Rare (previously known as Rareware) 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.
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Title | System | Genre | Year of development |
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Jetpac | Commodore 64 | Shooter | 1984 [127] |
Knight Lore | Action-adventure, maze | 1984 [128] : 24 | |
Bubbler | Action | 1985 [129] | |
Alien 8 | Action-adventure, maze | 1985 [130] | |
Mire Mare | ZX Spectrum | Action-adventure | 1986 [131] |
Pentagram | Amstrad CPC | Action-adventure, maze | 1986 |
BC Games | Nintendo Entertainment System | Sports | Unknown [132] |
Exterminator | N/A | 1990 [133] | |
Screwballs Superleague | Action, fighting | 1990 [134] [135] | |
Snakes in Space | Platform | 1990 [136] | |
Wrestlerage | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Fighting | 1991 [137] |
Jonny Blastoff and the Kremling Armada | Windows, Mac OS | Point-and-click | 1992 [138] |
Project Dream / Dream: Land of Giants | Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64 | Adventure, RPG | 1995–1996 [139] |
Killer Instinct 2 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Fighting | 1996 [140] |
Jet Force Gemini | Game Boy Color | Shooter | 1999 [141] |
Velvet Dark | Nintendo 64, GameCube | Shooter | 2000 [142] |
Quest | GameCube, Xbox | MMO | 2000–2002 [143] |
Donkey Kong Racing / Sabreman Stampede | GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360 | Racing | 2001–2005 [144] [145] |
Conker's Other Bad Day | GameCube, Xbox | Platform | 2002 [146] |
Arc Angel | Xbox | Racing | 2003 [147] |
Battletoads | Game Boy Advance | Beat' em up | 2004 [148] [149] |
Banjo-X | Xbox | Platform | 2005 [150] [151] |
Ordinary Joe | Xbox 360 | Survival horror | 2005 [152] [153] |
Conker: Gettin' Medieval | Shooter | 2006–2010 [154] | |
Savannah | Simulation | 2006 [155] | |
The Fast and the Furriest | Party | 2006 [156] | |
Urchin | Adventure, horror | 2006 [157] | |
Black Widow | Action | Unknown [158] | |
Kameo 2 | Adventure | Unknown [159] | |
Sundown | Survival horror | Unknown [159] | |
Avatar Sports | Sports | 2007–2008 [160] | |
Crackdown 2 | Shooter | 2007 [161] | |
Cascade | MMO | 2007 [162] | |
Tailwind | Action | 2007 [159] | |
Banjo-Kazoomie / Banjo-Karting / The Fast and the Furriest | Racing | 2008 [163] | |
Butcher | N/A | 2008 [164] | |
Project Bean / GoldenEye 007 | Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade) | Shooter | 2008 [165] |
Kinect Trainer | Xbox 360 | Sports | 2009 [166] |
SoulCatcher | Action, adventure | 2010 [167] | |
Everwild | Windows, Xbox Series X/S | Adventure | 2014–2025 [168] |
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