RAREWARE Games on Nintendo 64 (feat Donkey Kong 64, Jet Force Gemini, Goldeneye)
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- Rare (rareware) Limited is a British video game developer and a subsidiary of Microsoft Studios based in Twycross, England. Rareware are known for its platform games, which include the Donkey Kong Country, Banjo Kazooie, and Conkers bad fur day series, although the studio does not adhere to specific genres and has developed games in the first-person shooter, action-adventure, fighting, and racing genres. During the N64 period, Rare received international recognition and critical acclaim for games such as Donkey Kong 64, GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie, Perfect Dark, and Conker's Bad Fur Day.
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So who's looking forward to the N64 Mini Classic console and do you think any of these RARE games will end up on it? what do you think the top 5 or top 10 RAREWARE games of all time are? Any Rare NES or SNES games which you'd have liked to have been ported to the Nintendo 64?
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Yup that’s true, Lara was the first mainstream mass media one though in my opinion
Good to know 👍 my Taiwanese gaming knowledge is non existent
@@n64glennplant Wait! TAIWAN makes games?
@@n64glennplant How was the Nintendo 64 a "commercial flop" exactly? I would categorize the SEGA Saturn as a commercial flop. Nobody cared about the system or their games.
Compare the sales and revenue from their previous consoles and also from their competition ie the ps1 - commercially the console was a flop for Nintendo in the same vain as the wii u
Jet Force Gemini is one of the most underrated N64 games.
Just those amazing reflections (well, amazing by the standards of the time, back when reflections weren't "totally grey mirrors that don't reflect a dang thing") in some levels blew me away back then. I kept thinking "I can't wait to see how much more realistic it gets from here".
N64 as a special place in my life and all you're videos capture it so well
Thank you eternal 🙏🏼
@@n64glennplant agree, but I also loved the NES and SNES. Cobra Triangle on NES is 1 of my favorites.
N64 has a special place in my heart . It’s reminds me when i was young and carefree . Wish i could go back to the 90’s
Small staff created a amazing games while today a staff of 100 plus people release half finished games
yeah sometimes too many cooks spoil the broth I guess!
It just takes that much more effort to create assets when everyone is expecting near photo realism in a AAA game. Even with modern dev tools it just takes that many more man hours to develop a $60 game.
Bigger teams suffer from company Politics.
I don't think we will ever see a match made in heaven partnership like Rare and Nintendo ever again.
we can only dream
WiseDragon22 Monolith Soft debatably comes close, with the amount of titles they’ve both developed and codeveloped, but it’s too true. No one will match Rare when they were part of Nintendo.
What a time to be alive it was, just imagine if they had remained on GameCube for example
@@ethanator6015 is Monolith the same company that created the game F.E.A.R. ?
WiseDragon22 yeah I wish Nintendo struck a deal again with Rare as the Microsoft partnership hasn’t produced anything great.
My favorite rare game on the N64 is banjo kazooie. I also am impressed at the pure size of DK 64. I don't think I ever beat it all the way, its just huge.
Yeah Dk64 is damn huge for sure!
You needed a strategy guide, at least I did anyway to 102%
I beat DK64 all the way without a guide, but it took a month lol.
The backtracking killed me, I'd always miss one item in the bigger levels XD
Not huge just too long of a game to complete. Only people with a bunch of free time on their hands will complete DK 64.
Jet Force Gemini was my favorite N64 game, period. I personally didn't have a problem with the controls, and loved the atmosphere of the game. Being able to go back to previous areas with different characters and new abilities really gave the game a sense of exploration. Yes, having to find every. last. tribal. at the end was a bit of a grind, but the gameplay and exploration more than made up for it in my book. If there was ever a sequel I would like to see, it would be Jet Force Gemini 2.
As usual, great video. I love these looks back at my childhood as I probably played the N64 more than any other console.
I think that's why the n64 was the most requested console in retro game stores the past few christmases
I still love DK64.
fun game isnt it
One of the best ever made.
Michael Reynolds Maybe, Maybe not, But I agree.
It was my first Donkey Kong game ever and I would not change A thing about DK64.
And me, actually playing through it now. Got 70 bananas so far :)
Donkey Kong 64 is still my favorite Donkey Kong game to this day. I'm still hoping they'll make another Donkey Kong game in this style.
Who knows - maybe one day!
@@n64glennplant I don't have much hope since any 3D Nintendo platformers seem to be reserved for Mario. But I would love it!
