Classics such as GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, Killer Instinct, Blast Corps and even its very old titles of SabreWulf, Knight Lore, Attic Attac and so on highlight the diversity found with the Stamper Brothers’ group. Sure, the parallels can be drawn between the likes of Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie, as well as Mario Kart 64 and Diddy Kong Racing, but Rare’s games always had enough extras thrown in to ensure that gamers were not being fooled into making a false purchase and having basically a duplicate title. Unfortunately, many critics placed Rare in the former category, stating that anything it churned out was simply a re-jigged version of some other developer’s game – especially its close friend, Nintendo. Plagiarism and paying homage to classics are similar in nature, yet completely different in execution. You simply cannot buy ‘class’ like this anywhere else and it is a major reason why people miss Rare so much today. Whilst the music and sound effects brought so much to the game, nothing beats anything like the Scouse Dung Beetles, a posh cow getting the screaming squirts or the Great Mighty Poo song. With Conker’s Bad Fur Day this does not change too much in all honesty, but the addition of various effects (such as squelching poo noises), scenario techniques (like the soundtrack going slower and off-key as Conker becomes drunk and stumbles around, hiccoughing regularly) and very impressive voice acting mean that the Nintendo 64’s swansong was the company’s greatest accomplishment of that generation.
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Rare’s musical style is well known by Nintendo fans – upbeat, happy-go-lucky music that makes you feel happier whilst playing its titles. Therefore, what was cranked out for Conker’s Bad Fur Day still stands out as one of the finest examples of 3D on the system, with scarily detailed attention on the various characters (it really is worrying at times what goes on in the minds of the artists there – which you will understand when you see that sunflower – and brilliant themed environments to play through.
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However, at the time the part-owned by Nintendo Rare had become highly accustomed to the hardware and by the time Conker came out as the platform was about to keel over and breath its last puff. From there Third Party games just seemed to flounder in comparison. The Nintendo 64 started off with a bang when Nintendo released Super Mario 64 to the world, leaving gamers gasping for breath at the sight of such a wonderful 3D rendering of the Mushroom Kingdom and the Italian plumber himself. Next thing he knows, he is being pushed into signing up to fight for his own kind. But then he also notices some men dressed as soldiers as well, discussing the war between the Teddiz and the Squirrels. So off he stumbles, staggering more than seems healthy, when he notices some cute girls at a nearby table. Sat there, merrily becoming increasingly intoxicated, bladder swelling and guilt level at leaving girlfriend Berri alone at home rising rapidly, he decides that since it is his round next, he had better use a delay tactic. Cue a flashback to how it all started – Conker getting drunk, again, in the local with a group of friends. BFD starts with little old Conker the squirrel sat on a throne, crown tilted on his head, looking thoroughly fed up.