Often called "The best platformer that isn't Mario", Rayman's a game that'll fill your eyes with color, and your mind with rage. NitroRad on Facebook: NitroRadOfficial
Marc Cox hell just download epsxe and your PC becomes a PlayStation. it can even read the disk from the drive with no need for illegal downloading of games.
Marc Cox Doesn't work. The music does appear, but they're unavailable. On a website, I heard that you're actually not supposed to insert any disc, to get to the menu where it says "Memory Card" and "CD Player". From there, choose "CD Player", then insert the disc. Hope this helped anyone.
Yea I don't know why I honestly never questioned why the world map looked so obscured like that. Now that I know the intention it makes me feel really stupid lmao
@@littleman7514 Well yes, but not as a playable character which is what I think everyone wants. If he was, I can imagine what his abilities could potentially be in Smash. His standards could be basic punches and kicks, his charge attacks winding up and throwing his punches farther, his grabs could have a longer reach, neutral special could be throwing energy orbs in Rayman 2, side special shell ride in Rayman 2, up special copter hair, down special uprooting a purple plum and throwing it, and final smash Rayman just jamming it out in that rock concert in Rayman Legends while everyone else gets burned up. Of course, anyone is free to suggest better ideas if they'd like.
If you think about it, Rayman never had to run before the events of the game because he had such a nice and relaxed life. In this sense you might think that because of Mr Dark Rayman's schedule will be worse from now forward since he can do things faster he'll try and do more things y'know? I don't think he'll be relaxing in hammocks anymore. maybe i'm just overthinking it.
@@sirrayman1134 Rayman origins takes place after the first rayman it was intended to be before the first game but they scrapped that idea. i think it takes place after rayman 3
@@user-Insane_Ails It's confirmed that a 3D Rayman 4 is happening after Beyond Good And Evil 2, so now it's left in the air how canon Origins and Legends are.
@@TritnewNG hmm,I dunno what to think about 3d Rayman,I mean I only played a little of rayman 3 and liked it but I absolutely love Rayman Origins,it was my childhood basically,I have never played rayman 1 and 2 tho
@@junpei6180 Rayman 1 is difficult, but has gorgeous art, and Rayman 2 is dark, but a lot fair in difficulty and overall pretty fun, Rayman 3 and Origins are my personal favorites though.
The gameboy advance version was really weird with the soundtrack honestly Mr. Dark's theme played sometimes in situations where there wasn't even a boss for example
Yeah, maybe the design of some levels wasn't really the greatest, from what I could gather. It doesn't help that the difficulty curve feels more like a difficulty Everest, and it stays there.
i absolutely ADORE the art design,backgrounds,characters,music,animation in this game! Sucks it was never used again apart from the amazing looking Rayman 2 BETA
electricmastro Didn't even bother mentioning that because Did You Know Gaming talked about it. Even though they got the fact slightly incorrect, calling purple "the color of death" in Japan.
As a Rayman expert, I have to correct a few things: -Gold Fist alone does not extend your range. However, getting Gold Fist and Speed Fist will do so. You can get them separately or if you're lucky there are a couple powerups that will offer both at once. -The health bonus will last until you die. It increases your maximum health until you die, not until you run below three. You can see in the video itself that you had 1/5 health before dying, which resets back to 3/3 when dead. -Cage progress does not affect Betilla giving you powers. It's only level progression. Fun fact: The game's design makes Mr. Sax an optional boss; all the cages are in the first zone. Learned that from a speedrunner.
Mr. Streetwize OOPS, yeah I was wrong about the gold pickup, I didn't realize there were two seperate ones. Also I said "until you take enough hits to make it go back down to where it was before". I showed the clip of me dying as I said that to show that enough hits to die is what does it. I probably should have re-recorded the line to make it more clear instead of just showing the gameplay though so WHOOPS.
NitroRad It's all good. And not a problem.I guess people would be confused because you used Mario Galaxy as an example where you'd have to pick up the power up again if it drops below 3, not dissimilar to Spider-Man's spider armor on the PSX.
Are you sure you’re not saying that because you’re just really good at the game? And by the way, were you playing just by yourself all the way through, or with another person in co-op?
No one ever mention Rayman brain games. That was my first exposure to the rayman series. It's basically in the style of rayman 1 with different types of subjects like English, math, spelling etc.
