Gameloft's Rayman Games on Mobile

These Java-based mobiles don't have the greatest reputation for games, but there are diamonds in the rough. Rayman for example had some great outings on mobile, however...
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0:00 - Portable Rayman Gaming
1:22 - Java Games on Mobile Phones
3:35 - Rayman on the Palm OS?
4:50 - Rayman Golf
5:54 - Rayman Bowling
6:52 - Rayman 3
9:09 - Rayman Raving Rabbids
11:07 - Rayman Kart
13:25 - Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party
15:29 - Conclusion
Intro/Outro Music:
Lil' Hipster Girl by LMFAO
#rayman #java #mobile

[@jabmaster1000]

“Don’t do this,you’re better than that” is one of my favorite lines in a video game review

[@HardSonicStorm]

I remember the time when me and my brothers borrowed my mother's phone, and there was a demo of the Rayman Raving Rabbids game, it was like a level long or with a timer ? I don't remember... but we loved it, and my brother, wanted to continue the game, and he accidently bought it... needless to say that my mother got angry at us

[@KillThad]

kek

[@vippie5432]

Eek

[@Pepsis0Man]

Jaja

[@15-Peter-20]

Breast milk

[@SirJohnnyAMS]

The "scrapped material" from the Rayman Raving Rabbids mobile trailer is actually not scrapped at all. The footage from the trailer comes from a different version of the game designed for phones with a small screen resolution. It took me forever to find this version on the internet back in the day but I eventually found it and I still got it's java file today. I can PM you this version if you like.

[@thepokefan891]

i actually heard rabbids go home was suprisingly decent

[@FrameRater]

Same, perhaps I should pay it a visit at some point...

[@tsvtsvtsv]

i loved the crap out of that game, thinking about revisiting it soon

[@morale.9330]

F*ck me, that Teensie's special ability sounds even more soul crushing than Mario Kart's blue shell item.

[@stefanofanigliulo7859]

So nice to see someone actually made a video about these obscure games, I own a sealed copy of Rayman Golf that I am pretty proud of :P

[@stefanofanigliulo7859]

Also, Rayman RR uses the same engine from a sonic game and in early screenshots you could also see rayman riding a pig.

[@trihardcx6743]

I have to say, this is exactly the type of content I was hoping for when I subscribed. I'd love to see similar stuff in the future!

[@i.m.evilhomer5084]

Vivendi Universal were also players in the early mobile games market, I hope you consider doing a video about their many Crash and Spyro endeavours. I have heard some of their mobile adaptations of the legend of Spyro and Crash of Titans games were pretty decent.

[@ff_crafter]

Rayman raving rabbids on J2ME is my childhood i love that game

[@axelprino]

I remember playing the J2ME version of Rayman Raving Rabbids back when it came out and it did had those two sections that you showed as missing (the pig and the pirate hat). From my memories of j2me games they usually had like 10 different versions each so finding the better version of the bunch can be hard, especially nowadays. The main reason I remember that game is because of how much of a Sonic clone it was.

[@FrameRater]

Dang, I'd like to find a version of that one. Largest I found was 380kb. That one didn't have them. I hope the JAR was leaked at some point, because I haven't found it.

[@axelprino]

I looked around old sites and some of my old files but I wasn't able to find it either, I still have my HDD from back then so there's still a chance that the file is in there but I wouldn't hold my breath. I was planning to put together my old hardware into one functioning PC to salvage those files anyway so I might do that this weekend, I'll let you know if I find the game.

[@CONTRAEPICCORPS]

@@FrameRater You must found Sony Ericsson version,because this version has pig race with UFO and pirate hat

[@mr.needlestan2954]

@@FrameRater Play version of Raving Rabbits for 176x220, this one should have the cut content. No I am not joking, the version for the smaller screen has more content.

[@nickiedavis360]

RATCHET & CLANK FOR MOBILE?!?! I must be in heaven.

[@roylandmcsausage7460]

You should review more j2me games.

[@NujuBIONICLE]

I remember playing every gameloft/ubisoft spinoff on my Nokia 3200 for many years... Nostalgia kicks on :'(

[@Faapu]

I actually remember playing Rayman Kart and Raving Rabbids pretty frequently back in the day

[@Saxdude26]

"Here comes good ol' Rayboy 'bout to steal your girl... VIOLENTLY!" Great video.

[@Isaacfess]

Nice video Frame! It took a while for me to watch it but it was worth it!

[@davimancio2746]

I played raving rabbids on my mother's phone when I was younger and I loved it. Today I actually found out its name and I am so happy to remember all the memories. 😢😢

[@AlexandruCatrina-bk6jg]

9:47 introducing can you feel the sunshine alarm clock

[@mr.needlestan2954]

12:11 You chose the wrong version. 240x320 version has a lot of cut content. Play version for 176x220.

