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[Mihail]

Assume Rare disappears or becomes obsolete in a couple of generations (please spare us your witty comments on how you think that's impossible, somewhat plausable, or a given fact). For what will you remember them?

Although they've done many things well, I'll probably remember them for their collectathons. They kinda paved the way for repetitive 3D adventure games (and their DKC series became more and more about collection with 2 and 3). That sort of collection-happy game design pretty much defines them in my mind.

Tied for second place, I'll remember them as one of the only, if not the only, console-centric-FPS developers and as having really, really poor management.

 

[Mashing]

IBWG

I'll let you know how I feel after PD:Z

 

[fugimax]

ULTIMAAAAAAAAATTEEEE COMBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Unison]

RC Pro Am 2 was their crowning moment.

 

[john tv]

I will remember Rare as the company that got bought for about 300x what they were actually worth. Also for having a few really cool games amidst tons of worthless crap (Wizards & Warriors, RC Pro Am, Blast Corps, Goldeneye, etc.).

Surprised they've lasted this long, honestly. They haven't had a soul in many years.

 

[sangreal]

Goldeneye, obviously..

Oh, and California Games. I rented that shit all the time as a kid.

 

[CB3]

DKC series, and it aint even close.

 

[Unison]

Oh, and California Games. I rented that shit all the time as a kid.

Wasn't that EPYX?

 

[impirius]

I'll remember them as a running joke on GAF.

 

[bobble]

Goldeneye, Battletoads, RC Pro Am.

 

[Stinkles]

Knight Lore, Sabre Wulf, Attic Attac, Underwurlde and the C64 Egypt game. Was it Imhotep?

 

[blackadde]

For making me wonder why my friends thought Quake was too complex.

 

[Mashing]

I will remember Rare as the company that got bought for about 300x what they were actually worth. Also for having a few really cool games amidst tons of worthless crap (Wizards & Warriors, RC Pro Am, Blast Corps, Goldeneye, etc.).

Surprised they've lasted this long, honestly. They haven't had a soul in many years.

Holy crap, did you just call RC Pro Am and Wizard and Warrior worthless? Boy, thems fightin words! Two of my childhood favorites and RC Pro Am still holds up well today. W&W is cheese now though, but it was a cool game back in the day.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

Golden Eye and DKC. Also for being Graphic whores.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I doubt they would stay in our collective thoughts for long, we would all move on to bigger and better things. I'd forget about them in less than two years...not seeing them release anything wouldn't seem odd at all.

 

[Prine]

IBWG

I'll let you know how I feel after PD:Z

Same here. if PDZ sucks, i'll hand in my jacket

 

[sangreal]

Wasn't that EPYX?

Beats me. Gamespot has it listed as Rare and I just happened to notice it the other day so its fresh on my mind.

 

[RaySpencer]

Diddy Kong Racing ..... sure i played godly amounts of Goldeneye and PD just like everyone else here ...but since then ive played and loved quite a few other FPS games...but i havent played anything in the Kart/mini Racer type genre since DKR, it was and still is the best you can find imo.


surpized nintendo didnt make a new one on GC

 

[DrForester]

Im sure in the years to come i'll remember RARE for the 5 different consoles I've played Kameo on at E3 without ever getting a final product

 

[Culex]

I think the bigger question is:

Will the Stamper Bros. remember Rare?

 

[Ironclad]

Battle Toads, Goldeneye, RC Pro AM, Perfect Dark and to a lesser extent JFG. Also, the Microsoft purchase.

 

[Undeniably Me]

I'll remember them as a talented developer with little originality, that unfortunately lost its talent--and thus its potential--as the years went by.

 

[wobedraggled]

California Games is 100% Epyx


As for Rare, Some good amidst a sea of crap.

 

[the year 20XX]

Beetlejuice and Taboo.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Diddy Kong Racing ..... it was and still is the best you can find imo.

I'm with this dude

 

[sangreal]

California Games is 100% Epyx

(though I believe they just ported it)

 

[Stinkles]

Port by rare.

Original by Epyx. Commodore 64 and others.