Wait, edutainment with Rayman? o.O Never heard of it. :p Was it actually good? I'm sure it might be kind of obscure to most people. I remember liking the more original edutainment games at least, I was all into the Humungous Games like Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish, Spy Fox, etc. (Was there only 4 franchises? Can't remember... Pajama Sam 1-2 were my favorite, maybe 3. :p). (Okay, maybe some aren't edutainment, just sort of preschool. XD) Also, Treasure Math Storm, yeah! XD I also liked Madeline, or at least the one where she explores Europe. ^^; Yeah. :p There was way more though which is weird considering how I played a bajillion more actual games too in my life, let alone as a kid... Some blue fly guy, Fatty Bear, oh yeah, Math Blaster (mainly had Jr., wish I had the harder ones I played in school but meh. :p), er... damn, so many, idk. :p
In Rayman 2: The Great Escape we first see him in a cell - he was captured by the pirates. Unless he was sleeping in the cell and Globox being thrown in woke him up, but I don't know.
I completely lack the skill to get pass bandland and to wish there was unlimited lives or continues like Rayman orgins/legend but I do still like the game ,it has a beautiful art style and I gotta "get gud"
I feel like Mario galaxy not only got Raymans extra health 13:20 but also dark rayman, which are just cosmic cyclones. Rayman truly was ahead of its time
When your own mother calls you a thingamajig, you know your species is unknown Detailed and fair review as usual. I myself grew up with Rayman on the PC. Looking forward to the rest of this trilogy of review, my favorite has always been Rayman 3
@@Barakon I know it's kinda controversial and "Raypeople" seems to be more common, but I did always consider thingamajig to be the name of the species. It's fun! It's goofy!
As a kid I thought Rayman was a rabbit as I grew with Rayman 1,2 and origins.I thought his two strands of hair were ears for the first 6 years of my life.
great review, Rayman was the toughest platformer I've played in the 90's and I still remember that dissapointment after beating all the main levels only to find out I cant go anywhere until I free those damn Electoons :( The first game I gave up on.
Me too man, me too. But I decided to beat this game once and for all, 10 years later. Still had my old save file and I only need to find 8 more cages until I can access all the levels. sweet, sweet sweet childhood satisfaction.
Your pronunciation of "Montpellier" sounds so funny to the native French speaker that I am ! Great review, brings back so many memories. The soundtrack of this game was insanely good.
When I was a kid this was the game I got with my PS1... what an introduction to this next gen system... a beautiful platformer that kicked my arse time and time again
I was waiting for this review, this game is very close to my heart, especially, for some reason, for the soundtrack, maybe because i could hear it just by putting the rayman disc in the stereo. For me "Eat at Joe´s" was a nightmare tough.
This content is so good! You deserve alot more subs! I played Rayman 1 and 2 as a child also, aprox. 3-8 years Also Rayman 3 later on. All games are awesome and bring back so many nostalgic feelings
This is the video that introduced me to Nitro Rad, I've been a fan ever since. It's cool to see how his style has evolved over the last few years. Happy 5th anniversary my fellow Canadian!
I've been seeing your videos in my feed for the past few days since I looked up Ty the Tasmanian Tiger for nostalgia's sake, and I gotta say you're really entertaining and funny. Keep up the great work!
The first game I played ever in my life, back in 2003. Thank you for the review! Sadly we sold it years ago, but emulators exist 🙌🏻 I thought I knew a lot about 1, but I didn't know that so so many versions existed 😂😂😂
This was one of my first video games. Actually, I think it was either this, Hercules or Sonic 3 (all on the computer). I remember every inch of every level, & used to “work out” by holding weights, walking on the back of our couch & balancing while the soundtrack played (if you put some games in CD players, the soundtracks would play). I remember finally beating, after like...3 years. Fuck those bugs.
Rayman, he has been with me ever since the PS1. This was the first one I've played and 2 was my first Rayman game (my brother owned the first game). Glad to see another Rayman fan talking about these games. I look forward to the next review :)
Dude, awesome review! I've always loved this game but was never able to beat it, I never knew about the 99 lives cheat and now I'm actually able to beat this game! Also great production values, facts (talking about other ports), and funny humor without being too over the top. Very cool video!
So Rayman was the first AAA Mario maker. They should make a level editor for Rayman Legends. Rayman 2 and 3 were the best though, I really hope we get him in Smash.
