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'''Rareware''' ('''Rare Ltd.'''; later '''Rare''') is a game development company most well-known for ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', ''[[Killer Instinct]]'', ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', 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. | '''Rareware''' ('''Rare Ltd.'''; later '''Rare''') is a game development company most well-known for ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', ''[[Killer Instinct]]'', ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'', 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. | ||
Just after [[1995]], Nintendo invested in a fiscal partnership with | 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]]''. | ||
==Origins== | ==Origins== | ||
'''Rare Ltd.''' began in [[1982]] in England. It extended its business to the U.S. under the name '''Rare Coin It Inc.''' (also referred to as ''Rare Coin-It Inc.'') so that it could license games to U.S. publishers. | '''Rare Ltd.''' began in [[1982]] in England. It extended its business to the U.S. under the name '''Rare Coin It Inc.''' (also referred to as ''Rare Coin-It Inc.'') so that it could license games to U.S. publishers. |