90's Rare have been a huge inspiration to me. One of the truly greatest.
Amen to that brah!
Rare's output on N64 was just incredible.
yeah when you think 11 superb games pretty much in 6 years
Should have been 12. Actually wouldn't have minded seeing Twelve Tales either but we wouldn't have got Bad fur day then
Just like capcom on SNES imo.
@@n64glennplant it would've been 12 if Dinosaur Planet was actually released. The leaked build last year showed how much potential the game had.
@@the757general2 it looks and feels like a rareware game, it had charm, an original story and characters, and then it just became Starfox Zelda
I got them all and still play these.
The brilliance of Rare was never just technical, albeit at the time was easy to spot how advanced games they made.
The fact that their N64 -games are still great and don't feel that dated, clearly shows how amazing developer Rare really was, and had allways been.
Up there with Nintendo and Sega, really.
Yeah I totally agree with that
Man, great video Glenn. An awesome summary of Rares best era. I want to cry every time when I think about what happened to this studio after the N64, truly one of gamings biggest mistakes by all parties involved. My heart goes to Jet Force Gemini as my favourite Rare N64 and I personally never had major issues with the controls, but regardless, most of Rares output on the N64 was simply stunning. Great times.
It’s was all golden back then wasn’t it! Just wish that we got dinosaur planet as the last on the console
@@n64glennplant I remember listening to the sound sample for Dinosaur planet back then and thinking I can't believe the N64 sounds this good. I think Dinosaur Planet would have been something special on the N64, a much more focused game than what Star Fox Adventures became.
I think that really hurt Rare. I only wonder why they even agreed to it. Couldn't they have got it published by a third party like Conker? I don't believe even Miyamoto thought that would genuinely benefit the game. It was a cynical business decision of the worst kind. I lost some respect for him after that
@@Bladerunner-yd5lk You can't blame people for wanting to attach a popular existing IP to a new one as there have been plenty of successful games that have achieved such things. Star Fox Adventures was not a bad title, but there were certainly a few last minute additions that weren't necessary in the game or at least weren't executed as well as they could have been. What hurt Rare the most out of the wealth of things that happened back then was both Rares and Nintendo's arrogance perhaps, both parties feeling that they didn't need each other as much as they thought back then.
I can when it's someone else's game and it's nearly finished
Nintendo should have made Rare a 2nd party developer for Nintendo consoles instead of selling them to Microsoft... Even the staff at Rare wanted that to happen!
Btw, you did a great job basically summarizing these games in a nutshell! :D
yeah but those damn stamper bros took Seattles money! plus nintendo were stupid not to exercise their option so its partly their fault
mazrimalthor yes as discussed
The 2nd party is actually you. From the idea that first party software came from the people that sold your hardware, and third party is an outside developer.
Rare wasn't a Nintendo studio, it just happen that Nintendo give them money to make game similar to the relation between Platium Game / Nintendo. It is probally for that reason that Nintendo started to get some third party studio after.
Thank you so much for bringing us this video on the complete list of RARE games on the N64.
When I was a young teenager during the late 90s, I finally got enough money to get my first console after so many years having to play Nintendo consoles at my friend's and cousin's houses during the NES and SNES console era. (Parents never got me any Nintendo console, they only brought me a cheap Atari 2600 Junior and a Nintendo GameBoy because those were cheaper. Though one of those GameBoy Games was Donkey Kong Land 2 that was a port of one of the best RARE games from the SNES during the GameBoy's life, all I knew at the time was Nintendo and Atari and SEGA as those were the only games that my friends and cousins's had)
When I finally was old enough to earn a video game console, instead of getting a PlayStation I only had enough money for one console so I chose the N64 since I really enjoyed the Mario games.
RARE was one of those companies I found out about when I realized that they made the Donkey Kong Country series on the SNES and GameBoy ports as Donkey Kong Land.
RARE on the N64 was RAREWARE at their best and while I loved their games, didn't get all of their games but I certainly got at least 6 of those RAREWARE games (Killer Instinct Gold, Donkey Kong 64, Jet Force Gemini, Diddy Kong Racing, Banjo-Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, was not able to get used to FPS shooters so I didn't pick up these two famous ones)
Sure didn't have enough money to get all of the RARE games but this was during a time when I really had to save up harder for these games where I could only get one N64 game in every 3 months between school holidays.
