Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Rayman

Title	Rayman
First release	1995
Developer	Ubisoft Montpellier
Publisher	Ubisoft
Platforms	DOS, Game Boy Color, PC (Windows), PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Genre	2D platform game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	PlayStation: 1995-01-01 (PAL), 1995-09-01 (NTSC-J), 1995-09-09 (NTSC-U), 1995-09-09 (NTSC) Sega Saturn: 1995-01-01, 1995-11-17 (NTSC-J) PC (Windows): 1996-04-30 Game Boy Color: 2000-03-29, 2000-07-24 (PAL)
Wikidata ID	Q13219473

Freeing captured Electoons from the villain Mr. Dark drives the platforming action as Rayman. Players navigate through various worlds to stop the theft of light and restore safety to the Glade of Dreams. This version features modified and simplified levels compared to the original release, adapting the gameplay for the handheld hardware.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources

Wikidata (Q13219473) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (gbc/rayman) · last updated 2026-10-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (11542,65384,78482,81657,82451,92186,97799,125422) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Ubisoft · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Ubisoft · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Ubisoft · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Ubisoft · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Ubisoft · internal use only.

Sprites (2): fan rips from sprite sites, credited per sheet (ripper, site, rights) in Sprites below; internal use only.

Logo: Ubisoft, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Rayman logo.png”)

Sprites

PlayStation version · 2 sheets · Rayman on The Spriters Resource ↗ (68 sheets on the site; 2 stored here)

Antitoon sprite sheet (PlayStation) — Antitoon

Enemies PlayStation · 285×343

Rip by MilesTheCreator

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Videos

Game Boy Color Longplay [009] Rayman

World-of-Longplays · Game Boy Color version · longplay · 1:24:45auto-matched
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PSX Longplay [267] Rayman (US)

World-of-Longplays · PlayStation version · longplay · 3:46:01auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:43 UTC

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Console

Home computer

Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PC (Windows) +1