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Rare
Founded	1982 (as Ultimate: Play The Game)
Located	Twycross, England
Website	http://rareware.com/
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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.

In 2005 they were bought by Microsoft and became Rareware. Because of this association they lost the rights to produce Nintendo games such as Donkey Kong.