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Simon Harris's avatar

Quick correction - Rare have never been in Guildford. Ultimate Play the Game where based in Ashby de La Zouch which despite it’s incredible sound, is in the midlands.

They then moved to their current home as Rare which is near Twycross

Lawrence 'Scanlines' Lichfield's avatar

Really stupid slip-up from me, I've written about them being in Twycross before so I don't know why I wrote Guildford this time, will go back in and edit that.

Simon Harris's avatar

These things happen - I’m still based in Guildford and it’s been the hub of so many historic gaming companies through the years

Dylan Cornelius's avatar

I could hear the soundtrack in my head while reading this, haha. Sign of a classic game right there.

Excellent writeup!

Lawrence 'Scanlines' Lichfield's avatar

Thank you! What a soundtrack, I listen to it at least once a week

degonyte's avatar

What a lovely game this was. And how fortunate that back in those days I didn't know what a framerate was or what it tasted like.

My cousin and I even got some extra gameplay out of the poor performance of games back in the day by making Perfect Dark crash by detonating a certain number of remote mines at the same time.

Lawrence 'Scanlines' Lichfield's avatar

It can be quite helpful sometimes as it essentially gives you slow motion during a hard level lol