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@RC Leahcar omg you are indeed correct, that's Greymond!! my mind must have somehow corrupted Greymond into Ray-Man over the years. now the next step is to see if anyone's backed it up anywhere so I can play it!
Try the Wayback Machine, https://web.archive.org
. Put that address you mentioned into Wayback Machine's search box. You'll then need to use a developer console to locate and download the SWF file (assuming it was in fact Shockwave Flash), as you won't be able to play it in a current Internet browser.
Found it:
https://web.archive.org/web/20091010120444/http://www.abc.net.au/gameon/greymond/game/start.swf
Download it from that link, then find something that can play SWF files (a standalone Adobe Flash Player exe program or an outdated browser).
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EDIT: the name of the game is Greymond! my mind must have turned "Greymond" into "Ray-Man" over the years. however, I cannot find anywhere where it is still playable. if anyone has backed this game up, saved it to a hard drive, etc. etc. that would be fantastic! here was the original URL I played the game on: https://www.abc.net.au/gameon/greymond/
EDIT 2: the game is available on Flashpoint, thanks so much everyone!
note: this is probably going to be a bit long winded, so I apologise. I'm also Australian, so this may be Australia-centric as I don't recall the game ever being uploaded to any other sites
there was this Flash game I used to play back between 2008 - 2010. it was titled something to the effect of "Ray-Man and the Seven Colors"; the latter half of the title I'm not sure on, but I'm 100% certain the main character's name was Ray-Man, hyphenated. the art style of the game was very toony, pretty similar to Homestar Runner. I remember quite a bit from this game so I'll list out everything I can recall:
• I played this game on a website for an Australian broadcasting channel like Rollercoaster (rest in peace) or the ABC • it required something like Adobe Shockwave or Microsoft Silverlight to play as I could only play it at home, school computers didn't allow downloading of executables • Ray-Man was small and fully white, no clothes or anything like that • the game's story involved Ray-Man recollecting colored orbs back from 7 bosses who stole their respective color of the rainbow from the world, turning everything monochrome • the game played like a boss rush where each boss had their own level involving different gameplay. I was absolute trash at this game and only ever managed to get up to the second boss • the first boss represented indigo, and took place in the ocean. you had to jump across platforms to reach the boss before the tide caught you in an auto-scroller • the second boss represented yellow, and it was a race across sand dunes. I could not beat this level for the life of me, I only ever managed to beat it once but had to turn my computer off so my progress wasn't saved. this boss was a lot bigger than the other characters, kind of being The Big Guy of the bosses. I believe he had hair covering his eyes as well. I never advanced past the yellow stage so I have no clue who the other bosses are or how their levels played out • there were little animated cutscenes inbetween each stage
for years I've tried to find this game again, but of course Googling is made difficult when there's an actually mainstream game series that is also called Rayman lol. I've tried checking everywhere and doing Wayback Machine on all the Aussie websites I can remember playing Flash games on as a kid to no avail. if anyone has any leads or even possibly a way to play this game again I'd be eternally grateful, all I've wanted is to beat this game
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