I also read many 64 and N64 Magazines from the UK and had all the information I needed to keep track of which games were coming out and of course, RAREWARE games were amazing to look back on those magazines as well as reading about the potential of RARE on the Nintendo GameCube, Dinosaur Planet that eventually became StarFox Adventures would be the final RARE game they made for Nintendo before being sold to Microsoft in 2002 on the day after SFA was released as the contracts were signed during the final few months of that game's development.
It was a bitter blow for me knowing it meant that RARE was never able to make any more games on a Nintendo console and while I did get an XBox360 to play Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero, it was disappointing when it dawned on me when Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts was released, I found it to be not the same Banjo Kazooie I wanted to play and ended up trading the game in a month after release. It was at that point I felt that RARE was being screwed over by Microsoft.
Looking back on it, I think many American Publishers never really let their developers have any real freedom or that RAREWARE were lucky to have Nintendo on their side when it comes to giving them freedom to create their own IP while also handling Nintendo's own IPs. That freedom was of course shown with Conker's Bad Fur Day.
While Dinosaur Planet was supposed to be RARE's final N64 game, I still enjoyed playing the lone game on the GameCube that we got from RARE.
But the biggest pill to swallow is what would happen afterwards as many RAREWARE games never appeared on the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console and even if there was going to be an N64 Classic, it will NEVER have those RAREWARE games that made the system a classic console. Mostly due to the Microsoft issue.
Goldeneye has both Microsoft issue and Activision that owns the James Bond License for Video Games.
And that is perhaps the most saddest story ever, the only way to enjoy those classic games today is either you were born back in the day when these games were avaliable and brought them, or you need an XBox One and buy RARE Replay as well as Killer Instinct on the system to get anywhere close to the classic RARE of the past.
yeah you know its always sad how quickly the company went bad, PD zero was just horrible, Kameo was underwhelming and GTTG was fun but not deep enough for what many rare fans were used to
I was much too young to really follow or care about which studio did what back in the 90s. But Rare kinda changed that: I figured out pretty quick that the floating blue and gold 'R' that popped up when you flipped the switch usually meant that a game was going to be the cream of the crop.
Excellent video as always Glenn!
Yeah that gold and blue logo was just the start of something special each time you turned it on
Goldeneye, DK Racing, Banjo Kazooie (and Tooie), DK64, Perfect Dark and Conker's BFD are my top Rareware games games beyond the original DKC trilogy for the SNES. What I want more than anything else from Nintendo right now is to greenlight a fully 3D open world DKC game with some sort of narrative (made by Retro of course, I also loved DKCR and DKCTF) that will feature the comeback of K.K. Rool and his Kremling Krew!! Gaming bliss right there! Thank you for your hard work making this awesome video! Cheers mate!
That would be cool but I think the 2d DK games since 64 have all been very fun and I love that
I'd say Banjo-Kazooie was the one that impressed me the most when i first saw it. It's also the most balanced RARE game (technically) with a good frame rate/graphics ratio. But my favorite game is Goldeneye, mostly due to the time i spent with it and the nostalgia that comes with it.
yeah I think the amount of time many of us spent with goldeneye was one thing which made it epic
Great video! Your content always hits the nostalgia spot of my brain just right. Here's to the Golden days of Rare, the N64 and generally my gaming experience as a kid. (Pun not intended)
thats what this channels all about crazy! - hitting that nostalgia sweet spot!
I think one thing that could almost always be praised in Rareware's games is the soundtracks
yeah they were mega right
Praise Wise & Kirkhope 👐
@@jtn191 Robert Beanland and Graeme Norgate weren't slouches either. They did the soundtracks for Killer Instinct Gold, Goldeneye, Jet Force Gemini, and Conker's Bad Fur Day.
I got banjo kazooie as a rental a few times, but I don’t remember ever owning it. I got Jet force Gemini for Christmas in 1999 and really enjoyed it. I wasn’t aware Rare had produced so many of the key games from the 64 era. I was a kid and didnt really pay attention to the studios who made them.
Yeah it’s amazing how many great titles they did
I had a subscription to a [German] gaming magazine back in the day, and when I was staying with my grandparents [in Austria] for summer vacation, my mother would send it by mail. I must have been really horrible about it, now that I think of it...
I still remember reading the article about Microsoft having acquired Rareware, sitting in the basement room of my grandparents' house in which my brother and I slept. I was dumbstruck. A part of my childhood died that instant. Even at twelve years old, I understood that I would never see my favourite games on Nintendo consoles. That there would never be a Banjo-Threeie.
