897th played so far Genre: Adventure Platform: Game Boy Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Rare Publisher: Titus France I guess I always forget how long the original Game Boy stuck around for. These isometric games in the vein of Knight Lore and Fairlight belong, in my mind, in the eighties, but Monster Max shows the […]
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#267 Monster Max
Posted: 11th September 2020 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, adventure, Game Boy, rare, titus france
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#322 Donkey Kong Country 3
Posted: 10th September 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1996, nintendo, platform, rare, SNES
813th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: SNES Year of Release: 1996 Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo It feels like Donkey Kong always took some weird turns in his gaming appearances. Originally, the ape was Mario’s big enemy, and vice versa. Skipping ahead a couple of years (and, conveniently, this game) he appeared in the Mario […]
#335 Blast Corps
Posted: 10th February 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1997, action, nintendo, nintendo 64, rare
760th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1997 Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Finishing my Rare Replay games, Blast Corps feels like an odd dead end. It was built to be a building destroying game, and so that’s what we’ll be doing. We apparently have a variety of vehicles to work […]
#433 Banjo-Tooie
Posted: 6th February 2019 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2000, nintendo, nintendo 64, platform, rare
759th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Rare Replay time! We got the collection some time ago and two final games in it had been laying dormant for a while, so now it’s time to get through it – ticking them both off around the […]
#277 Killer Instinct
Posted: 2nd January 2018 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, arcade, fighting, midway, nintendo, rare, SNES
660th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade/SNES Year of Release: 1994 Developer: Rare Publisher: Midway/Rare/Nintendo While I had the Rare Replay disc out, this came up, so it felt like a good game to pick up next. I’ve had a couple of Killer something fighting and shooting games on the list. Of course a […]
#408 Jet Force Gemini
Posted: 29th December 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1999, action, nintendo 64, rare
659th played so far Genre: Action Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1999 Developer: Rare Publisher: Rare I’m not sure I’ve mentioned our Rare Replay purchase before, which is perfect for this blog as well as easier access to a bunch of classics. I dug it out today for a random game, although we’ll have […]
#196 Snake Rattle’N’Roll
Posted: 13th April 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1990, NES, nintendo, platform, rare, sega
594th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: NES Year of Release: 1990 Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo/Sega For some reason, I kept confusing this game with Marble Madness for a long time. It doesn’t make any sense, none of it really matches, but the isometric perspective is similar and I haven’t looked much beyond screenshots. I’ll […]
#809 Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
Posted: 16th February 2017 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 2008, microsoft, platform, rare, xbox 360
580th played so far Genre: Platform Platform: Xbox 360 Year of Release: 2008 Developer: Rare Publisher: Microsoft Moving around the canon of Banjo-Kazooie a bit, for various reasons, Nuts and Bolts feels like a late entry for a 3D platforming hero – the genre seemed to be forgotten about around this point. This game draws […]
#431 Perfect Dark
Posted: 17th February 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 2000, first person shooter, nintendo 64, rare
30th game played so far Genre: First Person Shooter Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 2000 Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Okay we’re going for a bit of a Rare overdose but we promise that this is the last of their games which we will be covering for a while. Maybe… Perfect Dark was originally released […]
#364 Banjo-Kazooie
Posted: 14th February 2011 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1998, nintendo 64, platformer, rare
29th game played so far Genre: Platformer Platform: Nintendo 64 Year of Release: 1998 Developer: Rare Publisher: Nintendo Whilst Goldeneye 007 may be Rare’s most famous and highly rated game I think it is fair to say that Banjo-Kazooie may be the epitome of what makes a Rare game. It’s cute cartoon visuals and wide […]