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Battletoads & Double Dragon. Rare (1994) Super Nintendo

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 5 Comments

Welcome to the “Matt bought me some games when in America and now I have to play them” series. In a parallel universe both the Battletoad and Double Dragon series are considered easy. Due to this, some cretinous twonk decided…

GoldenEye 007. Rare (1997) Nintendo 64

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 11 Comments

If you like retro gaming then you’ll probably be aware that neckbeards will frequently scoff about “GoldenEye being better than those them there Call of Battlefield shooty games” in a bizarrely thick unnatural West Country accent (American’s read yokel). And…

Tagged with: 007, 1997, First Person Shooter, GoldenEye, GoldenEye 007, James Bond, James Bond 007, N64, Nintendo 64, RARE, Retro Gaming, Review
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WWF Superstars. Rare (1991) GameBoy

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Van Rockingham — Leave a comment

This game is so bare bones I beat it while on the loo. And not one of those epic loo sessions where time stands still and suddenly 2 hours have passed. One of those “your cheeks have barely touched the…

Donkey Kong Country 2 : Diddy’s Kong Quest. Rareware (1995) Super Nintendo

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Scrambles — 16 Comments

The absolute titanium balls on Rare, eh? Given creative control of one of Nintendo’s most beloved mascots in Donkey Kong, Rare proceeded to take the proverbial mile, creating it’s own lore and characters for the first game. A smash hit,…

Killer Instinct Gold. Rare (1997) Nintendo 64

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 8 Comments

Killer Instinct was a pretty solid Tournament Fighter with a combo system added a depth that newbs and pros could all have some fun. It did look like arse, and had a stupid difficulty at the end but what about…

Tagged with: 1997, Combo Breaker, Killer Instinct, Killer Instinct Gold, N64, Nintendo 64, RARE, Rareware, Retro Gaming, Review, Tournament Fighter, Ultratech
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Killer Instinct, Rareware (1994) Super Nintendo

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Van Rockingham — 17 Comments

I suck at Tournament Fighters, there aren’t many I can beat and there are certainly even less that I am vaguely good at but at least I can beat Killer Instinct on easy though, so I’ve got that going for me.

Tagged with: 1994, Combo Breaker, Eyedol, Killer Instinct, No Mercy, RARE, Rareware, SNES, Super Nintendo, Tournament Fighter, Ultratech
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Donkey Kong Country, SNES, Rareware, 1994

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Scrambles — 1 Comment

Man, how awesome did Rare used to be? I know we’ve touched on this before, but seeing Microsoft suck all the nutrients from their still beating heart was hard to watch, especially as a Nintendo aficionado. The only plus side…

Tagged with: 1994, Cranky Kong, Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong, Kimg K. Rool, platformer, RARE, Rareware, Retro Gaming, Review, SNES, Super Nintendo, Unlovable freak
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Banjo Kazooie, Rare (1998), Nintendo 64

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Scrambles — 3 Comments

Rare certainly did love to bite the hand that fed them. Back when Rare were the sole property of Nintendo, everything they made was Nintendo-bait. They had a pop at cartoon racing (the awesome Diddy Kong Racing), they tried their…

Tagged with: 1998, Banjo Kazooie, Bottles, Gruntilda, Mumbo Jumbo, N64, Nintendo 64, platformer, RARE, Retro Gaming, Review, Super Mario 64
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Diddy Kong Racing, Rareware. (1997). Nintendo 64

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Scrambles — 2 Comments

Everybody had this really ill-advised idea back in the late 90’s that they could create the fabled ‘Mario Kart Beater’, and – knowing everybody loves a trier – some are still having a crack at it today (Sega actually had…