Rareware on the SNES and N64 was just amazing.
Man that must have sucked big time to have found out that way
During the N64 era, Rareware was one of the most important if not the most important video game studio beside Nintendo. Personally think everyone who has purchased the N64 back then, needs to have at least one or maybe even two of these great gems.
My favorite game by Rareware is Banjo Kazooie, being even a bit better than Super Mario 64 due to its incredible originality (quiz, Click Clock Wood etc.), funny humour as well as its outstanding level design.
It’s funny because I wonder how many people only got N64 for Nintendo and rare games exclusively
Jet Force Gemini was awesome. It just had three major problems, the 100% collection requirement to beat the game, the N64's wonky controller and the fact it was released a month before the DK64. Plus it didn't use the expansion pack. On Rare Replay it is amazingly fun.
"They felt like they'd fully explored the idea of Blast Corps and didn't have anything left to add to it in a sequel, so they didn't make one"
Imagine a triple-A developer saying that now about anything. Or Hollywood studio. Ahh, artistic integrity: how I miss you. That trait was on the fringes even at the time, but Rare possessed it in spades.
Growing up with this era, and seeing Rare get bigger and bigger and better and better, starting from DKC up to Conker's Bad Fur Day, really made the buyout to Microsoft all the more heartbreaking. Man... They were incredible. The kind of studio any kid would dream of working for when they grew up.
yeah and they are only around 90 minutes drive from me too hahaha
When a company that makes a game about a squirrel that's real foul also makes a Mickey Mouse game, this is a *rare* occurance.
It's criminal that you only have 35k subs! It's not an exaggeration that Goldeneye was my childhood. I used to wake up early at 6am to play for an hour on a little 13 inch TV before I got ready to catch the bus. I did this for years. Then, at university, I shared a dorm room (to save money) with a (now) really good buddy of mine. It was a bit awkward after we sobered up after frosh week as we were essentially strangers but we connected by both playing Goldeneye between classes until we knew each other. I loved that game and always will.
just shows how much powerful bonding can be had over couch multiplayer right!
Both Rare and Nintendo games were my childhood. Sad that Rare is a shadow of its former self.
Yup although I haven’t played sea of thieves yet
Excellent video. I've always loved rare games, and when I was in my teens, I was practically obsessed w any title that was from Rare. My favorite would have to be Banjo Kazooie (I didn't try Banjo Tooie until years later, and also loved it). The thing I loved about rare games--other than the fact that they were very good at what they did--was the charm and beautiful, vibrant colors their games exhibited. You look at Banjo Kazooie, or Diddy Kong Racing (and compared to Super Mario 64 and Mario kart 64, respectively), the games are just so much more colorful and vibrant. Granted, Rare took a lot of cues from those games, but they took them and made them so much better. The one criticism I have of Rare is that they made their games sometimes irrationally difficult (I'm not talking about Battletoads, but the idiotic requirement to effectively 100% the JEt Force Gemini game to reach the boss). I just don't understand how someone didn't say, "hey, this is kind of stupid, to require the player to save every last one of them" in order to face the boss. Even Perfect Dark, on easy mode, is fairly challenging. Again, you have 3 game modes, if you're going to have an "easy" mode (I think it was called agent), then make it easy, since you have a Normal mode and a hard mode as well. But other than that, what an insanely successful company. Unfortunately, after Microsoft bought Nintendo's share (and became majority holders), company produced mostly unmemorable titles (including the god awful Banjo Kazooie nuts and bolts). Although some of the team from Rare created Time Splitter series (which was fairly solid), as well as Yooka Laylee, so hopefully there's still some gems to come from the old guys.
dont even get me started on nuts and bolts - I couldn't believe how bad that was and the horrible art direction they took it in!
I didn't really catch onto the name Rareware, until Banjo Tooie came out and I saw a N64 Magazine in an Australian newsagent. That magazine made me realise how important Rare was important to the N64. So you can imagine how I felt after that when...sigh, yeah, 'that' happened. If only they mostly stuck around for the GameCube.
We can only dream I guess. As sad as it is many of their best staff moved on anyway so they’d naturally have changed
@@n64glennplant Ah yes, some of them did. Some of them maybe onto 'Yooka-Laylee', tho I could be wrong about that.
