gaming Rareware Topic

[Limeblossom 482]

A topic dedicated to one of the famous developers from the N64/PS1/Saturn era. Are there some other gamers around here who still play their games, like Bajo-Kazooie or GoldenEye 007?

 

[Frozen The Unicorn 484]

I completely adore both Golden eye and Conker :3 I don't play them as oftern as i probably should but I love both of the games to bits

[Aleh 481]

I played a tonne of the rereleased version of perfect dark before my xbox broke a few months ago. Honestly still holds up pretty well (I know thats partially nostalgia but : P)

N64 was pretty much my childhood xD

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,704]

Donkey Kong Country, Banjo Kazooie, Killer Instinct, Goldeneye, Diddy Kong Racing, Rareware was a god of many genres. And also one of the gods of my childhood. XD To that, I salute thee Rareware. At least we have Rare Replay now. Been playing through Conker for the first time and that game is a pure masterpiece and then some. o_o We just do not get gaming companies like Rareware nowadays. It is, *ahem* a Rare thing indeed. 

[Lunar Echo 10,335]

They sure made some memorable games

Edited September 23, 2015 by Lunar Echo

[Limeblossom 482]

Donkey Kong Country, Banjo Kazooie, Killer Instinct, Goldeneye, Diddy Kong Racing, Rareware was a god of many genres.

All the goodness .

 

 

We just do not get gaming companies like Rareware nowadays. It is, *ahem* a Rare thing indeed. 

But the original staff of Rareware is back as Playtonic Games with a new platformer called Yooka-Laylee (they received 2 million pounds from kickstarter).

[Megas 27,746]

Grew up loving most of their games from Nintendo like the DKC games, Starfox Adventures, Jetforce Gemeni, Goldeneye, and the like. Never tried their M$ games though I kinda want to give Kameo a try

[Chezana 41]

The Donkey Kong Country series was a huge part of my childhood, as were Donkey Kong 64 (which I'm currently working on completely completing ^^' Only lacking 5 bananas and a fairy now >->' Ofc on the good old N64. Once I get a Wii U it's going to be the first game I get for that as well. Because I've wanted that game to be re-released for as long as I can remember now.) and Diddy Kong racing.

Would also love to get my dirty paws on Conker's bad fur day, but I guess that's not going to happen any time soon xD

 

It's just a shame it all had to end the way it did... *Sob*

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,704]

Grew up loving most of their games from Nintendo like the DKC games, Starfox Adventures, Jetforce Gemeni, Goldeneye, and the like. Never tried their M$ games though I kinda want to give Kameo a try

Kameo is quite good actually. I have been playing through it again thanks to Rare Replay and it is a lot better than I remember. It has aged fairly well for the most part. For a 360 launch game, it is really impressive, I would give it a try sometime. I also would recommend Viva Pinata if that would be your cup of tea, I consider that one to be a modern Rare classic. ^__^

[Limeblossom 482]

Would also love to get my dirty paws on Conker's bad fur day, but I guess that's not going to happen any time soon xD

Do you have a N64? There are still enough second hand gamestores who sell Conker's Bad Fur Day.

 

 

It's just a shame it all had to end the way it did... *Sob*

That Microsoft took them over? Most of the people who worked at Rareware resigned after being taken over by Microsoft.

As I said earlier, they're back as Playtonic Games.

 

 

Kameo is quite good actually. I have been playing through it again thanks to Rare Replay and it is a lot better than I remember. It has aged fairly well for the most part. For a 360 launch game,

I never played Kameo, but I have no problem to give it a change .

[Chezana 41]

 

Do you have a N64? There are still enough second hand gamestores who sell Conker's Bad Fur Day.

 

 

I do. In my case the problem is mainly that I live out in the middle of nowhere where there are no gamestores at all. Yup, I check the internet, but it'd seem like all the local sites only have it when I don't have money to spare for it. My typical luck >->'

 

That Microsoft took them over? Most of the people who worked at Rareware resigned after being taken over by Microsoft.

As I said earlier, they're back as Playtonic Games.

 

 

It still meant the end of Rare (and Donkey Kong) as we knew it. I know that they're back -now-, but that still doesn't really change the fact that (for me) they've been gone for like... ~16 years?

I -am- happy that they're back tho and I'm really looking forward to Yooka-Laylee.

[Aleh 481]

 

 

 

I do. In my case the problem is mainly that I live out in the middle of nowhere where there are no gamestores at all. Yup, I check the internet, but it'd seem like all the local sites only have it when I don't have money to spare for it. My typical luck >->'

 

If you can't find anywhere to buy them you can always emulate them. Some games work pretty well on pc 

 

http://www.emuparadise.me/

Only games I've found awkward are fps'

Going through zelda atm.  Only issue is getting used to the controls. (Can change them to make them less awkward. C buttons are in a bit of a weird position)

[Limeblossom 482]

It still meant the end of Rare (and Donkey Kong) as we knew it. I know that they're back -now-, but that still doesn't really change the fact that (for me) they've been gone for like... ~16 years?

You're not the only one who miss the old Rareware. Look how angry the Nintendo fans where when they heard about the take over. Don't forget that Microsoft also had a bad reputation, and they got that back thanks to the Xbox One spectacle and launch.

 

 

I -am- happy that they're back tho and I'm really looking forward to Yooka-Laylee.

Me too .

[Melon Blitz 423]

Did anyone ever play Blast Corps? That was one of my favorite Rare games besides Goldeneye.

I used to misprounce the name like "Blast Corpse" when I later learned corps is actually pronounced as "Blast Core."

Was fun.