Tag Archives: Rareware

Hall of Fame Review – Banjo-Kazooie (1998)

By Marshall Garvey   Developer: Rareware Publisher: Nintendo Platform: Nintendo 64 Release Date: June 29, 1998 Genre(s): Platforming, action-adventure Mode: Single-player Rating: E for Everyone   I’d just like to start this review by saying that it’s every bit as much a nostalgic salute as it is a professional review. Banjo-Kazooie is one of those […]

Marshall Garvey’s Top 20 Video Game Characters (#11-20)

By Marshall Garvey 20.  Link – The Legend of Zelda series While I tend to gravitate towards supporting characters in games (as well as in movies and television), any list not featuring Link as an all-time great and/or favorite is probably hard to take seriously. Aside from his signature battle cries, Link conveys the breadth of his […]

Marshall Garvey’s Top 20 Video Game Characters (#10-1)

By Marshall Garvey 10.  Otacon – Metal Gear Solid series “Snake? SNAKE? SNNNNNNAAAAAKKKKKEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!” In the annals of gaming sidekicks, no one is as loyal, intelligent, eloquent, and hilarious as Hal Emmerich, aka Otacon. Found hiding in a locker in the original 1998 game, he soon becomes Solid Snake’s trusty assistant upon learning that the Metal Gear project […]

Hall of Fame Review – Conker’s Bad Fur Day (2001)

By Marshall Garvey Developer: Rareware Publisher: Rareware Release date: March 5, 2001 Platform: Nintendo 64 Rated: M for Mature Genre: Action, platforming Format: Single and multiplayer After its founding in 1985, the British game developer Rareware quickly made its name as a partner to Nintendo. Over the next few years, the company would produce over […]