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Rare is a British video game developer founded by Tim and Chris Stamper after the now-defunct Ultimate Play the Game. Since its inception, the company has produced various titles in a wide variety of genres and on numerous gaming systems, mostly from Nintendo and Microsoft. The company is best known for its platform games, which include the Donkey Kong Country series and the Banjo-Kazooie series, and for its Nintendo 64 first-person shooters GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark. This list includes games produced by Rare after its formation. It does not include games developed or published by Ultimate Play the Game.

Overview of Rare games
Year of release Title System Publisher Genre Notes
1986 Vs. Slalom[1] Nintendo Vs. System Nintendo Sports
1987 Slalom[2] Nintendo Entertainment System Sports
Wizards & Warriors[3] Acclaim Entertainment Platform
1988 R.C. Pro-Am[4] Nintendo Racing
Jeopardy![5] GameTek Game show
Wheel of Fortune[6] Game show
Anticipation[7] Nintendo Game show
1989 Sesame Street: 123[8] Hi Tech Expressions Edutainment
WWF WrestleMania[9] Acclaim Entertainment Fighting
John Elway's Quarterback[10] Tradewest Sports
Marble Madness[11] Milton Bradley Platform/Racing Port
World Games[12] Sports Port
Taboo: The Sixth Sense[13] Tradewest Non-game
California Games[14] Milton Bradley Sports Port
Cobra Triangle[15] Nintendo Action
Jordan vs. Bird: One on One[16] Milton Bradley Sports Port
Hollywood Squares[17] GameTek Game show
Sesame Street: ABC[18] Hi Tech Expressions Edutainment
Who Framed Roger Rabbit[19] LJN Adventure
Jeopardy! Junior Edition[20] GameTek Game show
Wheel of Fortune: Junior Edition[21] Game show
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II[22] Acclaim Entertainment Platform
Silent Service[23] Ultra Games Simulation Port
1990 Wizards & Warriors X: The Fortress of Fear[24] Game Boy Acclaim Entertainment Platform
Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition[25] Nintendo Entertainment System GameTek Game show
Double Dare[26] Game show Port
Pinbot[27] Nintendo Pinball
Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road[28] Tradewest Racing Port
Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary Edition[29] GameTek Game show
Cabal[30] Milton Bradley Action Port
Captain Skyhawk[31] Shooter
The Amazing Spider-Man[32] Game Boy LJN (United States)
Nintendo (Europe)
Beat 'em up
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll[33] Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Action
Narc[34] Acclaim Entertainment Shooter Port
Time Lord[35] Milton Bradley Action
Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship[36] Tradewest Action
A Nightmare on Elm Street[37] LJN Platform
Super Glove Ball[38] Mattel Action
Arch Rivals: A Basket Brawl![39] Acclaim Entertainment Sports Port
WWF WrestleMania Challenge[40] LJN Fighting
Digger T. Rock: The Legend of the Lost City[41] Milton Bradley Platform
1991 WWF Superstars[42] Game Boy LJN Fighting
Beetlejuice[43] Nintendo Entertainment System Platform
Sneaky Snakes[44] Game Boy Tradewest Action
Battletoads[45] Nintendo Entertainment System Beat 'em up
High Speed[46] Pinball
Sid Meier's Pirates![47] Ultra Games Adventure Port
Super R.C. Pro-Am[48] Game Boy Nintendo Racing
Sesame Street: ABC/123[49] Nintendo Entertainment System Hi Tech Expressions Edutainment
Battletoads[50] Game Boy Tradewest Beat 'em up
1992 Beetlejuice[51] LJN Platform
Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros: Visions of Power[52] Nintendo Entertainment System Acclaim Entertainment Platform
Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat[53] Tradewest Racing Port
R.C. Pro-Am II[54] Racing
Championship Pro-Am[55] Mega Drive Racing
Battletoads[56] Amiga Mindscape Beat 'em up
1993 Battletoads[57] Mega Drive Tradewest / Sega Beat 'em up Mainly Developed by Arc System Works
Battletoads & Double Dragon[58] Nintendo Entertainment System Tradewest Beat 'em up
