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Special on Ultimate Play The Game, now Rare 29

Posted by sengan from the their-older-HQ-is-nicer-than-the-new-one dept.
Jonathon Miller writes "Nintendorks has posted a huge special about Rare, the software company that brought us Goldeneye for the Nintendo 64. The special outlines Rare's release list for '99, including their sequel to Goldeneye, the first person shooter Perfect Dark." For those of you who had an old 8-bitter (ZX Spectrum, BBC,etc) this is also a blast from the past: Rare used to be called Ultimate Play the Game, makers of Alien 8, Nightshade, etc... the only games I still play.
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  • Can I just be really pedantic and say
    Ultimate - Play the Game
    was the companys slogan/logo.
    The company was actually Ashby computers and
    graphics. Based near Ashby-de-la-zouch.

  • No wonder you never found it, the truck/trailer didn't exist. A hoax, I'm afraid!
  • As someone who spent far too many years playing Lunar Jetman (and never finding the damn truck), this was a great story! The town of "Ashby-De-La-Zouch" will forever be imprinted in my mind.

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  • Anyone for Jetpac 64?
  • Anyone else not see the connection here?



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  • However, the ZX Spectrum - which Sengan also mentions - was the training-ground for many, many British nerds / hackers / computer enthusiasts.

    This makes the article relevant to a significant portion of the /. community.
  • Hmmm,
    No coding, nothing really of interest except to people playing N64. Looks like someone is just trying to promote their own interests.

    I generally disagree with people complaining about sengan's editorials, but in this case that's all it is.

    Lando
  • Is Slashdot becoming a game-news site now? Heck, I don't even post stuff this un-eventful on Legions [legions.com]!

  • ...some nerds might actually be interested in COOKING, but you shouldn't see cooking articles on here... unless sengan lets it through.
  • Ok, so GAMES=COMPUTERS=NERDS, so..

    Anyone check out the new Barbie Magic Hairstyler game? It ROCKS! Here's a URL for ya:

    Barbie Fun [retards.com]

    Tata
  • And if you thought for one moment I was serious, you need to wake up.
  • So someone is spamming the linux kernel mailing list as meept?

    Meept says that it isn't meept, as meept wouldn't go near that list without a condom.

    However, anything that upsets meept's student linux friends is to be encouraged.

    Ho! Ho! Ho! This is better than Elvis.

    MEEPT!!
  • My little bro has a N64 and I tried playing him once @ goldeneye, the problems I forsee: A) No-fun Physics Engine (Can't jump, can't run, can't go off platforms) B) Crappy 4 color Textures C) Too Bright D) Levels are too square (reminds me of Wolf3D) E) Can't control anything with that FSCKING claw of d00m they are marketing as a controller F) No Chainsaw...
  • Knight Lore was the biggest event in my gaming history, the graphics were streets ahead of anything else around, it was a wonderful thing to behold.

    Strangely enough, it was apparently produced before Sabre Wulf, but was regarded as being too far ahead to be released!

    I for one bought every game from Ultimate up until Nightshade, which was crap compared to Knight lore, which also beat Alien 8 (too slow).

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  • Me for one, Knight Lore was a revelation, Rare deserve kudos for that. It's a shame they moved across to programming kids games on a kids machine though, I'd hoped that perhaps they might grow up with me.

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