I remember always being excited when a new Rareware game was about to launch on the N64. Banjo Kazzoie has to be my favourite, followed by Jet Force Gemini and then Donkey Kong 64.... However both Diddy Kong Racing and Goldeneye had a lot of multiplayer playtime with friends....
I found my copy of Banjo Tooie at a Pawn Shop a few months ago for $3. Unfortunately there was a sticker on it, but after carefully peeling it off it said NOT FOR RESALE. I was so happy!
What a find 🎸
What's so great about it saying not for resale?
It brings the value and rarity up
Glenn, my heart can't handle this many nostalgic blasts from the past.
You are just cranking these out lately, love your work! Keep it up!
Also, DK64 is one of the best of the N64 era. I only finally beat it two years ago. Was so tough as a kid, had to revisit as an adult
I have another 4 weeks off work so plenty more on the way!
@@n64glennplant Glorious!
Wow. We all know about rare and the N64 but when you lay it out like this it was just one great game after the other. All so unique too. Only one I haven’t played is Jet Force Gemini although I’ve just picked it up so will give it a go. Agree with you - would love blast corps to get a reboot. Thank you for your reviews. They always bring about a sense of nostalgia to a great time in my life
You’ll enjoy that although if you have an Xbox one try the rare replay version which allows twin stick controls which really helps I think
The N64 was a great console for me, i even remember liking it a bit more than my PS1! Games like Goldeneye, Zelda:Ocarina of time, Mario 64 and Turok 1 and 2 were absolutely amazing! No games on any consoles or even PC could come close to them imo, i enjoyed incredible games on my PS1 like Gran Turismo 1-2, Resident Evil 1-2 and a few more, but for some reason the N64 was still my favorite console
yeah thats kinda the same as me, I had a ps1 with around 4 or 5 hundred games (copied discs) and I always found it to be a throwaway experience aside for some truly incredible games it had
Goldeneye is one of the best games ever made period! A must play for anyone who never has played it. It's just so good.
yeah and still easy to go back to now and feel just like old times
Rare was a kind of its own. There wasn't any other studio like them. So the name is fitting very well. They are rare ware.
Indeed 😍
The rare games are really some of the best games ever put out on N64. Rare would always shine at using hardware correctly to make a game that was nice to look at and played well too (ZX, NES, SNES, and N64.)
I unfortunately lost all my games in a fire last year, including a complete in box Conker which continues to go up in value.
ah man I'm worry to hear that - do you plan to collect again or are you now calling it quits? I know home insurance policies are shitty when it comes to covering retro games
Nintendo vs Rare is the ultimate N64 battle
epic rap battles of history needs to do that hahaha
Ahhh the Golden Age of Rare i really miss those times
DK64 just needs a proper analog stick camera and no more camera getting stuck on surfaces and I will consider it the best game on the N64. Still want a remaster or something of it. I still like the tag barrel mechanic because it feels like each Kong has their own adventure, like a Scooby-Doo premise, and their actions influence other Kongs' adventures. It's fun and intuitive. Yeah, it's grindy, but not every collectible is required and it's SUPER lenient with what you need. It's probably got some of the most fun glitches and tricks too, like STS and the Moonkick. 10/10 from me.
At least fans modded the barrel change prt so you can now change character in the fly which makes it much more playable
I absolutely loved the multiplayer of Conkers Bad Fur Day. My 2 brothers and I played the hell out of it when I was a teenager.
Yeah I think many people forget about that because of how good the story was !
Had no idea about the pink windmill inspiration. Thanks for sharing that
you're welcome - just dont watch the show its trippy AF hahahaha
Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie were one of my most favourite games. Goldeneye was one of the first ever games I got with my N64.
Jet Force Gemini.... I did enjoy that game buuut I got up to a certain point in the game where I got REALLY stuck and couldn't progress at all in the game. It felt like the game was bugged and broken. I got up to the part where I needed to get all the spaceship parts, and I had to get the last piece from this bear on some planet who refused to give me the last piece I needed to progress the game. He was basically like _"Go save the Tribals from each world and come back again"_ I did all of that, went back and still didn't give me the item. I went to each world individually saving them all and I got nothing from it. I pretty much ended up giving up on trying to finish the game at that point cuz I didn't even know what to do.