[@zytrux1627]

Wait a second.....Rayman thophy in smash WIIU....mario & rabbids kingdom battle on switch....smash ultimate coming soon.. That means... *POOH FOR SMASH ULTIMATE!!!*

[@PyroLink06]

They were some hell of good games on Java Mobile, my very first introduction to Final Fantasy was on that platform. And boy, I farmed the hell out of FF1 on my phone, it was just the perfect formula, every time I had a few minutes to kill, I'd grind some mobs, or explore a little. I loved that version so much when I switched phones, I bougth it again to restart a game ! I also remember some smart tactics game like Advance Wars, but it was based on the Transformers IP, there were some really good arcade games like crazy tetris that had 10 different gameplay variants and great aesthetics, I remember playing Worms MULTIPLAYER, as it was a turn based game, you'd give the phone to your friends and each play your turn. We had a hell of fun honestly. Some gameloft games were good, but some were the same formula slapped over a licence, I precisely remember the "9 levels formulas", each game at the time, be it Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia, movie games like Need for Speed, Tron at the time, etc all had 1 intro, 7 levels that had 2 varied gameplays, often one side scrolled, and the second a vehicule phase, and the level 9 was the boss fight. I think the Rayman games were no exception and I bet they're 9 level based too. If you digged you could find some amazing arcade games that were actually smart, and some good NES / GBA games.

[@heitorsant1759]

YTHEY TURNED RAYMAN INTO SONIC THE GODDAMN HEDGEHOG!??!?!

[@OmegaRejectz]

12:42 Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (Nov 2003) had character unique abilties which predates Rayman Karts 2007 release date.

[@maximumrisk2004]

I had many of these devices and games. Such a Nostalgia trip.

[@RyanPuffs]

I wanna play Globox and the Happy Rianbow

[@xdluck_xd7481]

Me too! Also why is it rated M? Its name sounds like fun game for all ages!

[@jpward01]

I remember searching Amazon a long time ago for Rayman games and I saw the Winnie The Pooh/Rayman 3 game and I just sat there thinking: "Who's idea was this?!"

[@Player_OOOI]

I really do like the rayman series. also great video :) also better watch out for rayman he is gonna stole yo gurl!

[@TheDerpyBoi]

Don’t worry about the pins in Rayman Bowling, Ryemanni made a sequel which added much more things, including new pins!

[@Digger318]

I am very happy that the J2ME emulator is working great on android now. Modern mobile games all just want you to wait and spend cash, so playing old but actual games are actually refreshing. I really like all the DOOM and Wolfenstein RPGs, and i have fond memories on the java time crisis and the silent hill game (story sucks) was actually creepy and scary.

[@FireteamYogurt]

Oh, my God, DOOM RPG is a masterpiece.

[@CONTRAEPICCORPS]

Sillent Hill Mobile story has references to original game,so you suck :³

[@TheGoldNShadow]

I remember the Rayman 2 port on iPhone, and I still have it on a red iPod Touch. It doesn’t save, so I’m unsure if I have the full version or the demo, but it’s still cool to have it!

[@JACK-iv3bd]

I don't know why, but I love how you just spout jokes randomly.

[@robonaught]

Teensie's first place warp thats like even more broken then the turbo warp from Lego Racers.

[@bshays21]

Very good video. I have never really had a phone. I did not know these games ever even existed. I've played Rayman on N64 back in the day.

[@miguelescobedo5112]

I really enjoy all of the rayman raving rabbids games besides ubisoft was trying something new with rayman also the rabbids are so funny and adorable I'm really glad that Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is a great crossover game.

[@azumarill1403]

I used to play Rayman 3 A LOT on my Sony Ericsson W200, i remember having a Crash Bandicoot game too

[@mjallen1308]

Java based mobile games and Gameloft is how I was introduced to Rayman. Nokia 3595.

[@raralabelle1]

How can I download these games on the phone I have now?

[@Tetriser]

I want to assume Rayman Kart actually uses the same engine Gameloft's other racing games on J2ME used (Asphalt for example)

[@hgmd3284]

I wonder when you’ll get to Rayman jungle/fiesta run; adventures and mini?

[@FrameRater]

Is it possible to demonstrate them to a great extent anymore? I recall some required server connectivity. I'd have to figure out how to record them as well. The idea interests me though.

[@hgmd3284]

@@FrameRater the only one that requires server connectivity was adventures, the rest you can still play without a internet connection. For mini, I’d reccomend (if you don’t have an Apple device) to get a old Apple TV with the touch remote and playing it there with a controller

[@teh_supar_hackr]

@FrameRater I found footage of one of those DiGiBombs playing Rayman 3 in poor quality, you should hunt one down just to see how Rayman 3 is like on there. The Wikipedia link is on the Spanish site, and this may mean that the device was mainly distributed in a Spanish area, I don't know.