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs[59] Super Nintendo Entertainment System Beat 'em up
Battletoads in Ragnarok's World[60] Game Boy Beat 'em up
Battletoads / Double Dragon[61] Mega Drive Beat 'em up
Battletoads & Double Dragon[62] Super Nintendo Entertainment System Beat 'em up
Battletoads / Double Dragon[63] Game Boy Beat 'em up
Battletoads[64] Sega Game Gear Tradewest / Sega Beat 'em up Mainly Developed by Arc System Works
X the Ball[65] Arcade Capcom Sports
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll[66] Mega Drive Sega Action
1994 Battletoads[67] Arcade Electronic Arts Beat 'em up
Battletoads[68] Amiga CD32 Mindscape Beat 'em up
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs[69] Sega Master System Virgin / Tectoy Beat 'em up
Donkey Kong Country[70] Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Platform
Killer Instinct[71] Arcade Midway Fighting
1995 Monster Max[72] Game Boy Titus Software Platform
Donkey Kong Land[73] Nintendo Platform
Killer Instinct[74] Super Nintendo Entertainment System Fighting
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest[75] Platform
Killer Instinct[76] Game Boy Fighting
Killer Instinct 2[77] Arcade Midway Fighting
1996 Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run[78] Super Nintendo Entertainment System Nintendo Sports
Donkey Kong Land 2[79] Game Boy Platform
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble![80] Super Nintendo Entertainment System Platform
Killer Instinct Gold[81] Nintendo 64 Fighting
1997 Blast Corps[82] Action
GoldenEye 007[83] First-person shooter
Donkey Kong Land III[84] Game Boy Platform
Diddy Kong Racing[85] Nintendo 64 Rare Racing
1998 Banjo-Kazooie[86] Nintendo Platform
1999 Conker's Pocket Tales[87] Game Boy Color Rare Platform
Jet Force Gemini[88] Nintendo 64 Third-person shooter
Donkey Kong 64[89] Nintendo Platform
Mickey's Racing Adventure[90] Game Boy Color Racing
2000 Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong[91] Platform
Perfect Dark[92] Nintendo 64 Rare First-person shooter
Perfect Dark[93] Game Boy Color Action
Donkey Kong Country[94] Nintendo Platform
Mickey's Speedway USA[95] Nintendo 64 Racing
Banjo-Tooie[96] Platform
2001 Conker's Bad Fur Day[97] Rare / THQ Platform
Mickey's Speedway USA[98] Game Boy Color Nintendo Racing
2002 Star Fox Adventures[99] Nintendo GameCube Action-adventure
2003 Donkey Kong Country[100] Game Boy Advance Platform
Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge[101] THQ Platform
Grabbed by the Ghoulies[102] Xbox Microsoft Game Studios Beat 'em up
2004 Sabre Wulf[103] Game Boy Advance THQ Platform
Donkey Kong Country 2[104] Nintendo Platform
2005 Banjo-Pilot[105] THQ Racing
It's Mr Pants[106] Puzzle
Mobile phone In-Fusio[107]
Conker: Live & Reloaded[108] Xbox Microsoft Game Studios Platform
Donkey Kong Country 3[109] Game Boy Advance Nintendo Platform
Kameo: Elements of Power[110] Xbox 360 Microsoft Game Studios Action-adventure
Perfect Dark Zero[111] First-person shooter
2006 Viva Piñata[112] Microsoft Windows Life simulation
Xbox 360
2007 Diddy Kong Racing DS[113] Nintendo DS Nintendo Racing
Jetpac Refuelled[114] Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade) Microsoft Game Studios Shooter
2008 Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise[115] Xbox 360 Life simulation
Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise[116] Nintendo DS THQ Life simulation
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts[117] Xbox 360 Microsoft Game Studios Vehicle construction
2010 Kinect Sports[118] Sports
2011 Kinect Sports: Season Two[119] Microsoft Studios Sports
2013 Killer Instinct[120] Microsoft Windows Fighting Uncredited
Xbox One
2014 Kinect Sports Rivals[121] Xbox One Sports
2015 Rare Replay[122] Compilation
2018 Sea of Thieves[123] Microsoft Windows Adventure
Xbox One
2020 Battletoads[124] Microsoft Windows Xbox Game Studios Beat 'em up
Xbox One
TBA Everwild Microsoft Windows Adventure
Xbox Series X/S

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