List of video games developed by Rare

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Rare is a British video game developer founded by Tim and Chris Stamper after the now-defunct Ultimate Play the Game. Since its inception, the company has produced various titles in a wide variety of genres and on numerous gaming systems, mostly from Nintendo and Microsoft. The company is best known for its platform games, which include the Donkey Kong Country series and the Banjo-Kazooie series, and for its Nintendo 64 first-person shooters GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark . This list includes games produced by Rare after its formation. It does not include games developed or published by Ultimate Play the Game.

Contents

Games

Year of releaseTitleSystemPublisherGenreNotes.Ref.
1986 VS. Slalom Nintendo VS. System Nintendo Sports [1]
1987 Slalom Nintendo Entertainment System [2]
Wizards & Warriors Acclaim Entertainment Platform [3]
1988 R.C. Pro-Am Nintendo Racing [4]
Jeopardy! GameTek Game show [5]
Wheel of Fortune [6]
Anticipation Nintendo [7]
1989 Sesame Street: 123 Hi Tech Expressions Edutainment [8]
WWF WrestleMania Acclaim Entertainment Fighting [9]
John Elway's Quarterback Tradewest Sports [10]
Marble Madness Milton Bradley Platform/Racing (port) [11]
World Games Sports [12]
Taboo: The Sixth Sense Tradewest Non-game [13]
California Games Milton Bradley Sports (port) [14]
Cobra Triangle Nintendo Action [15]
Jordan vs. Bird: One on One Milton Bradley Sports (port) [16]
Hollywood Squares GameTek Game show [17]
Sesame Street: ABC Hi Tech Expressions Edutainment [18]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit LJN Adventure [19]
Jeopardy! Junior Edition GameTek Game show [20]
Wheel of Fortune: Junior Edition [21]
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II Acclaim Entertainment Platform [22]
Silent Service Ultra Games Simulation (port) [23]
1990 Wizards & Warriors X: The Fortress of Fear Game Boy Acclaim Entertainment Platform [24]
Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition Nintendo Entertainment System GameTek Game show [25]
Double Dare (port) [26]
Pinbot Nintendo Pinball [27]
Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road Tradewest Racing (port) [28]
Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition GameTek Game show [29]
Cabal Milton Bradley Action (port) [30]
Captain Skyhawk Shooter [31]
The Amazing Spider-Man Game Boy LJN (United States)
Nintendo (Europe)
Beat 'em up [32]
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Action [33]
Narc Acclaim Entertainment Shooter (port) [34]
Time Lord Milton Bradley Action [35]
Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship Tradewest [36]
A Nightmare on Elm Street LJN Platform [37]
Super Glove Ball Mattel Action [38]
Arch Rivals: A Basket Brawl! Acclaim Entertainment Sports (port) [39]
WWF WrestleMania Challenge LJN Fighting [40]
Digger T. Rock: The Legend of the Lost City Milton Bradley Platform [41]
1991 WWF Superstars Game Boy LJN Fighting [42]
Beetlejuice Nintendo Entertainment System Platform [43]
Sneaky Snakes Game Boy Tradewest Action [44]
Battletoads Nintendo Entertainment System Beat 'em up [45]
High Speed Pinball [46]
Pirates! Ultra Games Adventure (port) [47]
Super R.C. Pro-Am Game Boy Nintendo Racing [48]
Sesame Street: ABC/123 Nintendo Entertainment System Hi Tech Expressions Edutainment [49]
Battletoads Game Boy Tradewest Beat 'em up [50]
1992 Beetlejuice LJN Platform [51]
Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros: Visions of Power Nintendo Entertainment System Acclaim Entertainment [52]
Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat Tradewest Racing (port) [53]
R.C. Pro-Am II [54]
Championship Pro-Am Mega Drive [55]
Battletoads Amiga Mindscape Beat 'em up [56]
1993 Battletoads Mega Drive Tradewest / Sega Mainly developed by Arc System Works [57]
Battletoads & Double Dragon Nintendo Entertainment System Tradewest [58]
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs Super Nintendo Entertainment System [59]
Battletoads in Ragnarok's World Game Boy [60]
Battletoads / Double Dragon Mega Drive [61]
Battletoads & Double Dragon Super Nintendo Entertainment System [62]
Battletoads / Double Dragon Game Boy [63]
Battletoads Game Gear Tradewest / Sega Mainly developed by Arc System Works [64]
X The Ball Arcade Capcom Sports [65]
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll Mega Drive Sega Action [66]
1994 Battletoads Arcade Arcade Electronic Arts Beat 'em up [67]
Battletoads Amiga CD32 Mindscape [68]
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs Master System Virgin / Tectoy [69]
Donkey Kong Country Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Platform [70]
Killer Instinct Arcade Midway Fighting [71]
1995 Monster Max Game Boy Titus Software Platform [72]
Donkey Kong Land Nintendo [73]
Killer Instinct Super Nintendo Entertainment System [74]
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Platform [75]
Killer Instinct Game Boy Fighting [76]
1996 Killer Instinct 2 Arcade Midway [77]
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Sports [78]
Donkey Kong Land 2 Game Boy Platform [79]
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Super Nintendo Entertainment System [80]
Killer Instinct Gold Nintendo 64 Fighting [81]
1997 Blast Corps Action [82]
GoldenEye 007 First-person shooter [83]
Donkey Kong Land III Game Boy Platform [84]
Diddy Kong Racing Nintendo 64 Rare Racing [85]
1998 Banjo-Kazooie Nintendo Platform [86]
1999 Conker's Pocket Tales Game Boy Color Rare [87]
Jet Force Gemini Nintendo 64 Third-person shooter [88]
Donkey Kong 64 Nintendo Platform [89]
Mickey's Racing Adventure Game Boy Color Racing [90]
2000 Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong Platform [91]
Perfect Dark Nintendo 64 Rare First-person shooter [92]
Perfect Dark Game Boy Color Action [93]
Donkey Kong Country Nintendo Platform [94]
Mickey's Speedway USA Nintendo 64 Racing [95]
Banjo-Tooie Platform [96]
2001 Conker's Bad Fur Day Rare / THQ [97]
Mickey's Speedway USA Game Boy Color Nintendo Racing [98]
2002 Star Fox Adventures GameCube Action-adventure [99]
2003 Donkey Kong Country Game Boy Advance Platform [100]
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge THQ Platform [101]
Grabbed by the Ghoulies Xbox Microsoft Game Studios Beat 'em up [102]
2004 Sabre Wulf Game Boy Advance THQ Platform [103]
Donkey Kong Country 2 Nintendo [104]
2005 Banjo-Pilot THQ Racing [105]
It's Mr Pants Puzzle [106]
Mobile phone In-Fusio [107]
Conker: Live & Reloaded Xbox Microsoft Game Studios Platform [108]
Donkey Kong Country 3 Game Boy Advance Nintendo [109]
Kameo: Elements of Power Xbox 360 Microsoft Game Studios Action-adventure [110]
Perfect Dark Zero First-person shooter [111]
2006 Viva Piñata Windows Life simulation [112]
Xbox 360
2007 Diddy Kong Racing DS Nintendo DS Nintendo Racing [113]
Jetpac Refuelled Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade) Microsoft Game Studios Shooter [114]
Viva Piñata: Party Animals Xbox 360 Party Mainly developed by Krome Studios [115]
2008 Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise Life simulation [116]
Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise Nintendo DS THQ [117]
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Xbox 360 Microsoft Game Studios Vehicle construction [118]
2010 Kinect Sports Sports [119]
2011 Kinect Sports: Season Two Microsoft Studios [120]
2013 Killer Instinct Windows Fighting (uncredited) [121]
Xbox One
2014 Kinect Sports Rivals Xbox One Sports [122]
2015 Rare Replay Compilation [123]
2018 Sea of Thieves Windows Adventure [124]
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S Xbox Game Studios Xbox Series X/S in 2020 and PlayStation 5 in 2024
PlayStation 5
2020 Battletoads Windows Beat 'em up Mainly developed by Dlala Studios [125]
Xbox One
TBA Everwild Windows Adventure
Xbox Series X/S

