Rayman 2: The Great Escape (N64)

[domizzl]

@nintendoboy17 if it makes it any easier, there's PS1, 2, Dreamcast, DS and 3DS versions of this game also or you could play it on the PJ64 emulator. And oh god @xxfuzzyyetixx this was totally my childhood game too ;__;

[xXfuzzyyetiXx]

childhood game :,(

[nintendoboy17]

After playing Origins on Wii, I want to hunt down the N64 version of this. :D

[MrLittle13wolf]

I m downloading this now on my PSP :D

[Au0s]

So getting Rayman Origins this weekend!

[kidd007LIghtning]

this game brings back memories ... i have to get the new rayman game :) so i can catch up

[ENKElXPRESS]

I tried running this on my xperia play.. doesnt't even boot up.. :(

[Firefox0744]

you can just download it on coolrom.com sheesh

[IOYB]

The platforming era

RIP :(

[Moonwalker097]

I miss playing this on nintendo 64. It was my favorite game out of the other ones I had. I was always real clost to finishing it but I always forgot how to save lol. I wish I still had it but I sold it to a family who collected really cool stuff.

[FrOoOstBite]

Man I used to play this game as a little kid back when it came out for the dreamcast....Good memories,good video,thanks for sharing ;)

[CAZPARkour]

I was always so scared of the black caterpillar at 2:30 D:

[megasoniczxx]

@CAZPARkour:man you too I just got this game and was wondering what the heck is that thing(I cant even continue through this cause I need a memory pak).

[CapitanKurosaki]

This game was hard as fuck back in the day.

[roxaslover9]

I remember I didn't have the save pack and I had to start all over every time I wanted to turn it off... Good times, good times.

[J3rEmY17]

@roxaslover9 Now I know I wasn't the only one lol.

[GangBoxer]

was this your first time playing?

[jvgsjeff]

@GangBoxer: No, but it was my first time going back to it after not playing it for years.

[iansquared3]

OH GOD! THE NOSTALGIA! ITS ALL COMING BACK

[NemmyLadyZombie]

I loved how strange the graphics were compared to any other N64 game out there at the time. The music only added to that effect, it's such an odd place with really creepy music. But its one hell of a classic. I'm glad it's a well known game. They lost their way with Rayman 3 and beyond that, it's just epic fail... But at least this version lives on through the ages. Now if only someone would just effing upload the N64 OST for it. ><

[Jade7832]

exelente!!

[thefreakenBEAST]

the things that i remember the most about this game is the amazing yet scary music, and the damn piranhas :D

this is my fave rayman game!

[cfire176]

this is the best rayman game the rayman rabbids games suck the last good game of rayman was rayman 3

[NitroTitan]

The n64 and DS versions have lackluster music compared to the PS1 and PS2 versions.

[MamaLuigiBarrelRoll]

The original Rayman was originally planned for the SNES and featured 2-Player

Co-Op but that version was cancelled.

[jvgsjeff]

@MamaLuigiBarrelRoll: Not true. Rayman originated as an Atari Jaguar game.

[MamaLuigiBarrelRoll]

@jvgsjeff I never said it wasn't planned for the Jaguar. There is a website entitled "Unseen64.net" with an article about the SNES one. I think it's one of the featured articles right now.

[jvgsjeff]

@MamaLuigiBarrelRoll: Hmm, I never heard that before (nor have I heard of that site before), so I don't know. But they do say that "Ubisoft decided to move the project to the new CD-Rom consoles," yet the first version was a cartridge game (Jaguar). And I don't know why they would release screenshots of the SNES game now when they didn't release any at the time it was in development. It's an interesting story if true.

[MamaLuigiBarrelRoll]

@jvgsjeff It confused me too. You know what else is weird? I think it was the SNES that couldn't render Rayman's arms, legs, and neck, and Ubisoft just decided to keep the "no limbs" thing on CD consoles because they liked the idea.

[MamaLuigiBarrelRoll]

@jvgsjeff Unseen 64 also quotes that it was planned long before the Jaguar, Saturn, and Playstation versions

[M1XART]

This is actually the first "old -school fully 3D platformer" ever released!

Highly recommended for N64 courtesy of the incredible visuals and gameplay!

DC -version is also really good.

PC -version looks nice, but is tricky to control.

PS2 -version has terrible framerate.

PSone -version just did not have enough powerfull console on it`s disposal and and is not worth to own...

[SomeFluffer64]

What does this look like without the expansion pak? Can someone post a video comparing resolutions?

[M1XART]

@SomeFluffer64 It looks softer... -Go for the Expansion Pak!