[@SoniMarSponge]

They put Sonic physics in a Rayman video game...WHY?!

[@martinsleis3852]

SoniMarSponge 53 exactly what i was thinking about.

[@Agent-yw1kj]

"Why is Rayman even here?!" I think everyone themselves asked that at the time about TV Party at the time in general. It's pretty much a rabbid game starring Rayman. No surprise he was gone in go home, he barely existed in TV Party and even Raving Rabbids 2

[@adultmoshifan87]

I got Rayman Kart for a hand-me-down Samsung phone I received from my brother back in the day!

[@SirCaco]

I used to play Prince of Persia The Two Thrones and Splinter Cell Double Agent on my old Nokia phone back in the day. Short games, but I enjoyed playing through them nonetheless.

[@NujuBIONICLE]

Please mate can you do a review on Prince of Persia franchise, thank you very much. Love your content :)

[@yuriythebest]

I don't know if this is a false memory but I recall playing rayman for symbian OS on my Nokia 3650 ( it might have been the ngage version but it still worked)

[@pferreira1983]

We can't be too hard on these games since using a phone made it impossible to play anything complex they designed. Thanks for showcasing these though, I always wanted to learn more about them. They look alright. 👍

[@danielpersing4106]

Ok Rabbids go home was really good

[@Edmundostudios]

I still have Rayman 2 on my iPhone 4 it doesn’t work on new phones due to 32 but death cool to have the 4 around for some of the early iOS games

[@FrameRater]

Was it removed from the marketplace because it was 32-bit? I didn't think that was as much of an issue on mobiles, but then again I don't know too much about them technically.

[@Edmundostudios]

FrameRater It wasn’t on the AppStore for long I remember getting it when it was first out which was apparently 2010 and I could play it on my current iPhone up until iOS 11 which removed 32bit compatibility. It was removed from the store in 2013 according to wiki however I can still redownload those old games fine now on a 32 bit device or IOS10 and below phone.

[@rayman6926]

RAYMAN IS SONIC CONFIRMED !!!

[@elieeee6]

How are you emulating these s games?

[@TheChrisRolla]

Woah that Terminator game looks fucking cool

[@roymerkel8008]

my cell phone also had J2ME ports of Castlevania (stops at end of level 2 for some reason as a "demo"), Megaman 2 and 3 (also stop prematurely as "demo"s), and Final Fantasy 1 and 2. They were... ok... but definately duplicates of original source material...

[@nickmalcom6360]

the only good thing that came out of the rabbids was making them playable in tmnt smash up. they came in 3 different varients (splinter, raving and ninja), and they all were more than just the same character with a skin swap, they all had their own move sets (splinter rabid for example is based off of sam fissure from ubisoft's own splinter cell games).

[@Charlie-un8nb]

bel video bello! Sono giochi sconosciuti che non conoscevo

[@ThePeasantRock16]

i love the rayman rsving racin kart

[@Rootz4Brainz]

hey FrameRater will you ever do a video on crash bandicoot mobile games...just saying

[@FrameRater]

A Crash game, yes. The mobile games? Eh, idk.

[@lavendearmydear]

I remember playing Gameloft games on an old flipphone

[@blackrosegodessD4C]

Rayman 3 and Kart were always my favourites when i couldn't bring my GBA or DS on school or other locations and bring some fun memories back even if looking back at them through myself and your video they have aged pretty poorly like all the mobile games from the 2000's.

[@TeknoRiderF1RE]

Nice vid, you should chheck out the Worms j2me games as well

[@lucariotrainer16]

We got Mario+Rabbids out of the Mario, so that's something

[@mrbandicootaljfri8648]

Are you going to review origins and legends

[@FrameRater]

Maybe some day.

[@lowres5447]

0:49 why does Rayman have pants?

[@give_me_my_nick_back]

I had the original rayman on my first windows mobile 2003 smartphone :D It was pretty much 1:1 PC port just like tomb rider, sim city and worms world party

[@thepuzzlemaster64]

Great video frame, you've pretty much raised awareness to a forgotten (and very mediocre) game platform. Also how did you capture footage from the J2ME games?

[@thepuzzlemaster64]

@Overlord spudpiggy Well I knew that, I just don't know what emulator he used.

[@Generic___]

Lmao I actually had that Winnie the Pooh & Rayman cart when I was a kid, from what I remember that Pooh game was an isometric styled game that wasn't that good.

