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Rare, Ltd. (formerly known as Rareware) is a British video game development company. It was founded in 1982 by brothers Tim and Chris Stamper as Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd. (ACG). Publishing as Ultimate Play the Game, they developed games for 8-bit platforms such as the ZX Spectrum, the...
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Battletoads
Battletoads is a video game developed by Rare Ltd.. Starring three anthropomorphic toads named after skin disorders (Rash, Zitz and Pimple), the game was created to rival the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games. The first game was developed by Rare...
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Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country is a platform video game developed by Rare, featuring the character Donkey Kong. It was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1994. Following an intense marketing campaign, the original SNES version sold...
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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (abbreviated to DKC2) is an adventurous platform game developed for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) produced by Rareware and published by Nintendo. Donkey Kong Country 2 was released on...
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- 1995
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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! is a platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo as the final installment in the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy. It was released in late 1996 for the Super NES/Super Famicom....
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- 1996
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Donkey Kong Land
Donkey Kong Land is a video game developed by Rareware for the Game Boy, released in 1995. It is a completely original follow-up to the original Donkey Kong Country. The game was later followed by Donkey Kong Land II. Some of the game's music was...
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- Jun 23, 1995
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Donkey Kong 64
Donkey Kong 64 (abbreviated as DK 64) is a platformer video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was released in North America on November 22, 1999 and in Europe on December 6, 1999. The game is a follow up to the...
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- Oct 31, 1999
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GoldenEye 007
GoldenEye 007 is a 1997 first-person shooter video game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console, based on the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye.
The game received overwhelmingly positive reviews and sold over eight million copies. It...
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- Aug 23, 1997
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Perfect Dark
Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game originally released for the Nintendo 64 in 2000. The game was developed and published by Rare, creators of the multimillion-selling GoldenEye 007, an earlier first-person shooter with which Perfect...
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Killer Instinct
Killer Instinct is a fighting game developed by Rare and published by Midway and Nintendo. Initially released in arcades in 1994, and rumored to use an "Ultra 64" hardware engine, in reality the proprietary arcade hardware was co-developed by Rare...
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- 1994
Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Kazooie is a platform and action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo as the inaugural game in the Banjo-Kazooie series. It was released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64 and later re-released in 2008 for the Xbox Live...
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- May 31, 1998
Banjo-Tooie
Banjo-Tooie is a platform and action-adventure hybrid video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo in 2000 for the Nintendo 64 as a part of the Banjo-Kazooie series. The game is the successor to Banjo-Kazooie and was one of the most...
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- Nov 19, 2000
Blast Corps
Blast Corps is a video game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Rare that was released in 1997, in which the player must destroy a series of buildings using a variety of unique demolition vehicles, in order to clear a path for a truck carrying a pair...
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- Mar 21, 1997
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Jet Force Gemini
Jet Force Gemini is a science fiction third-person shooter game for the Nintendo 64 developed and published by RareWare that was released on October 11, 1999. The single-player adventure spans many varied planets as the player assumes the role of...
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Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day is a Nintendo 64 video game developed and published by Rare, and distributed by Nintendo. The game stars Conker the Squirrel, a Rare character who had previously appeared in other games marketed towards children, such as Diddy...
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- Mar 5, 2001
Star Fox Adventures
Star Fox Adventures is an action-adventure video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube as part of the Star Fox series. It was released in North America on 23 September 2002, Japan on 27 September 2002, Australia...
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- Sep 23, 2002
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Taboo: The Sixth Sense
Taboo: The Sixth Sense is a video game developed by Rare and published by Tradewest for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989 that gives users a tarot reading where the "dealer" automatically shuffles the cards. It is the only NES game to carry...
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- 1989
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Captain Skyhawk
Captain Skyhawk is a single player video game developed by Rare and released in 1990 by Milton Bradley Company for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
It features music by acclaimed composer David Wise.
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- 1989
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Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship
Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warship (known as Iota during development) is the third video game in the Jetman series. It was designed and developed by Zippo Games for Rare and released in the US by Tradewest in 1990, and in Europe by Nintendo,...
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- 1990
Super R.C. Pro-Am
Super R. C. Pro-Am is a video game developed by Rare and released for the Game Boy on January 1, 1991 as a sequel to R.C. Pro-Am for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a racing game involving remote control cars and utilizes an out-of-vehicle...
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- Jan 1, 1991
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R.C. Pro-Am
R.C. Pro-Am is a video game that was developed by Rare and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. It is a racing/vehicular combat game that puts the player not in the driver's seat, but rather on the sidelines, using a remote...