Cancelled games

TitleSystemGenreYear of development
Jetpac Commodore 64 Shooter1984 [126]
Knight Lore Commodore 64Action-adventure, maze1984 [127] :24
Bubbler Commodore 64Action1985 [128]
Alien 8 Commodore 64Action-adventure, maze1985 [129]
Mire Mare ZX Spectrum Action-adventure1986 [130]
Pentagram Amstrad CPC Action-adventure, maze1986
BC Games Nintendo Entertainment System SportsUnknown [131]
Exterminator Nintendo Entertainment System N/A1990 [132]
Screwballs Superleague Nintendo Entertainment System Action, fighting1990 [133] [134]
Snakes in Space Nintendo Entertainment System Platform1990 [135]
Wrestlerage Super Nintendo Entertainment System Fighting1991 [136]
Jonny Blastoff and the Kremling Armada Microsoft Windows, MacintoshPoint-and-click1992 [137]
Brute Force Arcade Fighting1993 [138]
Project Dream / Dream: Land of Giants Super Nintendo Entertainment System,
Nintendo 64
Adventure, RPG1996 [139]
Killer Instinct 2 Super Nintendo Entertainment System Fighting1996 [140]
Conker's Quest / Twelve Tales: Conker 64 Nintendo 64 Platform1996 [141]
Jet Force Gemini Game Boy Color Shooter1999 [142]
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Curse Game Boy Color Platform1999 [143]
Velvet Dark Nintendo 64, GameCube Shooter2000 [144]
Dinosaur Planet Nintendo 64 Action-adventure2000 [145]
Diddy Kong Pilot Game Boy Advance Racing2002 [146]
Viva Piñata Pocket PC Simulation2002 [147]
Kameo: Elements of Power GameCube, Xbox Action-adventure2002 - 2004 [148]
Donkey Kong Racing GameCube Racing2002 [149]
Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers Game Boy Advance Puzzle2002 [150] [151]
Conker: Live & Uncut Xbox Platform2003 - 2004 [152]
Arc Angel Xbox Racing2003 [153]
Battletoads Game Boy Advance Beat' em up2004 [154] [155]
Conker's Other Bad Day GameCube, Xbox Platform2005 [156]
Banjo-X Xbox Platform2005 [157] [158]
Sabreman Stampede Xbox 360 Adventure2005 [159]
Ordinary Joe Xbox 360 Survival, horror2005 [160] [161]
Conker: Gettin' Medieval Xbox 360 Shooter2006 - 2010 [162]
Savannah Xbox 360 Simulation2006 [163]
Banjo-Kazoomie / Banjo-Karting /
The Fast and the Furriest
Xbox 360 Racing2006 [164]
Crackdown 2 Xbox 360 Shooter2007 [165]
Quest GameCube, Xbox MMO2007 [166]
Project Bean / GoldenEye 007 Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade)Shooter2007 [167]
Kameo 2 Xbox 360 Adventure2007 [168]
Cascade Xbox 360 MMO2007 [169]
The Fast and the Furriest Xbox 360 Party2008 [170]
Butcher Xbox 360 N/A2008 [171]
Urchin Xbox 360 Adventure, horror2008 [172]
Avatar Sports Xbox 360 Sports2010 [173]
Kinect Trainer Xbox 360 Sports2010 [174]
SoulCatcher Xbox 360 Action, adventure2010 [175]

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