E3 2015: ‘Rare Replay’ is Some of Rare’s Best Games All in One

<p>Rare LTD&period; is 30 years old this year and they&&num;8217&semi;re celebrating in a big way&period; Some of their most acclaimed brand names of all time – Conker&comma; Banjo Kazooie&comma; Perfect Dark&comma; and Battletoads – are all getting rereleased for Xbox One later this year for &dollar;29&period;99&period; The collection will feature over 20&comma;000 gamer points in all&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a Microsoft press release obtained by IGN&comma; the collection includes&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Jetpac<&sol;em> <&sol;strong>&lpar;1983&comma; 1-2 players&rpar; – A single-screen shooter in which &&num;8220&semi;Jetman&&num;8221&semi; needs to reassemble and fuel his rocket while fending off alien hordes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Atic Atac<&sol;em><&sol;strong> &lpar;1983&comma; 1 player&rpar; – Top-down adventure with increased replayability thanks to randomized object locations and three different character classes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Lunar Jetman<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;1983&comma; 1-2 players&rpar; – A return to the Jetpac side-scrolling formula&comma; but with a scrolling&comma; randomly generated landscape and much more to do&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Sabre Wulf<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;1984&comma; 1-2 players&rpar; – Classic jungle maze game and the first appearance of explorer Sabreman&comma; tackling dangers including the vicious ’Wulf itself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Underwurlde<&sol;em><&sol;strong> &lpar;1984&comma; 1 player&rpar; – Rare’s first true platform game&period; Help Sabreman survive the perils of the Underwurlde and escape through one of three exits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Knight Lore<&sol;em><&sol;strong> &lpar;1984&comma; 1 player&rpar; – Introduction of Ultimate’s groundbreaking isometric Filmation engine&period; Sabreman must scour the castle for items to cure his werewolf curse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Gunfright<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;1986&comma; 1-2 players&rpar; – A Wild West spin on the isometric style&comma; with an improved engine and new first-person target-shooting sections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Slalom<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;1987&comma; 1-2 players&rpar; – Rare’s first console game&period; Make it to the bottom of each course before time runs out while avoiding trees&comma; sledders&comma; snowmen and other skiers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>R&period;C&period; Pro-Am<&sol;em><&sol;strong> &lpar;1988&comma; 1 player&rpar; – Responsive racing game that inspired elements of Rare’s future racers&comma; including speed boosts&comma; upgrades and collectible power-ups littered around the track&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Cobra Triangle<&sol;em><&sol;strong> &lpar;1989&comma; 1 player&rpar; – Hop into a boat and power through a branching game world&comma; completing challenges such as shooting targets&comma; disposing of mines and defeating leviathans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Snake Rattle N Roll<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;1990&comma; 1-2 players&rpar; – A fast-paced isometric adventure&period; Rattle and Roll must eat Nibbley-Pibbleys until they’re heavy enough to ring a bell and open the exit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Digger T&period; Rock<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;1990&comma; 1-2 players&rpar; – 2D platformer in which Digger must find an exit switch&comma; stand on it&comma; then make it to the exit in 60 seconds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Solar Jetman<&sol;em> <&sol;strong>&lpar;1990&comma; 1 player&rpar; – A game built around exploration and physics&semi; Jetman has to tow fuel and other items to his mothership&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Battletoads<&sol;em><&sol;strong> &lpar;1991&comma; 1-2 players&rpar; – Skill and perseverance required as the ’Toads take on multiple game styles to rescue Pimple and Princess Angelica from the Dark Queen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>R&period;C&period; Pro-Am II<&sol;em> <&sol;strong>&lpar;1992&comma; 1-4 players&rpar; – Sequel to R&period;C&period; Pro-Am with a wider variety of environments&comma; more car customization options and bonus games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Battletoads Arcade<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;1994&rpar; – First &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Battletoads” game to allow all three &OpenCurlyQuote;Toads to play