Michel Ancel, creator of the platforming game series Rayman, has found a lost relic of the 1990s: A prototype of Rayman for the Super Nintendo. Deemed lost by the development team for 24 years, Ancel rediscovered it and posted a picture of it running on a European Super Nintendo on his Instagram feed.

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It's working !!!! 4 people in the world have seen this . We thought it was lost , but somewhere in the cold electronic circuit , something was still alive . and running at full 60fps !!! should do a Switch version of this

We have found the old unique Rayman SNES ROM !!!! It was sleeping for 24 years ..... Time to wake it up !!!!

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According to Unseen64, a site dedicated to betas and unreleased games, Rayman was initially developed for the Super Nintendo, but when the CD-based technology of the Sony PlayStation launched, development moved to it. Rayman SNES was also set to have a 2 player co-op feature and the story was to star an 11 year old boy named Jimmy.

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[WeedZ]

So.. is he gunna dump it?

 

[sarkwalvein]

So.. is he gunna dump it?

Yeah, straight into some landfill.
He didn't seem very happy about finding it. /s

PS: Rayman is a big franchise from Ubisoft that is still very alive, the only copy is in his hands, unless he wants to be fired or executed on spot the game can't be "dumped by a random source" or at all. Perhaps capitalize from it making the prototype into VC? Unlikely, but at least has more of a chance.

 

[Trolling]

PS: Rayman is a big franchise from Ubisoft that is still very alive,

Please name the last Rayman game that isn't on mobile devices.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Please name the last Rayman game that isn't on mobile devices.

Rayman Legends? 2014? Two years ago?

 

[Deleted User]

Please name the last Rayman game that isn't on mobile devices.

Rayman Legends is the most recent one I can think of, but I don't actually know if they've released others since then, Rayman isn't a series I pay much attention to.

 

[Trolling]

Rayman Legends is the most recent one I can think of, but I don't actually know if they've released others since then, Rayman isn't a series I pay much attention to.

That's right, Rayman Legends was the last game on consoles. Nowadays Rayman has become an Mobile exclusive title with zero love given from Ubisoft.

 

[sarkwalvein]

That's right, Rayman Legends was the last game on consoles. Nowadays Rayman has become an Mobile exclusive title with zero love given from Ubisoft.

Erm... What do you expect?
Legends released ONLY two years ago and received universal critical acclaim (90% on metacritics).
It is not a Hotdogs of Duty, don't expect it to be recycled and released every 6 months.

 

[Alex658]

I'm still waiting for my Rayman 2: The great escape port for Nintendo Switch's launch.


It's kind of a tradition now.
It would be neat if they do release it, even in VC format. (Can you even do that? Sell a 1990 recently finished game in an old format?) never even seen such a case.

 

[migles]

I'm still waiting for my Rayman 2: The great escape port for Nintendo Switch's launch.


It's kind of a tradition now.
It would be neat if they do release it, even in VC format. (Can you even do that? Sell a 1990 recently finished game in an old format?) never even seen such a case.

heh.. the ps2 upgrade, revolution was a very good game... the normal great escape looked like shit when i tried to play it, it was missing loads of stuff

volition released that saints row for the psp, so why not in this case?

what about saints row 2 for pc? i serioulsy couldn't find a even more broken game...

funny thing, when i played that game i had a shitty GPU but processor had more clock than the xbox...
what happemed? the game was too fast but laggy at same time..
the game played at double speed at like 20 fps or something

 

[Alex658]

heh.. the ps2 upgrade, revolution was a very good game... the normal great escape looked like shit when i tried to play it, it was missing loads of stuff

Rayman 2 has had a ton of re-releases. I think so far is the game that has been ported the most.

You have a DreamCast, N64, PC ports. Which are all the same except by some better textures.
Gimped/butchered PS1 release (worst of them all)
"FinalMix" PS2 revolution version that has a ton new stuff new 3d models and levels but inconsistent framerate.
NDS launch title based upon n64 version (several new glitches, audio took a big hit, otherwise full n64 game)
3DS launch title based upon DC version, several new glitches on it's own, but still playable if you don't have a DC. Inconsistent framerate (less inconsistent than ps2, though), can be fixed by playing on n3ds+overclock.

The DC and PC ports are the closest to being the "definitive" version.

 

[Wolfy]

volition released that saints row for the psp, so why not in this case?

*slight euphoria over the thought of Saints Row 3 on the Switch*

 

[XDel]

Looks like your run of the mill crappy Euro Platformer.

 

[DinohScene]

Shiet.
That thing was lost for the same amount of time as I have been alive.

 

[Flame]

Shiet.
That thing was lost for the same amount of time as I have been alive.

its about some one gave it a blow.... so it worked better... like they blow you.

 

[WhiteMaze]

Shiet.
That thing was lost for the same amount of time as I have been alive.

I died :'D

 

[AyanamiRei0]

Import adapters have existed since the 90's

I know I own one for Rockman X3

 

[Issac]

Import adapters have existed since the 90's

Speaking of adapters ... I have this one laying around

 

[Haloman800]

This is great news. For a while I thought Rayman was dead due to rabbids but with Origins & Legends and now things like this..

 

[osaka35]

I can see them dumping and finishing the game, and trying to get it on the nintendo eshop. If it's pretty much done, then why not? What's there to lose? I'd buy it.

 

[Yil]

When Ubisoft is still good.