I had a lot of difficult times playing through Jet Force Gemini, like beating particular bosses, mini-games, etc... The one boss that got me really pissed off as a kid was the 3 Giant Robo Mantises, that boss fight was particularly unfair and stupid, no matter how hard I tried. I'd get close to beating them, and then suddenly they hit me with something that finishes me off instead, and you have to be aware of what all 3 of them are doing at once in order to dodge their attacks. I bet now that I'm older I could probably do it no problem now. A lot of the bosses are creepy and disgusting looking.
thats one of the reasons why it think the game is so primed for a remake or even a series reboot
Nintendo and Microsoft NEED to get together to make a deal, so the N64 classic could finally have all the classic RARE games.
Goldeneye would need to have Nintendo, Microsoft AND Activision as I think they are the ones who currently hold the James Bond License for Video Games.
If not Activision then whoever had the current license for James Bond in regards to Video Games.
I really dont think that will happen and goldeneye wouldn't be on it anyway as the bond license is owned by EA still now or maybe its Activision I dont keep track
One of the best developers of all time, truly helped develop my childhood.
Part of my childhood too for sure
I personally believe Nintendo had serious doubts about Rare going forward when a lot of key people left in the early 2000s - all brought to a head when the Stamper brothers announced their retirement. Companies evolve as people come and go, and Nintendo was seeing an evolution in a direction that wasn't appealing to them. They sold high on Rare - and made the right choice.
Yeah that’s my theory too - it would have been buying a company that internally would have been starting fresh again
Good to see you still making content Glenn.
good to see you're still here too :)
Ah yes Grotbags how could i ever forget her.I never realise that Gruntilda was based off of her character though.Ive often thought of Grotbags over the years and couldn't remember what tv show she was from. So after this video im deffo typing pink windmill into youtube lolz for a trip down memory lane.thanks pal.
I remember spending so much time on goldeneye, so when Perfect Dark was presented, I was so hyped. It didn't disappoint. I still consider it as my favorite game ever. Diddy Kong Racing, DK64, JetForce Gemini were all great games for me. I didn't have the luck to own banjo Kazooie. Missed that gemme.
Oh yes Jet Force Gemini that was quite a gem back in the day and it still is today.
An under rated classic imo
@@n64glennplant I would play it again except my Nintendo 64 died a couple months ago had a good life span considering I had it since 1997. I'll probably make a playthrough on the Rare Replay for Xbox. I will be doing that this weekend I'm glad you made this video and reminded me of this game because I truly miss it.
Really makes you wonder why something like THAT, with huge open worlds, is not done to death.....
Without any fucking bears to worry about.
Great Job! Please make more content just like this.
thanks, I upload around 3 videos a week at the moment so theres always a mix of n64 related stuff on the way
DK on N64 should have been a fast pace, precise semi linear platformer to compete with Crash
That would have been fun
My first game ever was Banjo-Kazooie and its still my number one favorite. So far the only Rare games I have finish were BK, BT, 007G and PD.
Mickey's Speedway USA was a great game I've played a ton of hours with my little sisters in VS mode and time trial.
I haven't played Conker's Bad Fur Day and I didn't knew Killer Instinct Gold existed even though I have played the SNES before, so thanks.
always glad to have been able to shed some light on games people hadn't heard of !
For me, the only way they could have improved DK64 is by making it a little bit harder to erase save files.
When I was 12 or maybe 13 years old I had a completely finished save 1 file, everything unlocked and collected. I was proud. Then I decided to do it all over again on save 2.
A week or so went by, I came home from school, and found save 1 erased. It was my little brother, 3 or 4 years old who did it. At the time, he couldn't read since he hadn't started school yet.
The poor guy was stressing out and hiding all day waiting for me to come home and discover his mistake.
I was really mad, 70 or more hours... just gone with one explosive orange.
It took me several days to forgive him.
This wasn't the first time he erased my files in a game, and it wasn't the last time, either.
Oh man that’s so tough, like when a memory card would fail and loose your game
I really wonder what kind of stuff Rare would have done had they been on board with the GameCube
Pretty much all my favourite N64 games are rare
Egg remembers.
We were kids back then.
But look at us now. We are all in our 30's with no jobs and no money and no one to talk to. How did this happen to us???
I still play and I will keep playing Banjo and Kazooie all my life ... pure masterpiece
Awesome game ain’t it
Jet Force Gemini is the best one. I had no issues finding tribals and the controls took less than five minutes to get used to.
The rare relay version has improved control options so it’s more playable
It is interesting that you have memories of Banjo Kazooie in the hospital. I have a similar thing with Super Mario Bros 3. My friend was in for a hernia, and a girl who was in for longer had it and let us play. Actually made going there fun, weirdly.