 

[Yossarian]

Holy crap, did you just call RC Pro Am and Wizard and Warrior worthless? Boy, thems fightin words! Two of my childhood favorites and RC Pro Am still holds up well today. W&W is cheese now though, but it was a cool game back in the day.

Read it again. He meant that those games were the gems amongst the crap.

Regardless, I'll remember Rare for Goldeneye.

 

[mr jones]

I see Rare as a company that helped Nintendo ALOT in the late days of the Super Nintendo, and were a driving force for the early days of the Nintendo 64. They dropped the ball near the end of the N64's life, and Rare got the deal of the century with that merger with Microsoft. They've floundered ever since.

Unless Perfect Dark gets released to unanimously positive reviews, I think that Rare will fade away quietly. Sad end to a mostly decent developer.

If they DO fail, it will be interesting after the pink slips get issued, whether or not former employees put up blogs about what happened within Rare's offices post Nintendo 64.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

I remember being completely and utterly blown away from seeing Donkey Kong Country on SNES. I was like, "Those graphics!! OMGWTF?!!!"

 

[Mashing]

Read it again. He meant that those games were the gems amongst the crap.

Regardless, I'll remember Rare for Goldeneye.

Ahh, I wasn't sure... they way he structured his sentence lead me to believe for some reason that he was listing hte crappy games (but Goldeneye being in that list should have been my first clue).

 

[john tv]

Holy crap, did you just call RC Pro Am and Wizard and Warrior worthless? Boy, thems fightin words! Two of my childhood favorites and RC Pro Am still holds up well today. W&W is cheese now though, but it was a cool game back in the day.

No, no. You got it backwards. Those were the gems that existed among all the crap. I loved W&W. Ironsword was great, too. Never played the others, though (W&W3 or X or whatever).

 

[jett]

I'll remember Rare for Battletoads and the Wizards & Warriors trilogy.

 

[Brofist]

The company that started the crappy item collecting platformer genre

 

[Odysseus]

Diddy Kong Racing, it was and still is the best you can find imo.

Ya dern right.

 

[drohne]

as the developers of rc pro-am and as microsoft's most hilarious blunder.

 

[Jonnyram]

Jet Pac, Sabre Wulf, Knight Lore, Pssst, Cookie

 

[human5892]

With sadness and disappointment.

And Goldeneye. Good god damn, I loved that game.

 

[ratcliffja]

They were at one time my favorite developer out there during their streak of DCK1 and 2 along with Killer Instinct. They then had a few rough spots but made up for it with Goldeneye. Sadly, it was all down hill after that. Now they're a mere shell of their former selves.

 

[suikodan]

I will remember them as a company who produced lots of great games in the 8, 16 and 64 bits eras to finally disappear with only 3-5 games produced in the GC-Xbox-X360 era.

And if PDZ is successful, I'm certain that someone who registered Wallguy as a trademark will sue them, and win.

 

[Norse]

I wont remember them... we are talking about games here people....why not try remembering something important for a change.

 

[VOOK]

Banjo Kazooie, the first game on my N64 and the first time I owned a console from launch, Banjo's "Huyah" noise was the first noise I heard from my N64 and I will never forget it. The grin on my face must of been huge

Honerable Mentions: Goldeneye and Perfect Dark

 

[Striek]

I'll always associate them with Wizards and Warriors and being the only thing that stopped the N64 being a horrible failure.

 

[TheDiave]

Donkey Kong Country and Killer Instinct were the pinnacle of their development.

 

[Wafflecopter]

I wont remember them... we are talking about games here people....why not try remembering something important for a change.

What's important? Maybe others find things important....that you don't. It's called free will . "Don't condescend me, man"- Lloyd.

 

[Mihail]

I wont remember them... we are talking about games here people....why not try remembering something important for a change.

1. Sarcastically biting response: OK. Let's talk about Gandhi on the gaming forum.

2. Literacy-centered response: Remembering is a term that roughly means recalling something from the past. I remember finding a dime on the ground yesterday -- does that mean it was important?

3. Serious response: no, I just don't have one.

 

[DCharlie]

 

[Link]

Snake Rattle N Roll, bitches.

 

[Chittagong]

This is the Rare I want to remember.

 

[+Aliken+]

For me it's Goldeneye above all.