best versions of the rayman games

[ninjainspandex]

so im looking to get into the rayman series (first 3 none of the spinoff crap) and i own all of the consoles they appeared on except for the jaguar and i dont want to emulate on pc so which consoles do i play them on. i assume the first one is best on the saturn as everything 2d is best on the saturn.

[Soldier Blue]

I've heard Rayman on the Jaguar is pretty good.

[ninjainspandex]

as i said before i dont have a jaguar and they are too expensive for me to purchase one and the rayman game.

[CFFJR]

I've never made the comparisons myself, but as I understand it, the best versions of Rayman 1 and 2 are on Saturn and Dreamcast respectively.

I've never heard anything specific when it comes to Rayman 3, though I'd guess that the xbox version would be best.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Rayman is best on Saturn or DSi, take your pick.

[Xeogred]

I've never made the comparisons myself, but as I understand it, the best versions of Rayman 1 and 2 are on Saturn and Dreamcast respectively.

I've never heard anything specific when it comes to Rayman 3, though I'd guess that the xbox version would be best.

lol, I was looking over GOG last night and saw Rayman 3 up there, I always forget that game exists.

[CFFJR]

Ha, yeah it didn't get the same attention that the first two did.

[Xeogred]

Definitely didn't look bad, but yeah.

I wonder how Rayman 2 PC measures up to the Dreamcast version though? I'd imagine they might be neck and neck, best resolutions on both and all (and hopefully you can play 2 on the PC with a controller?), it's kind of tempting...

[CFFJR]

Mm, couldn't tell ya. The only one I ever played (briefly) was the Dreamcast version.

But hell, its hard to go wrong with PC. I say give it a shot.

Even if the game doesn't technically support controllers (though I'd be surprised if it didn't), you can force it by using Xpadder or something similar.

[lisalover1]

As I understand it, here is how the console/handheld ports of the main Rayman games stack up:

Best <--------> Worst

Rayman:
Saturn > Jaguar > DSi > PlayStation > GBA > GBC

Rayman 2:
PS2 > Dreamcast > N64 > PlayStation > iOS > DS

Rayman 3:
Gamecube > Xbox > PS2