Rayman 2, hooray! Are you going to do Rayman 3 as well? The Rayman-games (yes, all of them) are some of my favourite platormers of their respective eras.
OmegaMetroid93 Yep, I'll be doing the whole trilogy. Might talk about Raving Rabbids and Origins/Legends some day, but for now I'm just doing the original Rayman trilogy.
You were really good I just assumed you were too young to be as good as you are today but this was my favorite nitrorad video great job dude I enjoyed that review
I really wanted to love this game. I REALLY did. I played the first few levels quite a bit when I was little. The gameplay, art style, music, and level design were top notch. Coming back to it however, the fact that you had to find all the cages just to gain access to the final level just made the game an absolute chore. A lot of these cages either can't be accessed until you get a certain power or hidden in such a way you have to touch a specific spot on the map to make them appear somewhere else. In the former case, you have to go through Bongo Hills, which was already a long and tough level on it's own at least twice in order to complete the game. And considering how few lives and continues you can get, it lead to a lot of frustration. In the latter case, at some points, the devs decide to be dicks and make it so that a cage appears RIGHT before you tough a "!" sign. If they made it so that you only needed a portion of the cages to proceed, I wouldn't have a problem with this. I would gladly except how crazy difficult these levels can be. But having to revisit levels and search for these cages just sucked the fun out of it all.
This was my 1st PlayStation game along with Rapid Reload. I played RayMan 1st and was blown away by how amazing it looked. 1996 was a great year for me for sure :)
If you get the PC version, I recomend also getting Rayman Optimum, it fixes the soundtrack, adjusts the graphics and generally makes the game more playable.
I still play Rayman in my 20's and I'm immediately 6yrs old again whenever I boot it up. Always feels like a great colourful adventure to embark on ^_^..... even tho, by the last few levels, I'm usually screaming at the BOTTOMLESS PITS AND ENDLESS SPIKES! (OMG Those Art and Cave Levels?! Holy Santa Claus Shit! I wanna kill somebody!) So glad I've memorised the password to unlock all the stages with 99 Lives AND all the abilities, it's literally hardwired into my mind from childhood *(cough)* NW?WD15!4Q *(cough)* xD ....Anyway, LOVED this review, Subscrurbed! :D
I remember getting to Band Land as a kid and never getting past that not only because my lack of a memory card but the insane difficulty. Ahh, memories...
Yehh, this was one of my first games as a kid and I NEVER got past band land. Although it still holds a special place in my heart, in the time when i didn't have a memory card and was also a dumb kid so i mostly just played the first world.
Yo watching old videos of your favorite CZcamsrs are cool you can see how much they've changed and improve I can hear how he pronounces stuff because of his braces it's really cool :)
Really good review overall. You described everything about the original Rayman really well. My only minor criticism is the justification of the 99 live code. You don't know the real hell Rayman has to offer when you go through the last few levels with only 5 or 6 lives. It's easier if you use the code system because lives respawn. I used to grind like 10 of them before each level.
Will You be reviewing “Rayman Redemption”? Considering Your Love for the series, I’d Be great to see what that Game improves &/or Fixes the First game & Do a comparison between scenes & Fights from this Fangame & the original.
Ahhh I never noticed that about Mario and Luigi's colours being opposite! So cool, also noticed that Wario and Waluigi's colours are opposite on the scale too 👌🏻
I swear many of the screens in Rayman, if you ignore the sheer difficulty of them, are just pure ASMR material, especially when combined with the soundtrack XD
Rest in Peace Rémi Gazel.
The composer of Rayman's soundtrack on the PS1
Remi passed away on May 25th, 2019 at the age of 41
why do the best people die so young?
he died at 55 not 41
@@therat5687that still seems too early.
Still to young@@therat5687
"Could you imagine having running as a power up?"
I take it that you never played early Pokémon games
BlackKoiRecords Crash Bandicoot 3
Or banjo and kazooie
*insert name of a game where running is a power-up here*
@Vesseln Nope, you can run from the get go there
Halo reach
Fun fact: Pop the PS1 disc in your computer and you got a free soundtrack rip right there.
lel
Thanks!
Marc Cox hell just download epsxe and your PC becomes a PlayStation. it can even read the disk from the drive with no need for illegal downloading of games.
thats cool
Marc Cox Doesn't work. The music does appear, but they're unavailable. On a website, I heard that you're actually not supposed to insert any disc, to get to the menu where it says "Memory Card" and "CD Player". From there, choose "CD Player", then insert the disc. Hope this helped anyone.
