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[[Rare]], formerly known as Rareware, is a Twycross-based (though they started in Ashby-de-la-Zouch) [[Video Games|video game]] development company founded by Chris and Tim Stamper in [[The Eighties|1982]]. They're famous for their pioneering of sophisticated technology to make video games, the sheer amount of [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|crap they get past the radar,]] [[Urban Legend of Zelda|the idiosyncratic little mysteries they weave into their games that leave gamers pondering for decades,]] and their media-shy nature.
[[Rare]], formerly known as Rareware, is a Twycross-based (though they started in Ashby-de-la-Zouch) [[Video Games|video game]] development company founded by Chris and Tim Stamper in [[The Eighties|1982]]. They're famous for their pioneering of sophisticated technology to make video games, the sheer amount of [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|crap they get past the radar,]] [[Urban Legend of Zelda|the idiosyncratic little mysteries they weave into their games that leave gamers pondering for decades,]] and their media-shy nature.


They've created some games for the [[ZX Spectrum]], for which they attained most of their early fame (as "Ultimate Play the Game"), and then for [[Nintendo]], for which they earned their second wave of fame, but have since moved on to working under Microsoft.
They've created some games for the [[ZX Spectrum]], for which they attained most of their early fame (as "Ultimate Play the Game"), and then for [[Nintendo]], for which they earned their second wave of fame, but have since moved on to working under Microsoft.
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** ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''
** ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''
** ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
** ''Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong''
* ''[[Double Dare 1986|Double Dare]]'' (NES [[Licensed Game]])
* ''[[Double Dare (1986 TV Show)||Double Dare]]'' (NES [[Licensed Game]])
* ''F-117 Night Storm''
* ''F-117 Night Storm''
* ''[[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|Golden Eye 1997]]'' (N64 [[Licensed Game]])
* ''[[GoldenEye 007 (1997 video game)|Golden Eye 1997]]'' (N64 [[Licensed Game]])
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Rare, formerly known as Rareware, is a Twycross-based (though they started in Ashby-de-la-Zouch) video game development company founded by Chris and Tim Stamper in 1982. They're famous for their pioneering of sophisticated technology to make video games, the sheer amount of crap they get past the radar, the idiosyncratic little mysteries they weave into their games that leave gamers pondering for decades, and their media-shy nature.

They've created some games for the ZX Spectrum, for which they attained most of their early fame (as "Ultimate Play the Game"), and then for Nintendo, for which they earned their second wave of fame, but have since moved on to working under Microsoft.

Games developed/published by Ashby Computers and Graphics/Ultimate Play the Game:

  • Jetpac
    • Lunar Jetman
  • Atic Atac
  • PSSST
  • Tranz Am
  • Cookie
  • Sabre Wulf
    • Underwurlde
    • Knight Lore
    • Pentagram
  • Alien 8
  • Nightshade
  • Cyberun
  • Gunfright
  • Martianoids
  • Bubbler
  • The Staff of Karnath
    • Entombed
    • Blackwyche
    • Dragonskulle
  • Outlaws
  • Imhotep

Games developed/published by Rare (1985-2002):

Games developed by Rare, a subsidiary of Microsoft:

Tropes associated with Rare:

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