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'''Rare Ltd.''' (formerly known as '''Rareware''') is a British [[video game]] company that is currently a subsidiary of [[Microsoft]]. It is based in Twycross, Leicestershire. Founded in 1985 as '''Ultimate Play the Game''', Rare has produced numerous critically and commercially successful titles such as the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' series, ''Battletoads'', ''Star Fox Adventures'', and the highly vulgar title ''Conker's Bad Fur Day''. Microsoft bought the company from competitor [[Nintendo]] in 2002, for a sum of US$375 million (equivalent to about US$506.6 million in 2017).<ref>http://www.gamecubicle.com/news-nintendo_rare_microsoft_official.htm</ref> | '''Rare Ltd.''' (formerly known as '''Rareware''') is a British [[video game]] company that is currently a subsidiary of [[Microsoft]]. It is based in Twycross, Leicestershire. Founded in 1985 as '''Ultimate Play the Game''', Rare has produced numerous critically and commercially successful titles such as the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' series, ''Battletoads'', ''Star Fox Adventures'', and the highly vulgar title ''Conker's Bad Fur Day''. Microsoft bought the company from competitor [[Nintendo]] in 2002, for a sum of US$375 million (equivalent to about US$506.6 million in 2017).<ref>http://www.gamecubicle.com/news-nintendo_rare_microsoft_official.htm</ref> | ||
=List of games= | =List of games= | ||
| + | ==Arcade== | ||
| + | :*''Jetpac'' | ||
==[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]== | ==[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]== | ||
:*''[[Battletoads]]'' | :*''[[Battletoads]]'' | ||
Revision as of 02:47, May 30, 2017
Rare Ltd. (formerly known as Rareware) is a British video game company that is currently a subsidiary of Microsoft. It is based in Twycross, Leicestershire. Founded in 1985 as Ultimate Play the Game, Rare has produced numerous critically and commercially successful titles such as the Banjo-Kazooie series, Battletoads, Star Fox Adventures, and the highly vulgar title Conker's Bad Fur Day. Microsoft bought the company from competitor Nintendo in 2002, for a sum of US$375 million (equivalent to about US$506.6 million in 2017).[1]
List of games
Arcade
- Jetpac
Nintendo Entertainment System
- Battletoads
- Battletoads / Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team
- Cobra Triangle
- Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat
- Double Dare
- IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II
- John Elway's Quarterback Challenge
- Jordan vs. Bird One-on-One
- Pinbot
- RC Pro-AM
- RC Pro-AM 2
- Slalom
- Snake Rattle 'n Roll
- Solar Jetman
- Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
- Wizards & Warriors
- Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros Visions of Power
Game Boy
- Battletoads
- Battletoads / Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team
- Battletoads in Ragnarok's World
- Beetlejuice
- Donkey Kong Land
- Donkey Kong Land 2
- Donkey Kong Land III
- Fortress of Fear: Wizards & Warriors X
- Killer Instinct
- Monster Max
- Sneaky Snakes
- Super R.C. Pro-Am
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- WWF Superstars
- Snow Brothers
- Total Carnage
- Tumblepop
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo 64
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advance
- Banjo-Pilot
- Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
- Donkey Kong Coconut Crackers (Cancelled and reworked as It's Mr. Pants)
- Donkey Kong Country
- Donkey Kong Country 2
- Donkey Kong Country 3
- It's Mr. Pants
- Sabre Wulf
GameCube
- Donkey Kong Racing (cancelled)
- Kameo: Elements of Power (cancelled)
- Perfect Dark Zero (cancelled)
- Star Fox Adventures
Nintendo DS
Xbox
- Grabbed by the Ghoulies
- Conker:Live and Reloaded
Xbox 360
Xbox One
- Rare Replay
- Sea of Thieves