6:34 I did not even realize that were mr darks binoculars.. wow, never really thought about it but it makes so much sense
Yea I don't know why I honestly never questioned why the world map looked so obscured like that. Now that I know the intention it makes me feel really stupid lmao
RAYFAN BY HIS MANS
Rayray by his rays.
AfroNinja360 it's 6 in the morning why would you make me laugh for 15 minutes straight?
dibbles, the rival of Justin y -
RAYRAY RAY RAY RAYS
MANRAY
Luke Laterza ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma ma
I still wish Rayman would be in Smash. The jump mechanic is in Smash and Rayman could take advantage of his unique powers.
Rayman is in Smash Ultimate.
Im sure you know this but on an off chance you don't he is in brawlhala. :D
Yeah I play Brawlhalla and he is my main. Worst case scenario I can leave smash and just stick to Brawlhalla.
@@littleman7514 Well yes, but not as a playable character which is what I think everyone wants. If he was, I can imagine what his abilities could potentially be in Smash.
His standards could be basic punches and kicks, his charge attacks winding up and throwing his punches farther, his grabs could have a longer reach, neutral special could be throwing energy orbs in Rayman 2, side special shell ride in Rayman 2, up special copter hair, down special uprooting a purple plum and throwing it, and final smash Rayman just jamming it out in that rock concert in Rayman Legends while everyone else gets burned up. Of course, anyone is free to suggest better ideas if they'd like.
Supermynci9000 The concert dancing seems like it might be a taunt.
"Do they realy need to port Rayman this many Times?"
Laught in Rayman Redemption
He definitely needs to review that game
You can never have too many Rayman PC versions!
Laught in Bad English.
@@littleman7514 Being a bitch, Hm? Just let Nap be.
@@thememer3813 somehow this comment made me laugh
If you think about it, Rayman never had to run before the events of the game because he had such a nice and relaxed life. In this sense you might think that because of Mr Dark Rayman's schedule will be worse from now forward since he can do things faster he'll try and do more things y'know? I don't think he'll be relaxing in hammocks anymore. maybe i'm just overthinking it.
Not in hammocks but trees sleeping
Yeah i'm not an owner of Origins but I watched videos to know you start the game off sleeping in a tree
@@sirrayman1134 Rayman origins takes place after the first rayman it was intended to be before the first game but they scrapped that idea. i think it takes place after rayman 3
@@user-Insane_Ails It's confirmed that a 3D Rayman 4 is happening after Beyond Good And Evil 2, so now it's left in the air how canon Origins and Legends are.
@@TritnewNG hmm,I dunno what to think about 3d Rayman,I mean I only played a little of rayman 3 and liked it but I absolutely love Rayman Origins,it was my childhood basically,I have never played rayman 1 and 2 tho
@@junpei6180 Rayman 1 is difficult, but has gorgeous art, and Rayman 2 is dark, but a lot fair in difficulty and overall pretty fun, Rayman 3 and Origins are my personal favorites though.
I had this game on gameboy advance and boy did it kick my ass. It should be renamed "Rayman: prepareth thine anus"
More like Ray Souls: Prepare to fly-into-bottomless-pits edition.
The gameboy advance version was really weird with the soundtrack honestly
Mr. Dark's theme played sometimes in situations where there wasn't even a boss for example
@@DawidO-mg8zn probably to save space
@@SomethingMoreOriginal yeah, Raymond: Knockback's Strike
I went into this game with confidence. I came out with almost a broken ps1. You do the math.
Michael Burris So you liked it.......
:3
Do the math? Next your going to try and convince me that it's 64 bits
You were so good at the game that the PS1 couldn't comprehend your glory?
Yeah, maybe the design of some levels wasn't really the greatest, from what I could gather. It doesn't help that the difficulty curve feels more like a difficulty Everest, and it stays there.
@Psyche Yeah, I heard that too. Fortunately, Rayman Redemption offers a much smoother experience with the same charm of the original.
Back in 97' my Mom bought this game for me.
Who would do that to an 8 year old?
swahili ranger I did it to myself
They didnt play test this game so they actually didnt know that they had made a hard game.
His mom must have secretly hated him
It gave you everything to prepare for the real world
i absolutely ADORE the art design,backgrounds,characters,music,animation in this game!
