News Tagged: Rare

Thursday 5th November, 2009 - 09:55 GMT

News: Old Cart on the Block Has the Right Stuff

Old Cart on the Block Has the Right Stuff

Rare prototype NES box surfaces on eBay

Every now and then, eBay turns up a real find, something you never thought you'd see in your natural life: a rare console edition, a forgotten classic, a badly beaten prototype box for an unreleased NES game. If you're a fan of the latter, you'll be thrilled by this story that a scuffed box for the sadly canned New Kids on the Block NES game has surfaced on..

19 comments | In Retro, Rare, NES, Box.

Monday 21st September, 2009 - 08:52 BST

News: Rare: Fate Was Against Us With Goldeneye

Rare: Fate Was Against Us With Goldeneye

UK developer sees little chance of a Virtual Console release

A while back we got rather excited about the prospect of seeing the N64 classic Goldeneye on the Virtual Console. Such enthusiasm was perfectly understandable - it's still one of the best FPS games you're ever likely to play - but sadly legal wrangles between Nintendo, Microsoft and current Bond license holder Activision seemed to scupper..

49 comments | In Retro, Drama, Disappointment, Rare, Goldeneye, Virtual Console.

Tuesday 5th May, 2009 - 16:13 BST

News: Prepare To Gnash Those Teeth: Perfect Dark May Be XBLA-bound

Prepare To Gnash Those Teeth: Perfect Dark May Be XBLA-bound

Leaked screenshot suggests that Rare is porting the classic N64 FPS to the 360

Website Destructoid has been sent an image from an undisclosed source that gives a pretty solid indication that former Nintendo cohort Rare is porting its beloved Nintendo 64 title Perfect Dark to Microsoft's console.Given that Microsoft owns Rare now, this is hardly a massive shock (also, it's worth noting that both..

79 comments | In Virtual Console, Microsoft, Retro, Rare.