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I thought this site could do with a thread about one of the best developers around, so here it is.

Rares a first class game maker, there is no denying it. Microsoft brought Rare to weaken the gamecube, taking away the publisher for some of the best games on N64. Ok quite harsh by Microsoft but its a dog eat dog world.

The biggest sign of weakness was including not just one, but two bash the button quickly minigames that were necessary to complete the story.

I so despised SFA... it just wasn't fun.

I'd rate Starfox as kinda okay personally. It could've been worse and felt like an Ocarina of Time clone (just like Banjo Kazooie was a Super Mario 64 clone)

No where near as good as OoT, but still a playable adventure. Could've been worse. It could've been as bad as Beyblades.

Hedfix wrote:
> About the first decent game Rare made for the '64 and it was a fair
> way into the consoles lifespan before we got it.

Goldeneye was released like a year after the 64's release.

You can say GBTG was a bad game because it was one of RAre's first but you have to remember it was originally destined for the Gamecube...

So it would really have been RARE's second big game... and SFA was so bad it was unbelievable.

RARE are only great because the good games they make are REALLY REALLY good... but they also make loads of OK ones and naff ones.

Take Conker, Goldeneye, Banjo Kazooie, Perfect Dark for example, the cream of the N64 crop.

Then Diddy Kong Racing, Blast Corps, Jet Force Gemini... all kinda okay titles...

Then Killer Instinct, Banjo Tooie, Donkey Kong 64, Mickey's Speedway...

Awful isn't a word I use lightly.

I wouldn't base how good RARE are on Conker's Bad Fur Day because they are just adding an improving an already fantastic title. Starfox Adventures and Grabbed By the Gholies were blank canvas' and RARE messed them up.

Rickoss wrote:
> Well the new game has a very dark storyline. An evil company is
> closing the hearts to Pokemon, thus making them evil!
>
> *chuckles*

Why don't Ninty let you (the gamer) choose what you carry at the start of a new game on Pokemon, 'Machine-gun or Pokeballs?'

Now who's stealing pokemon?

Hmmmm not evil enough I fear.

Well the new game has a very dark storyline. An evil company is closing the hearts to Pokemon, thus making them evil!

*chuckles*

I have to say collecting and nurturing little creatures as part of Bomberman was good fun.

I can't stand the wholesome squeakyness of Pokemon though.

More darkness please.

Not sure it was on the Acorn Archimedes series of machines.

It really is worth a look. Especially as it was made in 1989 with 12 colour vector graphics (ie no textures) and is completely amazing still.