The Top 5 Rareware Games

The developer Rare, formerly known as Rareware, has developed some of the greatest games of all time. A user-submitted article written for SlapStic.com takes a look at the five best Rareware games of all time, and gives a brief description of each game.

5.) Donkey Kong Country
Release Date: November 25, 1994
Console: SNES

The year was 1994, and the Super Nintendo was in trouble. With most of the gaming world focused on Sonys upcoming PlayStation, and others preoccupied with Segas Genesis Nintendo needed a blockbuster hit to grab the attention of gamers once again. Enter Donkey Kong Country.

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Big Willie | September 30, 2008

No Battletoads or Killer Instinct? I call shenanigans on this list.
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  TwilightPrince | October 01, 2008
  
  The list is the top five best, neither of the two are better than the games listed.
  
  If there were honorary mentions, I would have included those two, along with Star Fox Adventures, Blast Corps, and DK64.
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Oogity_Boogity_Boo | October 01, 2008

Battletoads is a great game, but I have to agree with the list. Although I've only played Perfect Dark twice...
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Big A2 | October 01, 2008

I find it funny how all of these are from Nintendo consoles, and 4 of them are on the Nintendo 64.
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  TwilightPrince | October 01, 2008
  
  Maybe because everything Rare made for Nintendo was gold, while anything Rare made on Xbox was crap.
  
  I mean seriously, Grabbed by the Ghoulies? Was Rare drunk while making this game? And Viva Pinata?
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    Murray3 | October 01, 2008
    
    Viva Pinata was good, but Ghoulies was just to prove they weren't part of Nintendo anymore and didn't go by their style (which was gameplay first, then storyline), did you know the first part of the game that was made was the name? They came up with the name and then tried to create an entire concept to develop on!
    
    Also DK64 deserved to be within the top 2 on that list, it was better than both Banjos, although it was a very similar concept, and it was better than the Country originals, for some reason the game and the game's opening theme were very hit-and-miss, for me they were both very close to a bulls-eye and the remix of DK rap was murder in my ears!
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      Gamesta100 | October 01, 2008
      
      DK64 better than DKC? I'm glad you think that.The moment they added weapons to DK was the moment I was not interested in the game..
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Dark Arcanine | October 01, 2008

As long as Banjoe Kazooie is on there it doesn't matter what the rest of the list is like. xD

Oh... and GoldenEye. <3
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  RKRigney | October 01, 2008
  
  I have a confession... I couldn't beat Gruntilda. I tried dozens of times but eventually just gave up. Then I lost my save data. So I did everything in that game but beat her.
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Armed Rebel | October 01, 2008

First death sequence in Conker was glorious. Great freaking game.

And of course nothing needs to be mentioned about goldeneye or perfect dark.
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Gothic Girl | October 01, 2008

Holy shit, I loved all these games. Brings back memories
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Final Blade | October 01, 2008

_{I have never played Conker, so I can't really comment on that. I did the other 3, DKC, Perfect Dark, and Goldeneye and they were the best games I played. I seriously think DK should be higher up then Banjo but thats just me, I just had a bigger admiration for DK then Banjo.}
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Gamesta100 | October 01, 2008

Konkers Bad Fur day? Glad they thought that game was awesome.I remember how I really wanted to play it, then I saw a friend play and I wanted to play it no more.

I would say KI.Never before have I done so much in a fighting game than I did in KI.I found out nearly every danger move and Ultra there was.Not to mention almost, if not all the Ultimate's.

People may think I'm stupid for saying this, but probably the only way I would ever buy a 360 would be if a KI game came out for it.Yes I love KI THAT much.