[SomeFluffer64]

@M1XART Ah, I see.

[TheBurgerboyeatsfood]

what a story:

what soundtracks:

what a game:

dam this brings back memories

[chimizu3]

i used to play this in france ahh good times

it was scary though, some parts were

like in the begining when you see all the prisoners and stuff

i got scared at that part i was like 6? maybe?

[missionmooch]

this video put me on a sentimental jounrey and i almost cried

you sir, are a hero

[0katron]

Why is it so hard to keep making great games like these? Why must they insist on continuing the Rabbids? Ugh... Ubisoft, you retards... And another thing, WHAT ABOUT BEYOND GOOD & EVIL?

[pentaHTF]

i love the PC version its the best and im a console gamer PS this game scared the crap out of me wean i was 7and the one eyed monster thing that trys to eat you OMFG AHHHHHHH LOL

[kman5769]

ok, the rabbids r funny. but this is better

[zolanilla]

I think that each one of us born on those 1983-2000.. years.. when in those times we use to play ,marioo,.. sonic.. rayman.. conker BFD.. games.. dude.. those are real good times.. always makes me happy :)

[etiscool1]

I've only played the version for the Playstation and never played the N64 version. Are there any huge differences between these two versions I mentioned?

By the way I thought this was a really fun game when I first played it. And like everybody else here, I thought it was kind of scary too.

Please respond to my question as soon possible.

[discoer]

The N64 version was WAY longer. More than twice as long.

It was originally made for N64 but I guess PS got the rights somehow and chopped a lot out of the game. Plus the graphics were more lush, and all the characters spoke in a made up gibberish language.

[Rens124]

this game was scary someting i was young :)

[webslinga348]

Same here! I'm 13 and i played this when i was like...5 i think? I loved this game so much though! My brothers ended up selling alot of games to buy a PS2..=/

[MamaLuigiBarrelRoll]

@webslinga348 SAME HERE! Except I rented the game.

[leakesonasucs]

robot pirates r better than stupid rabbits.

[mrkingofkings]

I remember this game when I first play this game on N64 in 1999 or 2000 when I rented it at Blockbuster and later in 2001 on DreamCast. I like those types of Rayman games better, The Raving Rabbids games are a pain in the neck.

[HaisterCaisterShow]

Awesome! This is one of the best games ever, we think. We beat this game twice! We don't like the Rabbids stuff. They should make a Rayman 4, and it should be another like this. Great video!

~Haister and Caister

[blahcookies]

haha, nice vid jeff. i liked the one for the original playstation :), but their feeling of each game still feels the same

[breaderer]

This strongly reminds me of DK64

[JouninAkisa]

Dude, for some reason, this game scared me a lot when I was younger.

Yeah, they need to stop the Rabbids fad. Rayman deserves to be revived.

[lancecytan]

I played the one for the original Playstation but its fun and scary at the same time.

[VGRuairi]

I miss the pre-Rabbid days. Just fun platforming, none of this mini-game rubbish.

[jvgsjeff]

I agree. Even though I liked Rabbids, they should have stopped after the first one and then gone back to the platformers. Rayman 4 is long overdue.

[iIamITheIMaster]

@VGRuairi those damn rabbits ruined everything. *sees rayman game, doesn't even have rayman in it*

[chadheck96]

This game was so weird and random, yest so fun.

[Zeldafreak007]

This was a fun game, but I found it hard

[Fruitykin100]

at 0:44 i thought it said "smiling not avised" XD XD XD

[BonTonSwan]

hah my shampoo PC version of Rayman 2 was just like this. :P

Nice vid as always.

[jvgsjeff]

Thanks. This is what you chose when I gave you that multiple choice question. :P

[ISoloedChuckNorris]

I used to play this game 24/7! xD

[wtfdev94]

Thanks alot jeff, i love seeing video game videos like this becasue they bring back such pleasent mamories of my early childhood. I love your videos and can not wait to see more!

[21Darthminky21]

i got the ps2 version, the game rocks! havnt played it n a VERY long time though

[moviemaster217]

i have it for the ps2 also! i don't play like i use to though

[Nintendofanboy01]

this game brings bk memories...i LOVED rayman. Don't anymore cos they haven't made a new Rayman 4 yet.

[Zhinkz]

You can Get this game On the DS, Its such a fun game!

[Quampty]

I have this on PC but it doesn't compare to the 64 verision. Not by a long shot.

[StarmanPhantom]

Man, I miss this game... *Whirr*

The RABBID games are good too though... *Click*

[LaneAndAccessories]

I have this for the original playstation, haven't seen any gameplay of it in a couple years, good memories haha.