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Switch Online Rare Games Now Live

Paul Twist0
Earlier this week, we reported on the announcement of a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, well perhaps the biggest announcement for retro gamers said Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase was the addition of some Switch Online Rare games from the Microsoft-owned developer.The addition of Microsoft-owned games to a Nintendo console follows weeks of speculation surrounding Microsoft making Xbox-exclusive titles available on rival consoles.The Switch Online Rare games in question are R.C. Pro-Am
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Rare Game Jet Force Gemini to Reappear on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Next Month

Paul Twist0
Jet Force Gemini, a Nintendo 64 third-person shooter developed by Rare, was originally released in 1999, back when Rare titles and Nintendo went hand in hand.However, since Microsoft’s purchase of Rare in 2002 (over 20 years ago now!), Rare titles on Nintendo hardware have been rather more, well, rare. This makes the reappearance of Jet Force Gemini on Switch rather noteworthy.The original N64 version of the game will be available
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Veteran Rare legends release Christmas song raising money for SpecialEffect

Retro Faith1
Three ex-Rare workers have got the band back together to release a Christmas song to raise funds for video game charity SpecialEffect. Video game artist Kev Bayliss along with composers David Wise and Grant Kirkhope all worked together at Rare on classics such as Killer Instinct and Donkey Kong Country. Their new song is a story about a gamer who wants a video game for Christmas. The trio, who named
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