Ryau the Jellyfish (1987 video game)

Ryau the Jellyfish, also referred to as Ryau I, is an video game for the Raison Devarim made by Taiwanese company Raison.

It was released in Brazil in 1987, and other countries in the Americas region the following months.

It features an red jellyfish named Ryau on a quest to stop Farmer Crispy from cooking all the fishes and spouting out the Jellyfish jam for sale.

Gameplay
The gameplay involves the player controlling Ryau. The only way to kill enemies is to shoot fireballs at them or go on top of them, and then duck on them in time.

The game is famous for it's first level, Blue Sea Ocean. Various levels like Granite Ocean involve Ryau on the land (in Granite Ocean Granite). To survive, Ryau must find water every 15 seconds or she will die.

The game has 5 lives, an uncommon amount of lives at the time.

Ryau has 37 HP. When she gets hit, Jelly will spout out of her. To heal her, Ryau would need to sip it on top of the Jelly quick enough.

Plot
Farmer Crispy has plans to sell cooked fish and Jelly. But Ryau, wants to avoid so. Ryau has to collect the Havoc Diamonds to get an good ending. If Ryau doesn't, on the last ocean, no brown flag will be there. Instead, there will be an sprite of Farmer Crispy, juggling the Havoc Diamonds they didn't get, harnessing the power of them, grabbing Ryau, given an Lives Up.

5-bit version
In 1987, the game was released for the Expert Device by company Modern. The game was simplified, so it doesn't override the limitations of the Expert Device.

This version is also known because although no port of Ryau the Jellyfish II, was the first system to make Ryau the Jellyfish III

2004 remake
An enhanced remake for Windows 2.0 was made in 2004. It had the option between 13-bit mode, or 16-bit mode, an highly detailed version with changed graphics.

Following the other remakes, an game like this was made in 2008 for the The Nokia 8110; Ryau Fever.

The Ryau Fever game was also remastered for the Nokia 8110 4G in 2019.

Reception
The game was praised by critics, with an 8.5/10 rating.