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- 1988
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Cabal
Cabal is a video game developed by TAD Corporation. In this game, the player controls a commando, viewed from behind, trying to destroy various enemy military bases. Though typical for games of this era, the game did respectably in the marketplace....
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- 1988
Perfect Dark Zero
Perfect Dark Zero is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game console. It was released as a launch title in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan.
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- Nov 15, 2007
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Diddy Kong Racing
Diddy Kong Racing is a 1997 racing game for the Nintendo 64 developed by Rareware. 800,000 copies were ordered in the two weeks before Christmas 1997, making it the fastest selling video game at the time, according to the Guinness Book of World...
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- Nov 21, 1997
Conker's Pocket Tales
Conker's Pocket Tales is a game released by Rareware in 1999. It is an overhead action game, starring Rare character Conker the Squirrel in a dual-format cartridge that served as both an original Game Boy game and a Game Boy Color game. While the...
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- Jun 8, 1999
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Battletoads & Double Dragon
Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team is a 1993 beat 'em up developed by Rare and published by Tradewest. It was originally released for the NES and later ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super NES and Game Boy.
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- Jun 1993
Anticipation
Anticipation is a video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Rare that was released in 1988. It is playable as a single player with computer-controlled players or multiplayer with support for up to four players.
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- Nov 1988
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Killer Instinct 2
Killer Instinct 2 (commonly abbreviated KI2) is a 1996 arcade-only fighting game developed by Rare Ltd., licensed by Nintendo, and manufactured by Midway. KI2 is the sequel to Killer Instinct (1994), an arcade game which was also ported to the SNES....
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- Dec 1995
Jurassic Park 3: Island Attack
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Jurassic Park III: Island Attack (known as Jurassic Park III: Advance Action in Japan and Jurassic Park III: Dino Attack in Europe) is a game for the Game Boy Advance. The main goal is to travel through 8 areas of Isla Sorna to reach the coast. ...
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- Feb 8, 2002
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Donkey Kong Land 2
Donkey Kong Land 2 was the 1996 sequel to the Game Boy hit, Donkey Kong Land. The game was later followed by Donkey Kong Land III. Produced by Rareware and published by Nintendo, it was enhanced for the Super Game Boy with different shades of color,...
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Donkey Kong Land III
Donkey Kong Land III (initially planned for release with the subtitle The Race Against Time) is the third and final entry in the Donkey Kong Land trilogy of games for the original Game Boy. It was developed by Rareware and distributed by Nintendo....
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Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Grabbed by the Ghoulies is a video game released on October 21, 2003 by Rare for the Xbox gaming console. It was the second Rare game to be released under the Microsoft banner (the first being the Game Boy Advance release Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's...
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- Oct 21, 2003
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Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge is the third installment in the Banjo-Kazooie series and the second in chronological order (in terms of the point of the beginning and end of the game - in fact, as time travel plays a significant part in the plot,...
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Conker: Live & Reloaded
Conker: Live & Reloaded is a platformer video game released in 2005. The single player mode is a remake of the 2001 game Conker's Bad Fur Day for the Nintendo 64 game console. However, it includes a new multiplayer mode that is different to the...
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- Jun 21, 2005
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It's Mr. Pants
It's Mr. Pants (originally Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers) is a video game for the Game Boy Advance. The starring character, Mr. Pants, is the result of a poorly drawn image from Rare's website, who was used as a mascot for the site survey.
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- Dec 7, 2004
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Banjo-Pilot
Banjo-Pilot (originally Diddy Kong Pilot) is a video game for the Game Boy Advance featuring characters from the Banjo-Kazooie series of video games. Similar to Diddy Kong Racing, players can race around various locales from the Banjo-Kazooie...
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- Jan 11, 2005
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Sabre Wulf
Sabre Wulf is a video game for the Game Boy Advance starring Sabreman from the ZX Spectrum series of games. A combination of platforming and puzzle game elements, Sabre Wulf encourages the player to think before they progress as they use Sabreman's...
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- May 18, 2004
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Donkey Kong Racing
Donkey Kong Racing is a cancelled video game for the Nintendo GameCube. It was to be the sequel to Diddy Kong Racing, but Microsoft's buyout of Rare in 2002 rendered the game vaporware.
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Snake Rattle 'n' Roll
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll is a platforming video game developed by Rare Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in North America in July 1990 and in Europe on March 27, 1991.
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Wizards and Warriors
Wizards & Warriors is the first video game in the trilogy of the same name, developed by Rare and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the United States in 1987 by Acclaim. A Japanese release by Jaleco followed in 1988, for which the...
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Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II is the second video game in the Wizards and Warriors trilogy for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was developed by Zippo Games for Rare Ltd. and first released in 1989 by Acclaim. The series is noteworthy for...