Sucks it was never used again apart from the amazing looking Rayman 2 BETA
6:12 Also, when Rayman 2 was released in Japan, Rayman's clothes were changed to blue.
electricmastro Didn't even bother mentioning that because Did You Know Gaming talked about it.
Even though they got the fact slightly incorrect, calling purple "the color of death" in Japan.
NitroRad The color of death in Japan is white.
NitroRad Yea, the Color of Death Is clearly white. I really wanna know why It was changed to Blue though.
electricmastro In Japan, the color purple is generally associated with evil.
+NitroRad Even though in the Japanese version of 2D games his clothes are purple.
As a Rayman expert, I have to correct a few things:
-Gold Fist alone does not extend your range. However, getting Gold Fist and Speed Fist will do so. You can get them separately or if you're lucky there are a couple powerups that will offer both at once.
-The health bonus will last until you die. It increases your maximum health until you die, not until you run below three. You can see in the video itself that you had 1/5 health before dying, which resets back to 3/3 when dead.
-Cage progress does not affect Betilla giving you powers. It's only level progression.
Fun fact: The game's design makes Mr. Sax an optional boss; all the cages are in the first zone. Learned that from a speedrunner.
Mr. Streetwize OOPS, yeah I was wrong about the gold pickup, I didn't realize there were two seperate ones.
Also I said "until you take enough hits to make it go back down to where it was before". I showed the clip of me dying as I said that to show that enough hits to die is what does it. I probably should have re-recorded the line to make it more clear instead of just showing the gameplay though so WHOOPS.
NitroRad I'll stick in an annotation correcting the bits though, thanks for pointing them out.
NitroRad It's all good. And not a problem.I guess people would be confused because you used Mario Galaxy as an example where you'd have to pick up the power up again if it drops below 3, not dissimilar to Spider-Man's spider armor on the PSX.
That sax guy was badass!
Nitro Rad how come in the billions of rayman the music speeds up
“Prepare to die”
Those words alone accurately describes Cuphead in a nutshell.
Cupheads easy AF compared to this, trust me I've completed both games
On Simple difficulty, or Regular difficulty?
@@lordofthetriforce7718 regular
Are you sure you’re not saying that because you’re just really good at the game? And by the way, were you playing just by yourself all the way through, or with another person in co-op?
@@lordofthetriforce7718 I played by my self and I've beaten by myself I'm not bragging or anything
I'm a proud owner of Rayman 100 levels :3
Pffft, get dat casual shit outta here! True Rayman fans own the hit classic Rayman Brain Games.
happymask118 I miss that one lol I got it for my fifth birthday, and I lost it over years of many moves
@@BradRLee predict
zo0pid Bruh moment.
@happymask118 Or Rayman Activity Center from 1999 with a rad Rayman magnet if you buy it brand new!
No one ever mention Rayman brain games. That was my first exposure to the rayman series. It's basically in the style of rayman 1 with different types of subjects like English, math, spelling etc.
I remember my schools book fair sold Rayman Math
omg i was about to say the same thing! i had it on the ps1
I had that and I also had French with Rayman. I had it on the PC, but can't play it any more since it doesn't work with more modern OSes.
Wait, edutainment with Rayman? o.O Never heard of it. :p Was it actually good?
I'm sure it might be kind of obscure to most people.
I remember liking the more original edutainment games at least, I was all into the Humungous Games like Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish, Spy Fox, etc. (Was there only 4 franchises? Can't remember... Pajama Sam 1-2 were my favorite, maybe 3. :p). (Okay, maybe some aren't edutainment, just sort of preschool. XD)
Also, Treasure Math Storm, yeah! XD I also liked Madeline, or at least the one where she explores Europe. ^^; Yeah. :p
There was way more though which is weird considering how I played a bajillion more actual games too in my life, let alone as a kid...
Some blue fly guy, Fatty Bear, oh yeah, Math Blaster (mainly had Jr., wish I had the harder ones I played in school but meh. :p), er... damn, so many, idk. :p
My first exposure to the Rayman series was Rayman legends
In the main 5 Rayman games (Classic, Great Escape, Hoodlum Havoc, Origins, and Legends) he starts off sleeping
And Rayman raving Rabbids
(The portable ones)
In Rayman 2: The Great Escape we first see him in a cell - he was captured by the pirates. Unless he was sleeping in the cell and Globox being thrown in woke him up, but I don't know.
