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|image=Rare_Logo.jpg | |image=Rare_Logo.jpg | ||
|founded=[[1982]] (as ''Ultimate: Play The Game'') | |founded=[[1982]] (as ''Ultimate: Play The Game'') | ||
|founder=Tim and Chris Stamper | |||
|location=Twycross, England | |location=Twycross, England | ||
|website=http://rareware.com/ | |website=http://rareware.com/ | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Rare''' is most well-known for ''[[GoldenEye 007]]'', a revolutionary console shooter. After their parent company lost the James Bond license they quickly followed up this success with ''[[Perfect Dark]]'', a spiritual sequel set in their own sci-fi world. | '''Rare''' ('''Rare Ltd.'''; later '''Rareware''') is most well-known for ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', ''[[Killer Instinct]]'' and ''[[GoldenEye 007]]'', a revolutionary console shooter. After their parent company lost the James Bond license they quickly followed up this success with ''[[Perfect Dark]]'', a spiritual sequel set in their own sci-fi world. | ||
In [[ | Just after [[1995]], Nintendo invested in a fiscal partnership with Rare. In September [[2002]], the Stamper brothers sold their majority share of the company to [[Microsoft]], and it was renamed as '''Rareware'''. Because of this association they lost the rights to produce Nintendo games such as ''[[Donkey Kong]]''. | ||
[[Category:1982]] | [[Category:1982]] | ||
[[Category:Microsoft]] | [[Category:Microsoft]] | ||
