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Extremely Rare Atari Cartridge Sells For $US5000
2:00PM Owen Good | A sealed-in-the-box copy of “The Music Machine” — rated “Unbelievably Rare” by Atari Age — just went for $US5250 on eBay. The game, sold only in religious book stores, is prized by collectors. More »
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Rumoured Kameo 2 Killed To Make Room For Natal Projects
12:40PM Michael McWhertor | Microsoft owned developer Rare won’t be returning to the world of Kameo any time soon, thanks to the studio’s shift toward multiple Project Natal titles, according to unnamed sources cited by CVG. Microsoft is reported to have cancelled a sequel. More »
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Rare Hopes To Evolve The FPS Genre With Project Natal
9:40AM Michael McWhertor | Banjo Kazooie and Viva Pinata developer Rare has made some important contributions to the first-person shooter genre, a space it hasn’t visited since Perfect Dark Zero hit the Xbox 360 in 2005. That may change, thanks to Project Natal. More »
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Perfect Dark XBLA: Re-Skinned Elvis Has Entered The Building
4:20AM Mike Fahey | Three new screenshots for the Xbox Live Arcade remake of Rare’s Perfect Dark have surfaced on the developer’s website, showing off some re-skinned weapons and a new look for Joanna Dark’s Maian pal, Elvis. More »
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Rare: ‘Who Knows” Why Donkey Kong 64 Hasn’t Hit The VC
4:30PM Owen Good | Who knows? Maybe it has something to do with Rare being owned by Microsoft, and it and Nintendo being unable to decide who divides the loot. But yeah, answering a reader question, they don’t know what the deal is either. More »
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Rare: “We’re Long Past The Stage” Where Goldeneye Deal Is Feasible
10:30AM Owen Good | The long, sad tale of bringing the groundbreaking shooter Goldeneye to Nintendo’s Virtual Console, or Xbox Live Arcade, appears to have ended long ago, with a whimper. More »
Culture
5:00AM Stephen Totilo | We knew Microsoft’s Banjo-Kazooie and GoldenEye development studio, Rare, was focusing on making stuff for Project Natal (games maybe?). This ad in gaming magazine Edge backs that up. More »
Rare Seeking More Natal Specialists
5:00AM Stephen Totilo | We knew Microsoft’s Banjo-Kazooie and GoldenEye development studio, Rare, was focusing on making stuff for Project Natal (games maybe?). This ad in gaming magazine Edge backs that up. More »
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Rare Shopping For Project Natal Designers With Twitter
1:00AM Mike Fahey | Rare dropped us a line to let us know that they were now active on Twitter, posting haiku movie reviews, new game teases, and fishing for game designers who might be interested in Project Natal. More »
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Peter Molyneux Wants To Help Rare “Get Well Known”
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | What is developer Rare best known for? Doing games for Nintendo in the 1990s? Making Banjo Kazooie? Battletoads? Viva Piñata? More »
Media
4:00PM Michael McWhertor | Rare’s Nintendo 64 first-person shooter Perfect Dark is coming to Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Winter, says Microsoft. This is what it looks like. More »
Perfect Dark XBLA Looks Sharp, No Expansion Pak Required
4:00PM Michael McWhertor | Rare’s Nintendo 64 first-person shooter Perfect Dark is coming to Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Winter, says Microsoft. This is what it looks like. More » 