I actually had a theory about legends and origins being a dream. I'll try to find the txt file.
@@lynnlitung rayman was sleeping in his cell in r2 or was really depressed, either one of those.
I have beaten this game on PS1 without extra live cheats. That was a frustrating experience.
Guess I'm a hardcore now! :D
Nice! I encourage people pushing the boundaries of their gaming skills.
I completely lack the skill to get pass bandland and to wish there was unlimited lives or continues like Rayman orgins/legend but I do still like the game ,it has a beautiful art style and I gotta "get gud"
Skills don't appear magically, you gotta get it with experience.
Keep trying! :)
I feel like Mario galaxy not only got Raymans extra health 13:20 but also dark rayman, which are just cosmic cyclones. Rayman truly was ahead of its time
When your own mother calls you a thingamajig, you know your species is unknown
Detailed and fair review as usual. I myself grew up with Rayman on the PC. Looking forward to the rest of this trilogy of review, my favorite has always been Rayman 3
***** Omfg Yes. THIS IS THE MOST PERFECT COMMENT EVER, 10/10 WOULD CALL SOMEONE A THINGAMAJIG AGAIN. ~IGN
@@Barakon I know it's kinda controversial and "Raypeople" seems to be more common, but I did always consider thingamajig to be the name of the species. It's fun! It's goofy!
The evil... MAN RAY!
That's what I thought, too!
How about the evil Superman 64
MAN RAN BY HIS GANS
As a kid I thought Rayman was a rabbit as I grew with Rayman 1,2 and origins.I thought his two strands of hair were ears for the first 6 years of my life.
I stumbled upon this video while listening to the Rayman soundtrack. You are now among my favorite youtubers!
Slick new intro, great review as usual
great review, Rayman was the toughest platformer I've played in the 90's and I still remember that dissapointment after beating all the main levels only to find out I cant go anywhere until I free those damn Electoons :( The first game I gave up on.
Me too man, me too. But I decided to beat this game once and for all, 10 years later. Still had my old save file and I only need to find 8 more cages until I can access all the levels. sweet, sweet sweet childhood satisfaction.
Your pronunciation of "Montpellier" sounds so funny to the native French speaker that I am !
Great review, brings back so many memories. The soundtrack of this game was insanely good.
who else is here after the launch of Rayman Redemption?
Not me
I swear, the pronunciation of “Montpellier” gets me every time...
monta-pillee-eh
When I was a kid this was the game I got with my PS1... what an introduction to this next gen system... a beautiful platformer that kicked my arse time and time again
I was waiting for this review, this game is very close to my heart, especially, for some reason, for the soundtrack, maybe because i could hear it just by putting the rayman disc in the stereo. For me "Eat at Joe´s" was a nightmare tough.
Josep Moreno EAT AT JOE'S KICKED MY ASS FOR LIKE HALF AN HOUR DUDE, DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THOSE FISH.
+NitroRad hey, you forgot the gba port
This content is so good! You deserve alot more subs!
I played Rayman 1 and 2 as a child also, aprox. 3-8 years Also Rayman 3 later on.
All games are awesome and bring back so many nostalgic feelings
It's been official that Ubisoft announced that Rayman is considered a Thingamajig
This game is so hard... it makes the Souls games look easy.
+youthnando91 ^this
Ikr
I've played the game since I was a kid. I can confirm this. I only got to the blue mountains before giving up.
This is the video that introduced me to Nitro Rad, I've been a fan ever since. It's cool to see how his style has evolved over the last few years.
Happy 5th anniversary my fellow Canadian!
I've been seeing your videos in my feed for the past few days since I looked up Ty the Tasmanian Tiger for nostalgia's sake, and I gotta say you're really entertaining and funny. Keep up the great work!
The first game I played ever in my life, back in 2003. Thank you for the review! Sadly we sold it years ago, but emulators exist 🙌🏻
I thought I knew a lot about 1, but I didn't know that so so many versions existed 😂😂😂
This was one of my first video games. Actually, I think it was either this, Hercules or Sonic 3 (all on the computer). I remember every inch of every level, & used to “work out” by holding weights, walking on the back of our couch & balancing while the soundtrack played (if you put some games in CD players, the soundtracks would play). I remember finally beating, after like...3 years. Fuck those bugs.
