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Description:Rayman is a traditional side-scrolling 2D platform game. The object of the game is to free all the electoons and defeat Mister Dark’s minions across five worlds: Dream Forest, Band Land, Blue Mountains, Picture City, Cave of Skops, and Candy Chateau. Only when every electoon is freed will Rayman be able to enter into Mister Dark’s hideout in Candy Chateau. Otherwise, the player must traverse the levels and reach the goal (a signpost with an exclamation mark on it) at the end. But usually, since all of the levels in the game are divided into several parts, said goal post usually acts as a transition to another part of the level.
Scattered around each level are little blue spheres called Tings. If Rayman picks up a hundred of them, he gains an extra life, but they can also be used to pay the Magician, and enter a bonus stage. When Rayman dies, he loses all of the Tings he collected.
As well as Tings Rayman will come across a variety of other power-ups and bonuses, among which a golden punching fist, a faster punching fist, power to restore Rayman’s lost life energy and flying blue elves that will shrink Rayman down in size.


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If there was ever a game to justify to your kids why Daddy's (or Mommy's) Pocket PC is better than their Gameboy Advance, Rayman Ultimate is it. With rock-solid gameplay housed in a beautiful package, this is one of the best games I've played on my PDA. However, you may want to try this one before you buy it. Read on to find out why.

Rayman Ultimate is a fantastic game with some minor control issues. For hardcore gamers, it doesn't get much better than this.

Background
Gameloft's Rayman Ultimate is pretty much a direct port of the original Rayman Playstation game released by the French developer, Ubi-Soft. Rayman himself is...well, I'm not entirely sure what he is, but he's awfully cute and has appeared in a number of games on both the PC and the various consoles over the years. In Rayman Ultimate, Rayman's world has been invaded by the dreaded Mister Dark, who has stolen all the Electoons, creatures that provide energy to the universe. Not that any of that matters, of course - we're talking about a platform game here, not Shakespeare. Basically, your mission is to travel through six worlds and over sixty levels to rescue all the little guys trapped in cages and eventually defeat the big baddie at the end.

Features
This game is, for all intents and purposes, a throwback to the old days of 2D platforming in the same vein as the Mario or Sonic games; in today's gaming world of "let's make everything 3D" this is not a bad thing by any sense of the word. The game is played in landscape mode by tilting your Pocket PC on its side - unfortunately making this one of those games you probably won't get away with playing during a staff meeting at work. Control of Rayman is accomplished with the cursor pad and several "soft" buttons on the screen, although the application buttons can be used as well. The gameplay is standard platformer fare, although it's more of an exploration game than it is a "get from point A to point B" game. You'll find yourself going through each level several times in order to rescue all your friends. Thankfully, you are given a healthy amount of lives and are able to accommodate all this traveling as well as extra powers such as punching and Rayman's famous "helicopter ear-spin" as you proceed through the game. The save system shows its console roots, as you can save the game only at save points on the level selection screen. Luckily, most levels have an in-level save feature that will prevent you from having to start the level over when dying (although if you quit the game, next time you play you'll have to start the level over again).

Bells & Whistles
This game, to put it mildly, will knock your socks off. The graphics are nothing short of spectacular. From the well-crafted characters and creatures moving smoothly about the playfield to the beautifully created backgrounds that look hand-painted, the game looks like a well drawn cartoon. The sound effects and background music are luxurious as well, though you'll need to plug in some headphones to get the full effect. Of course, what truly matters is the gameplay - in that area Rayman Ultimate does not disappoint. This is old-school platform gaming at its finest, harkening back to the old days of spending days trying to get past a level to see what's next. Although the game does give you a couple of easy levels at the beginning as a sort of tutorial, things get challenging very rapidly. The levels have been intricately designed with plenty of different paths to explore in order to rescue your buddies. It's easy to see why the Rayman games are considered by many gamers to be the cream of the crop when it comes to platforming action.
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Download Rayman 1 (Ubisoft 1996)
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Rar size: 42.91 MB
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ISO size: 93 MB