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Rare Historian

@peg-leg-perez.bsky.social

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Historian of game studio Rare Ltd. Formerly of everything. Once appeared in an E3 trailer for a cool pirate game. Overly fanatical about Rare and Rare-adjacent studios Bylines at @rareandfriends.bsky.social, @rare-gamer.bsky.social, and @windowscentral.com

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Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · Aug 23

Would anyone be interested in hearing previously unrelased level music from the Project Dream SNES prototype by David Wise?
youtu.be/5B10j5ttZbk

Level 1 Music - Project Dream SNES

YouTube video by jephrenman

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Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 3h

Two down.

Man I love the atmosphere of this level. And the Icymetric Palace is truly the Ultimate throwback. I feel the snowplow is still underutilized, but I enjoyed the little red coin race they added. Also I still love the little glow cavern!

5 out of 10

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 5h

O the stars, how they twinkle
Like a million squares
With improperly applied
Radial transparency effects

A skybox in Yooka-Replaylee showing a night sky. Stars in the sky are surrounded by semi-solid squares that were surely meant to be radially faded to create circular glowing effect

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 7h

fair 😅🤣

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 9h

jiggyGet.mp3

(5 out of 10).

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Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 9h

One down.

This game is amazing! Fixes nearly every issue I had with the original (and I was an apologist). Loving all of the new Pagies and the little Jiggy pieces. Also love Rextro's minigame glow-up!

5 out of 10.

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Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 12h

I've already seen "whoa" spelled both correctly and as "woah" in Yooka-Replaylee.

5 out of 10.

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 8d

I hear Portland is full of fun, weird, amazing things and people 🤔

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 15d

well hot damn! Happy birthday Nic! Hope you've had a wonderful day!

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Time Extension @timeextension.com · 18d

Sacred Spaces: Ultimate Play The Game / Rare, Ashby-De-La-Zouch, England

www.timeextension.com/features/sac...

Sacred Spaces: Ultimate Play The Game / Rare, Ashby-De-La-Zouch, England

The birthplace of a gaming legend

www.timeextension.com

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Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 19d

Hi Willow 🥹

a cartoon dog is hugging a man and saying `` i have just met you and i love you '' .

ALT: a cartoon dog is hugging a man and saying `` i have just met you and i love you '' .

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Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 19d

a Nintendo Power subscription, and would occasionally pick up other gaming mags from the newstand, and it's when I started reading IGN every day to keep up with industry news. Going back to Rare, this era is when I truly began to understand that the Rareware logo meant quality.

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 19d

Without a doubt the N64. While I had an loved both NES and SNES, it was the N64 era when I truly got into gaming and followed upcoming releases and such. Rare and Nintendo were gods of the craft, and I really started to look forward to each new release from them with the N64. It's also when I got

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Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 20d

Oh nooo! So sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better soon!

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 22d

GoldenEye, with the story missions giving you a chance to explore and experience expanded versions of the movie's locales, as well as experiencing sequences not seen in the film (and taking some liberties as well). It expanded upon the source material in a way that felt great at the time.

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 26d

Standing in the same spot and using the bottom of the rock as the camera "anchor" point
Xbox (2017), Switch (2017), Xbox (2025)

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 26d

Yooka-Laylee (Xbox 2017) vs Yooka-Laylee (Switch 2017) vs Yooka-Replaylee (2025)

Never realized how different the camera acts in the original Xbox and Switch versions. It's subtle, but noticable.

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Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 26d

Donkey Kong Bananza: New Funky Mode

Donkey Kong and Pauline surfing in the waters of DK Isle

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 26d

(this is sarcasm and in response to nintendo:/pokemon co's stupid new patent)

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 26d

Microsoft/Rare should patent the gameplay mechanic of attracting creatures by gardening and sue Nintendo/Pokémon company after Pokopia comes out.

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Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 26d

Played through the Yooka-Replaylee demo for a second time this morning. It sucks that this whole launch is tainted, because this game truly looks and feels wonderful. The irony of corporate bullshit ruining a game about the evil of corporate bullshit.

I can't wait to play more Rextro levels

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 26d

It is illegal to mention Everwild in #SoTFest chat lol

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 27d

Still constantly awestruck at all the nods to the Rare era of DK in this game

Head-on view of the shipwreck with the figurehead at the front

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 27d

I'm so goddamn happy 😭

DK and Pauline seen in front of Squawks hut on DK Isle in the DKC Bananza DLC

Rare Historian @peg-leg-perez.bsky.social · 27d

THIS WAS MY EXACT REACTION!!! Sjdiciwbdiciejfnebe!!!!!!