Quality level of these videos is over 9000 amazing work keep it up man
Rayman, he has been with me ever since the PS1. This was the first one I've played and 2 was my first Rayman game (my brother owned the first game). Glad to see another Rayman fan talking about these games. I look forward to the next review :)
You know I just realized why James nails all the french names.
He's canadian so y know, of course he would
Not Montpellier though
"Montipelliey" :p
In case you'll have to reprononce it later, it's more like "Mon-pe-li-é" with a silent "t"
Amicaly, a Fench follower :3
I love your reviews !! Uve covered so many of my favorite ps1 games from when i was a kid thx ! 😁
Your videos are absolutely amazing. You totally deserve more subs!
I have been playing Rayman for about 10 years now, and Band Land is the most annoying area in Ray man, I still haven't mastered it!
THIS. Every time I go back and play, I get a bit further into Band Land, but it never seems to end.
Frez Person XD
took me years but im finally able to deal with the trumpet jump part now band land is the easiest and the cave area is my nightmare :/
oriongaming I always hated the cave area
It's that first level, Bongo Hill that does it. I hate those Green Bugs.
This was really damn good, I gotta say!
My favorite review on one of my favorite games of all times! Thanks man you made my day:)
Very high content on you videoes, keep it up! Especially loved the Rayman 3 one!
1.this will always bee my favorite rayman game 2.better review than caddiraus
yeah caddy's examples why he thinks the game is unfair are all incorrect :D
the reviews are aimed at different things, caddy didn't use infinite lives to beat the game either hence the increased saltiness
Tell me about it. I already tend to dislike him then he was pretty harsh to it. I do at least respect his opinion and the game is legitimately hard.
ok it is 2019 and i just realising that there is a code for 99 lives ....
There are a LOT of cheat codes for this game, my man haha :)
Dude, awesome review! I've always loved this game but was never able to beat it, I never knew about the 99 lives cheat and now I'm actually able to beat this game! Also great production values, facts (talking about other ports), and funny humor without being too over the top. Very cool video!
This was a great review. I really liked the segment where you talked about the PC ports, it was really funny.
So Rayman was the first AAA Mario maker. They should make a level editor for Rayman Legends.
Rayman 2 and 3 were the best though, I really hope we get him in Smash.
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I watch Nitro Rad’s Rayman videos every year lmao
Man! I've been waiting for this for months!
Rayman Redemption when?
Rayman 2, hooray!
Are you going to do Rayman 3 as well?
The Rayman-games (yes, all of them) are some of my favourite platormers of their respective eras.
OmegaMetroid93 Yep, I'll be doing the whole trilogy.
Might talk about Raving Rabbids and Origins/Legends some day, but for now I'm just doing the original Rayman trilogy.
I haven't played rayman I should. I played rabbids go home when I was younger even though looking back its pretty dume
@Nitro Rad I hope to see you talk about Rayman Origins and Legends. Always enjoy watching fellow Rayman fans review Rayman games.
You were really good I just assumed you were too young to be as good as you are today but this was my favorite nitrorad video great job dude I enjoyed that review
Played this on PS1 in 1999 - Came back in 2024 to say that flute melody in Bongo Hills will never leave me. The one at 10.35
4:25 That’s Wut I like about Rayman
For anyone wondering, Rayman is a thingamajig.
Nice, been waiting on this since you hinted at it during the Ty series reviews.
My original exposure to Rayman was the PC port. This video brings back so many memories.
Any chance you can play Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom and do a review on it?
this or crash 1 seem the hardest games on ps1 to complete imo.
wake up in the mornin and having this on my subscription box
todays gon b a gud day
gonna miss the old intro tho :c
Omg, I'm loving your Kill la Kill poster in the background
I really wanted to love this game. I REALLY did. I played the first few levels quite a bit when I was little. The gameplay, art style, music, and level design were top notch. Coming back to it however, the fact that you had to find all the cages just to gain access to the final level just made the game an absolute chore.
A lot of these cages either can't be accessed until you get a certain power or hidden in such a way you have to touch a specific spot on the map to make them appear somewhere else. In the former case, you have to go through Bongo Hills, which was already a long and tough level on it's own at least twice in order to complete the game. And considering how few lives and continues you can get, it lead to a lot of frustration.
In the latter case, at some points, the devs decide to be dicks and make it so that a cage appears RIGHT before you tough a "!" sign.