Great video as always. If I might jump on the request band wagon, I'd love to see retrospectives on Acclaim and Midway...for me Acclaim was almost up there with Rare, and Midway's versions of Doom and Quake 2 are amazing.
ill try to get around to those companies, acclaim will be a huge one as they were one of the developers that pumped out games non stop it seemed
Killer instinct and cruisn Usa was on my radar as a kid. This probably due to seeing them advertising the Ultra 64 on the arcade cabinet.
That’s very true!
I never paid attention to studios including Rare until I stumbled onto this channel. It's funny that he said when you think of N64 you think of Rare 🙊
Rare and N64 are like the perfect team at that time. Shame what happened to them
@@n64glennplant Respect coming from the British Virgin Islands 🙌
I just recently got all Rare games for the N64 and it's a constant source of joy for me.
I'm late on this but while Killer Instinct Gold is the version that you get with Rare Replay, you can download a digital version of Killer Instinct 2 with online functionality added and even the ability to swap between arcade machine firmwares with different exploits that fans used.
Rare was doing a killing on the N64, amazing games. Though, one thing to note is that in their desire to push the platform beyong it's limitations, some of the games had choppy framerates. But other than that, they had a stellar output and the disappointment was pretty big when they got bought by MS in 2002 and it became clear that we won't be seeing their great games on NGC anymore. The Xbox/Xbox 360/Xbox One games they made weren't bad either, but something got lost in the transition - it was clear to me the games weren't *as* good anymore.
Luckily the Xbox versions of banjo 1 and 2 had more stable fame rates which is another reason why they are the go to versions for me these days
I think the reason MS decided to put KI Gold on Rare Replay was because they already released KI & KI 2 on Xbox One. This way you can play all three.
Yup that’s 100% the right thought process
Jetforce Gemini brings back so many good memories.
Diddy Kong Racing, DK64 and Conker Bad Fur Day will always have a place in my heart.
heck, the N64 as a whole made me the gamer i am today.
Great games right there 😬
Keep up the amazing work! I love it when a new video pops up from you! A great start to my Saturday morning before gym!
Thanks! It’s Friday night here 😂
DK64 is an underrated game cause it gets shit on constantly. It had its issues but i used to love the insane amount of collectables even if they were a bit of an announce to get when switching characters. The world felt very alive and had so much to do.
Yeah in a way it helps it feel like a more fleshed our world
I think people are jumping the gun on the "Microsoft ruined Rare!" Bandwaggon. Rare was already in it's downfall when most of the team left during their era with Nintendo, not to mention how long those games took to make. Nintendo sees this and lets Microsoft handle the rest, which is why Rare hardly does anything to make new games and sequels.
That’s kinda true but remember now they are told what they are making by Microsoft rather than being able to make their own choices - that’s why they got shafted with all that crappy Kinect work for so long
Yeah they have a lot less freedom now with Microsoft. They still did make some gems post-n64. I thought grabbed by the ghoulies and banjo nuts n bolts were great.
Rare games really were hardware pushers on the N64
Yeah to it’s limits!
I Love the Rareware Games, especially the "Donkey Kong" Games and "Killer Instinct Gold".
I did a review on both Killer Instinct Games some time ago, they both awesome.
Great Video ;-)
Greetings from London
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Greetings from Leeds 😬
@@n64glennplant Thank you and I am glad that we both Love the Nintendo 64 ;-)
Here's a detail that you may have never heard for GoldenEye.
The multiplayer was literally slapped on at the last minute before the game went out to retailers. In fact, it wasn't even suppose to be in the game in the first place, it was made for the development team to screw around with until it shipped out. They had so much fun with it they included it in the final product.
Yep, a last minute addition became the prime reason why it's one of the best video game of all time.
Also, I believe Rareware nailed DK64. It's one of the best examples of moving a side scroller into the 3D realm, like Mario 64 was. Personally I enjoy it more than Mario 64, but I can say that there are issues that make Mario 64 the better product in comparison.
Yup but I’d say that’s one of the most well known facts about the game
The way I used to feel as a kid when I saw a game was being produced by Rare for my N64. Ah the good old days. Haven’t felt that way in a long time, Glenn. Rare and the N64 had certain magic that hasn’t been copied or emulated since.
at least we have great memories of it now though right
Dude you do the best most authentic content. I'm sorry I don't comment more, I just put your playlists on and veg out. This video was great though. Blast Corps is just so awesome, I played the crap out of it. In fact I 100% it back in the day, moon level etc.
