Michel Ancel finds Rayman SNES ROM after more than 20 years

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News

Many years ago, Ubisoft was planning a unique version of Rayman for the SNES which would have featured unique visuals as well as co-op. In the end, it unfortunately never released. But 24 years later, Rayman creator Michel Ancel managed to find the original ROM.

Ancel posted his findings on Instagram:

Incroyable !!!! We have found the old unique Rayman SNES ROM !!!! It was sleeping for 24 years ….. Time to wake it up !!!!
A photo posted by Michel Ancel (@michelancel) on Oct 23, 2016 at 1:11am PDT

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 😂
A photo posted by Michel Ancel (@michelancel) on Oct 23, 2016 at 1:17am PDT

It’s an absolutely notable discovery for sure, and an important piece of gaming history. I’d be down for seeing it revitalized on Switch somehow!

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