Also known as
  • Ultimate Play The Game
Rare, Ltd. (formerly known as Rareware) is a United Kingdom-based video game development company. It was founded in 1982 by brothers Tim and Chris Stamper as Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd. (ACG). Publishing as Ultimate Play the Game, they developed games for 8-bit platforms such as the ZX Spectrum, the Commodore 64 and the BBC Micro, before the name was sold to U.S. Gold in 1985. Rare then became in 1995 a second-party developer for the Nintendo gaming platforms. In 2002, Rare was acquired... full article at wikipedia
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