Goldeneye, Gran Turismo and Halo CE, these games are my greatest gaming moments.
You're right, I had no idea Mickey's Speedway USA was made by Rare!
You’re not alone 😬
Blast Corps was a complete delight. Loved that game and would love to see an updated version
Diddy Kong Racing was the first game I ever played as a child
Conker BFD is the best N64 Rare (a.k.a Rareware) game that never got a deserving sequel
Oh man how much we’d all love to see that!
Oh I'd buy a system cause of that.
But there is a sequel
Nah, Banjo Tooie is. ;)
@@dogperson4323 no just a xbox remake that was overly censored.
Great video, as always! I would personally love to see you do a Dinosaur Planet special (for those who don’t know, Dinosaur Planet was going to be Rare’s final N64 game before being retooled as Star Fox Adventures and moving over to the GameCube).
I’ll make you a deal - you break into rare, steal a cart and give it to me to cover - deal!?!? 😂
Deal ;) All that great work on the n64 and how do Nintendo repay them? By murdering the game that might've given Ocarina a run for its money. It's a damn shame.
I really do miss Jet Force Gemini and Diddy Kong Racing. I gotta try to buy those again.. at a reasonable price ofc
Seem to only be going up and up these days
I know there’s Rare Replay where they have Conker’s Bad Fur Day on the Xbox One, But for nostalgic sake I still like to play it on the N64.
Yeah and Xbox got the censored Conker so it makes sense to play n64😬
N64 Glenn Plant Don’t remind me.
CBFD on Rare Replay is actually the original N64 version.
03bgood I know.
@@SegaNintendoGuy64 They really butchered the XB version, L&R.
Love these series!!
Thanks Oliver, more on the way next week
Since Microsoft and Nintendo are working together we might see some old characters come back to Nintendo like Banjo Kazooie or killer instinct characters in smash bros
yeah we were talking about that on the stream yesterday
11:35 damn… dude was really getting into smacking that witches @ss… 🤣 I wonder if the director prompted him to do that or was it just improv on his behalf? Either way it’s kind of weird 😆 I can’t say I’m too bummed over that show failing to come to the states lol
On another note, awesome video man! (as always) your content is top notch, and it’s really cool that you show so much love for the N64.. especially since not many other gaming channels shine much of a light on the system. Such an amazing console, with so many awesome games. So much nostalgia! Not sure how old you are but I’m 34, so the N64 played a major role in my youth and I have it to thank for tons of great memories! I’d say my fondest memories when it comes to gaming can be attributed to the SNES, Genesis, and N64… Ps1 was great too. I’ve had pretty much all of the systems from turbo graphics and onward.. but the N64 was one of the all time greats! Anyway, I apologize for rambling on.. and again, thanks for all of the awesome content man!
Quite the coincidence that this video about Rare (featuring DK64)) was uploaded on the same day that Hbomberguy began the 101% DK64 charity stream
Could be seen to be that yes!
Thank you Glenn!
thanks for watching Brian
Rareware should never ever have been allowed to have been bought up by Microsoft. Rare and Nintendo were a perfect match.
Microsoft wanted to pay and Nintendo didn’t want to exercise their right they had to buy so was a no brainer
I still listen to that Gruntilda's Lair music in 2019 lol amazing
Me too, love how it evolves as you progress
God I wish some dev had the nuts to make another game like this.
A game like what?
Blast Corps remake as a voxel based destination game.
My choice for a rare modern day hd remake would have to be goldeneye. Dual analog controls and online multiplayer would be great imho.
Rare on the n64 without a doubt is my favourite gaming partnership.
That was in the works you know then cancelled
I'd like to see a proper banjo kazooie comeback
Me too
The arcade games are included with the Killer Instinct that launched with the system. I got the arcade games and the Rare Replay editions.
I quite like rare replay but it’s just a shame some of the bigger titles are missing from it
Conker’s Bad Fur Day & Golden Eye 4 life.
word !
DK64 may has some flaws especially the mini games ‘I’m looking at you Beaver Bother’ but I still have a strong soft for that game I first played in the early 2000’s.
Yeah on the review for that games comments section I always love seeing how many people enjoyed it
N64 Glenn Plant I do agree on what you’re saying about it’s flaws, The big areas the collectibles, But say I said before I still like it, It is an enjoyable game to me, So let’s we respect each other’s opinions.