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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.
Games
Cancelled games
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(September 2023 )
Title
System
Genre
Year of development
Jetpac
Commodore 64
Shooter
1984
[126]
Knight Lore
Commodore 64
Action-adventure, maze
1984
[127] : 24
Bubbler
Commodore 64
Action
1985
[128]
Alien 8
Commodore 64
Action-adventure, maze
1985
[129]
Mire Mare
ZX Spectrum
Action-adventure
1986
[130]
Pentagram
Amstrad CPC
Action-adventure, maze
1986
BC Games
Nintendo Entertainment System
Sports
Unknown
[131]
Exterminator
Nintendo Entertainment System
N/A
1990
[132]
Screwballs Superleague
Nintendo Entertainment System
Action, fighting
1990
[133]
[134]
Snakes in Space
Nintendo Entertainment System
Platform
1990
[135]
Wrestlerage
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Fighting
1991
[136]
Jonny Blastoff and the Kremling Armada
Microsoft Windows , Macintosh
Point-and-click
1992
[137]
Brute Force
Arcade
Fighting
1993
[138]
Project Dream / Dream: Land of Giants
Super Nintendo Entertainment System ,
Nintendo 64
Adventure, RPG
1996
[139]
Killer Instinct 2
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Fighting
1996
[140]
Conker's Quest / Twelve Tales: Conker 64
Nintendo 64
Platform
1996
[141]
Jet Force Gemini
Game Boy Color
Shooter
1999
[142]
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Curse
Game Boy Color
Platform
1999
[143]
Velvet Dark
Nintendo 64 ,
GameCube
Shooter
2000
[144]
Dinosaur Planet
Nintendo 64
Action-adventure
2000
[145]
Diddy Kong Pilot
Game Boy Advance
Racing
2001
[146]
Viva Piñata
Pocket PC
Simulation
2002
[147]
Kameo: Elements of Power
GameCube ,
Xbox
Action-adventure
2002 - 2004
[148]
Donkey Kong Racing
GameCube
Racing
2002
[149]
Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers
Game Boy Advance
Puzzle
2003
[150]
[151]
Conker: Live & Uncut
Xbox
Platform
2003 - 2004
[152]
Arc Angel
Xbox
Racing
2003
[153]
Battletoads
Game Boy Advance
Beat' em up
2004
[154]
[155]
Conker's Other Bad Day
GameCube ,
Xbox
Platform
2005
[156]
Banjo-X
Xbox
Platform
2005
[157]
[158]
Sabreman Stampede
Xbox 360
Adventure
2005
[159]
Ordinary Joe
Xbox 360
Survival, horror
2005
[160]
[161]
Conker: Gettin' Medieval
Xbox 360
Shooter
2006 - 2010
[162]
Savannah
Xbox 360
Simulation
2006
[163]
Banjo-Kazoomie / Banjo-Karting / The Fast and the Furriest
Xbox 360
Racing
2006
[164]
Crackdown 2
Xbox 360
Shooter
2007
[165]
Quest
GameCube ,
Xbox
MMO
2007
[166]
Project Bean / GoldenEye 007
Xbox 360 (
Xbox Live Arcade )
Shooter
2007
[167]
Kameo 2
Xbox 360
Adventure
2007
[168]
Cascade
Xbox 360
MMO
2007
[169]
The Fast and the Furriest
Xbox 360
Party
2008
[170]
Butcher
Xbox 360
N/A
2008
[171]
Urchin
Xbox 360
Adventure, horror
2008
[172]
Avatar Sports
Xbox 360
Sports
2010
[173]
Kinect Trainer
Xbox 360
Sports
2010
[174]
SoulCatcher
Xbox 360
Action, adventure
2010
[175]
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