simultaneously&period; Has never had a home release before &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Rare Replay”&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Killer Instinct Gold<&sol;em><&sol;strong> &lpar;1996&comma; 1-2 players&rpar; – Home version of Killer Instinct 2 with several multiplayer modes &lpar;including tournament mode&rpar; and a training dojo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Blast Corps<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;1997&comma; 1 player&rpar; – Cult classic with a fleet of destructive vehicles &lpar;from bulldozers to robots&rpar; used to clear the path for a runaway nuclear missile carrier&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Banjo-Kazooie<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;1998&comma; 1 player&rpar; – 3D platformer adventure where Banjo and Kazooie must take on the evil witch Gruntilda&comma; who’s kidnapped Banjo’s sister Tooty and plans to steal her beauty for herself&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Jet Force Gemini<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>&lpar;1999&comma; 1-4 players&rpar; – Interstellar action adventure that mixes third-person exploration and alien-blasting action as the last three JFG members go up against Mizar&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Perfect Dark<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;2000&comma; 1-4 players&rpar; – A stealth shooter set in the year 2023&period; Players lead secret agent Joanna Dark against the dataDyne corporation as they uncover an alien conspiracy that takes her around the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Banjo-Tooie<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;2000&comma; 1-4 players&rpar; – Builds on Banjo-Kazooie with larger worlds&comma; separately controllable characters&comma; multiplayer modes and many more moves to learn&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Conker’s Bad Fur Day<&sol;em><&sol;strong> &lpar;2001&comma; 1-4 players&rpar; – Beloved comedy adventure that mixes up genres &lpar;platformer&comma; third-person shooting&comma; racing&rpar; with mature humor&comma; pop culture references and parodies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Grabbed by the Ghoulies<&sol;strong> &lpar;<&sol;em>2003&comma; 1 player&rpar; – Rare’s first Xbox game&period; A comic book beat-’em-up set in a haunted house filled with breakable scenery and Ghoulies of all kinds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Perfect Dark Zero<&sol;em><&sol;strong> &lpar;2005&comma; 1-4 players locally&comma; up to 32 players online&rpar; – A prequel to<em> Perfect Dark<&sol;em> that follows Joanna’s origins and fuses first-person shooting with third-person&comma; cover-based combat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Kameo&colon; Elements of Power<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>&lpar;2005&comma; 1-2 players locally or online&rpar; – A fantasy adventure focused on combat and exploration&comma; with Kameo able to transform into ten different Elemental Warriors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Viva Piñata<&sol;em><&sol;strong> &lpar;2006&comma; 1-2 players locally&rpar; – A magical gardening&sol;life sim in which the player can cultivate a garden paradise&comma; attract different Piñatas and keep them safe from Professor Pester and his Ruffians&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Jetpac Refuelled<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>&lpar;2007&comma; 1-2 players locally or online&rpar; – A modern update to Jetpac&period; Assemble and fuel your rocket before blasting off to the next of 128 challenging stages&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>Banjo-Kazooie&colon; Nuts &amp&semi; Bolts<&sol;em><&sol;strong> &lpar;2008&comma; 1-2 players locally&comma; up to 4 players online&rpar; – A more open-ended&comma; customizable approach to the series with vehicle-based challenges set by L&period;O&period;G&period; &lpar;the Lord of Games&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Viva Piñata&colon; Trouble in Paradise<&sol;strong><&sol;em> &lpar;2008&comma; 1-2 players locally or online&rpar; – Features new species and Piñata Central challenges&comma; plus desert and arctic regions to visit and catch native Piñatas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> Microsoft Live E3 Presentation &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2015&sol;06&sol;15&sol;e3-2015-rare-replay-announced-for-xbox-one">IGN<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">For more on Microsoft&&num;8217&semi;s conference&comma; check out our liveblog <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;microsoft-e3-2015-conference&sol;">here&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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