[@golem6494]

I hope we get a another Ray-man kart game

[@VSDeluxe]

Sometimes These games costs you weekly or monthly fees. And sometimes they have suprising things. Did you know that XIII Got a follow up called XIII 2? It was only released on mobile devices at the time.

[@FrameRater]

I definitely did not know that... to either things you mentioned.

[@DuckAlertBeats]

Speech synthesiser?

[@Edmundostudios]

I would be down for a Rayman Kart on PS4 though

[@garedbi]

Aaah, the good old days..

[@Danny3ldasherXP]

Y el link de Rayman kart??

[@SawyerIque]

I wish I could try these games but my dad used to have a Samsung A177 but it couldn’t connect to the modern internet to use the shop and it was thrown away in the trash, it’s probably in the dumps. Oof, and i was born at the time iPhones were slowly getting more popular.

[@sepium662don]

Rayman Raving Rabbids on mobile is like what is supposed to be on PC (Rayman 4) in plot and gameplay. While many Gameloft did copy Sonic mechanics like Shrek, Crash Bandicoot.. I like Gameloft games so I don't mind, but it lacked "original" unique style

[@JoeyJ0J0]

Doom RPG was a legitimately great game and I wish they put it on another system

[@pastaroni8683]

They should remake the first 3 games like with Crash and Spyro

[@troin3925]

Actually, player-specific abilities came from Mariokart Double Dash.

[@Mace2.0]

There exists a mobile Rayman game on an obscure MITSUBISHI PHONE!!! The most elusive Rayman game in history, as there's only a single screenshot to exist.

[@FrameRater]

Rayman Garden?

[@Mace2.0]

According to link, it's just a Rayman-themed puzzler. It was pre-installed on the Mitsubishi phones (yes), along with the aforementioned bowling game, but on a very tiny screen. raymanpc.com/wiki/en/Rayman_Garden

[@2011supergamer]

I actually liked the Wii version of Rabbids TV Party.

[@xxsusmasterxx5491]

How did you play these games??!?!??!?!?

[@csanyi968]

5:19

[@maxonwolf5841]

Rabbids go home was actually really good

[@rhondaking7884]

Digiblast was a handheld console by nikko eroupe released in 2003 only in eroupe it was a failure due to the success of the ds but also you can find a gba for much less expensive than back in 2001 It was discontinued by either 2005 or 2007.

[@ultaedits5751]

Rayman kart looks a bit too like the Java Asphalt games. (Ik Gameloft made the Asphalt series)

[@ArixSage]

Very gud

[@milkiski]

Can you make a review on Pac man world 2

[@FrameRater]

Check out NitroRad, he's going to review that game soon.

[@fullpulp2424]

RRR2, and Rabbids go home we’re actually pretty good in my opinion.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Thanks, _GAMELOFT._

[@jamiemarchant]

Thanks for the video. "Globox and The Happy Rainbow", "Rated M for Mature", ah....what?

[@tavieion]

I heard the creator of rayman world make another 3d rayman game( I hope it is the 3d platformer prototype of rayman raving rabbids that got cancelled before the mini game series.)

[@FrameRater]

Doubt he still owns the license to. Maybe if he decides to revive it with some other new character.

[@tavieion]

FrameRater I saw it on the prototype page on the raywiki

[@tavieion]

FrameRater raymanpc.com/wiki/en/Rayman_Raving_Rabbids_(cancelled_prototype)#Future

[@puffythedestroyer8878]

Don’t forget the gba port of crash nitrokart. That’s actually better than it’s console port

[@spongebobfan78]

1:57 "You wouldn't find someone purchasing a phone to play some mobile games" Funnily enough, I was so very restricted in playing games when I was young on a few hours on set days that I ended up wishing for one (and I eventually got one) JUST TO PLAY GAMES without my parents noticing. 10:26 The irony that Gameloft would later make or port Sonic mobile games.

[@MomoKunDaYo]

That sucks so bad.... i hate that they did that to you.

[@ChalkTeacher]

I remember loving lots of j2me games back in the day, but Gameloft were never synonymous with "quality". If you really wanted good quality games, Fish Labs was the way to go.

[@somethingsomething9008]

How did rayman raving rabbits kill of the series mabey they didnt have any ideas

[@MrEggBoi]

Rip all the mobile Rayman games on the App Store

[@gradysfunworld2664]

I ❤ Rayman

[@fedorjavagamer]

I like mobile versions of Rayman Raving rabbids.

[@manray1233]

You should try Sonic Unleashed on Java

[@CONTRAEPICCORPS]

GTFO,sonicfan! No way!

[@poble]

it's terrible, but somehow I was able to finish it back in the day lol

[@koyo427]

I remember there was a Google play Rayman port and I remember I actually got pretty far

[@RetroGamerBB]

Some even work on the ngage