If they made it so that you only needed a portion of the cages to proceed, I wouldn't have a problem with this. I would gladly except how crazy difficult these levels can be. But having to revisit levels and search for these cages just sucked the fun out of it all.
10:09 when you get into very difficulty level
Ik you uploaded this years ago but it was still really good to watch today
This is the video that introduced me to your channel
I want to make me own rayman
It's refreshing to see a reviewer not shoehorning in a bad (and stolen) joke every couple of seconds.
dutch menneer Ikr
This was my 1st PlayStation game along with Rapid Reload. I played RayMan 1st and was blown away by how amazing it looked. 1996 was a great year for me for sure :)
Skyrim: hey Lets have a lot of rereleases.
Rayman: hold my beer.
If you get the PC version, I recomend also getting Rayman Optimum, it fixes the soundtrack, adjusts the graphics and generally makes the game more playable.
+TheGladex Not sure that voice ruins it. I just play it on Rayman Forever or on my old 98 laptop.
Gold was made easier with some easier cages and 9 countinues
Matthias Rivadeneira Yeah it was Gold I have mixed those two
It is now called Rayman Plus for anyone who is wondering. ;)
I still play Rayman in my 20's and I'm immediately 6yrs old again whenever I boot it up.
Always feels like a great colourful adventure to embark on ^_^..... even tho, by the last few levels, I'm usually screaming at the BOTTOMLESS PITS AND ENDLESS SPIKES!
(OMG Those Art and Cave Levels?! Holy Santa Claus Shit! I wanna kill somebody!)
So glad I've memorised the password to unlock all the stages with 99 Lives AND all the abilities, it's literally hardwired into my mind from childhood
*(cough)* NW?WD15!4Q *(cough)*
xD ....Anyway, LOVED this review, Subscrurbed! :D
+AstraVex Yup, good ol' "raylives" (I'm playing the PC version 'cause I don't have a PlayStation).
reviewed rayman... and LISA... Two games I see very rarely... especially rayman... In good detail too. keep up this work. :)
Rayman on ps1:"WHO are you?!"
Rayman redemption:"I am you but better"
I’m surprised you didn’t mention gloves when it came to platformers.
"PREPARE TO DIE"..........multiple times!
I remember getting to Band Land as a kid and never getting past that not only because my lack of a memory card but the insane difficulty.
Ahh, memories...
Enemy designer: hey Michel this enemy seems kinda bland what you change
Michel: GIVE THE BULLET A HAMMER
7:43 but SM64 kinda did that as well
Rayman on the Saturn is better than the PS1 version (it has more graphical effects)
comment man But the ps1 version is less scarce and cheaper.
Yehh, this was one of my first games as a kid and I NEVER got past band land.
Although it still holds a special place in my heart, in the time when i didn't have a memory card and was also a dumb kid so i mostly just played the first world.
Yo watching old videos of your favorite CZcamsrs are cool you can see how much they've changed and improve I can hear how he pronounces stuff because of his braces it's really cool :)
Really good review overall. You described everything about the original Rayman really well. My only minor criticism is the justification of the 99 live code. You don't know the real hell Rayman has to offer when you go through the last few levels with only 5 or 6 lives. It's easier if you use the code system because lives respawn. I used to grind like 10 of them before each level.
you forgot RAYMAN JUNIOR !! ;p
I rented this ALL the time as a kid, but literally never past band land and it was still awesome
FINALLY! I love rayman, great review nitro
That soundtrack doesn't sound like it's from the ps1
Will You be reviewing “Rayman Redemption”? Considering Your Love for the series, I’d Be great to see what that Game improves &/or Fixes the First game & Do a comparison between scenes & Fights from this Fangame & the original.
Seen your videos on gex aswell, good stuff!
Got yourself a new subscriber! :)
Ahhh I never noticed that about Mario and Luigi's colours being opposite! So cool, also noticed that Wario and Waluigi's colours are opposite on the scale too 👌🏻
Rayman did Mario maker and Skyrim first.
Gorillas are apes not monkeys.
same thing, all are monkes
@@SmileReal Monkeys and apes are both primates if that's what you mean.
I swear many of the screens in Rayman, if you ignore the sheer difficulty of them, are just pure ASMR material, especially when combined with the soundtrack XD
i actually played this on an old laptop as a kid. so much nostalgia