German
Language availability varies between releases.
Simplified Chinese
Local retail release only.
Japanese
Local retail release only.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

Smooth sprites/less grainy when scaled up (DOSBox)

The following changes to the dosboxRayman.conf file should smooth out the sprites and make the screen less grainy when scaled up to 720p/1080p.
Instructions
  1. Go to <path-to-game>
  2. Open dosboxRayman.conf with your text editor of choice.
  3. Edit the file to match below:
[sdl]
fullscreen=true
fulldouble=true
fullresolution=desktop
output=ddraw
[dosbox]
svga_s3

Joystick configuration

This configuration will allow the gamepad to be read as a keyboard, meaning binding of Esc and Space ␣ is possible.

If you are experiencing an issue where the menu cursor moves endlessly, this fix applies to you.

Instructions
  1. Go to <path-to-game>
  2. Open dosboxRayman.conf with your text editor of choice.
  3. Edit the file to match below:
[joystick]
joysticktype=none

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) 80486 processor
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) VGA-compliant graphics card
Sound (audio device) SoundBlaster compatible sound card required
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98 XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 90 MHz Pentium 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible 		DirectX 9 compatible
Sound (audio device) SoundBlaster compatible sound card required

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References