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Wizards and Warriors III
Wizards and Warriors III - Kuros: Visions of Power is the final video game in the Wizards and Warriors trilogy. It was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 by Acclaim and developed by Zippo Games for Rare.
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Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs is a game released by Tradewest in 1993 for the Super NES. It is a sequel to Battletoads.
The story opens with the 'Toads visiting the Gyachung-La fortress in Northern Tibet, where the Psicone Corporation is demoing...
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a video game created for the NES by Rareware & published by LJN Toys Inc. in 1989. The single-player game is loosely based on the film of the same name and had combined elements of graphic adventure computer games with...
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R.C. Pro-Am II
R.C. Pro-Am II is a racing game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released by Tradewest in 1992. The game was developed by Rareware as a sequel to R.C. Pro-Am. The game wasn't as successful as its predecessor, mainly due to the popularity of the...
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- 1992
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Kameo: Elements of Power
Kameo: Elements of Power is a video game for the Microsoft Xbox 360 video game console. Developed by Rare beginning in 2001, it was originally slated for the GameCube and Xbox.
When Theena the Elf Queen passes down the ability to become all of the...
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- Nov 7, 2005
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Battletoads
Battletoads was released for Sega Game Gear in 1993. It is a port of the game Battletoads
The Dark Queen captures Princess Angelica as well as two of the three Battletoads, Rash and Pimple. In this game, Zitz is the only playable toad and must...
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Pentagram
Pentagram is a ZX Spectrum and MSX video game released by Ultimate Play The Game in 1986. It is the fourth in the Sabreman series, following on from his adventures in Sabre Wulf, Underwurlde and Knight Lore. Similarly to Knight Lore it uses the...
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Cyberun
Cyberun is a ZX Spectrum video game ostensibly developed by Ultimate Play The Game and published by U.S. Gold in 1986. Although not part of the Jetman series, it has similarities to Jetpac in that the player must construct their spaceship from parts...
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- 1986
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice is the title of three different video games. The original Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System were created by Rare & published by LJN. Another version was released for the PC DOS in 1990. Each game is loosely based on the film and...
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- May 1991
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Super Battletoads
Battletoads, also known as Super Battletoads is an arcade game developed by Rare and published by Electronic Arts. This version is much more violent than the console games of the Battletoads series.
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- 1994
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Sneaky Snakes
Sneaky Snakes is a 1991 video game designed by Rare Ltd. released on the Nintendo Game Boy. It is the sequel to the NES game, Snake Rattle 'n' Roll. The original sequel that was planned was to be called Snakes In Space, however it was never...
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- Feb 15, 1991
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The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man is the title of a video game released for the original Nintendo Game Boy. It was published in 1990 by LJN Ltd. (a subsidiary of Acclaim), and developed by Rare. It is a platform side scrolling action game.
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- 1990
Mickey's Racing Adventure
Mickey's Racing Adventure is a Disney racing game for the Game Boy Color created by Rareware and published by Disney Interactive and Nintendo.
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- 1999
Mickey's Speedway USA
Mickey's Speedway USA is a Disney racing game for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color, developed by Rareware and published by Nintendo. The Game Boy Color version of this game is a sequel to Mickey's Racing Adventure (which was released in 1999 for...
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WWF WrestleMania Challenge
WWF WrestleMania Challenge is a professional wrestling video game based on the World Wrestling Federation, released in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System by LJN.
The game features nine wrestlers: The Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan, "Macho King...
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- 1990
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Cobra Triangle
Cobra Triangle is a single-player game developed by Rare for the Nintendo Entertainment System following the success of their previous game, R.C. Pro-Am. Similar to R.C. Pro-Am, this game is an action racing game in the isometric perspective, though...
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- 1989
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Monster Max
Monster Max is an arcade adventure game for the Game Boy handheld game console. It was released in 1995 by Rare and Titus. It was written by Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond.
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Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run
Ken Griffey, Jr.'s Winning Run is a baseball video game developed by Rare for the Super NES that is named after the baseball player Ken Griffey, Jr.
The game features the 28 MLB teams in existence at the time. You can play in a franchise mode,...
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- 1996
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Viva Piñata
Viva Piñata is a life simulation game developed by Rare, for the Xbox 360 video game console. The project was headed by Gregg Mayles and the team behind the Banjo-Kazooie series, based on an idea from Tim Stamper. Although rumors of the title...
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- Nov 9, 2006
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WWF WrestleMania
WWF WrestleMania (named after the annual pay-per-view event) is an NES game created by Rareware and published by Acclaim Entertainment in 1988. It was the first WWF licensed video game, meaning it featured actual WWF wrestlers as opposed to...
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