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Rayman 2: The Great Escape

The Sega Dreamcast version of Rayman 2 retains the high quality textures from the PC version, while slightly improving some. A new area has been added in the Woods of Light called Globox Village, where the…

29 February 2000

Rayman 2: The Great Escape is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, released 29 February 2000 on Dreamcast.

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What Rayman 2: The Great Escape is

Rayman 2: The Great Escape is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and released in 2000. It was published by Ubi Soft Entertainment. It is available on Dreamcast only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Sega Dreamcast version of Rayman 2 retains the high quality textures from the PC version, while slightly improving some. A new area has been added in the Woods of Light called Globox Village, where the player can access new minigames by collecting Globox Crystals. This is the first version of Rayman 2 to allow for widescreen and the only version where the aspect ratio can manually be changed. The Hall of Doors has been replaced by the Isle of Doors. Several more Robo-Pirates have been added as well as a new type which shoots bombs. This is also the first version to have the cutscene in the Prison Ship where Rayman frees the prisoners, which was cut from the original versions due to time…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Rayman series

Rayman 2: The Great Escape is the 21st of 96 entries we hold in the Rayman series. The next entry was Rayman 2: The Great Escape in 2000.

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What it launched against

Rayman 2: The Great Escape launched on 29 February 2000, within three weeks of Thief II: The Metal Age, Soldier of Fortune, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes and Rollcage Stage II.

Released around the same time: Thief II: The Metal Age, Soldier of Fortune, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Rollcage Stage II.

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When did Rayman 2: The Great Escape come out?
Rayman 2: The Great Escape was released on 29 February 2000 for Dreamcast.

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