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''Rare Replay'' is a 2015 compilation of 30 video games previously developed by Rare and its predecessor, Ultimate Play the Game, in their 30-year combined history. The emulated games span multiple genres and consoles—from the ZX Spectrum to the Xbox 360—and retain the features and errors of their original releases with minimal edits. The compilation adds cheats to make the older games easier and a Snapshots mode of specific challenges culled from parts of the games. Player progress is rewarded with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews about Rare's major and unreleased games. The compilation was one of several ideas Rare considered to celebrate their 30th anniversary. Inspired by fans, upcoming Xbox One backwards compatibility features, and the idea to connect Rare's past and future, the company sorted through 120 games to choose titles that best represented its oeuvre. They prioritized games with characters and environments original to the company. Rare incorporated six emulators in the package, and worked with its parent company, Microsoft, to use its unannounced Xbox 360 emulation. ''Rare Replay'' was announced at the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo and released worldwide as an Xbox One exclusive on 4 August 2015. The game received generally favourable reviews. ''Blast Corps'' and Rare's Nintendo 64 classics were the communal favourites, while ''Perfect Dark Zero'', ''Grabbed by the Ghoulies'', and the Spectrum games were liked least. Critics appreciated the package's design and craft and considered the release a high-water mark for compilation releases. Reviewers were disappointed by the absence of the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series and ''GoldenEye 007'' due to inevitable licensing issues, while a few thought the package was fine without them. Critics considered the archival game content and developer interviews among the compilation's best features, and were upset to see the content hidden behind time-consuming in-game challenges. Reviewers noted that Rare's founders, the Stamper brothers, were conspicuously absent from the interviews. Critics had high praise for the "rewind" and Snapshot features, and criticized technical issues in the Xbox 360 emulation and game installation. ''Rare Replay'' became Rare's first United Kingdom all-format charts bestseller since ''Banjo-Kazooie'' in 1998. == Gameplay == ''Rare Replay'' is a compilation of 30 games previously developed by Rare and its predecessor, Ultimate Play the Game, over their 30-year history across platforms from the ZX Spectrum to the Xbox 360〔 (1983 to 2008), up until Rare's ''Kinect Sports'' series.〔 The 30 games span multiple genres, including fighting, first-person shooter, gardening, mining, 3D platforming, racing, and skiing.〔 The compilation opens with a musical number featuring Rare characters. Each game has a landing page with a variation on its theme music.〔 While the core gameplay remains unedited, Rare added extra features to the older releases. The player can toggle the visual appearance of scanlines〔 and "rewind" up to ten seconds of gameplay in pre-Nintendo 64 games.〔 The older games can be saved at will and autosave progress upon the player's exit.〔 Rare also added an infinite lives cheat setting for some older games〔 and fixed a game-breaking bug in ''Battletoads''.〔 The "Snapshots" feature presents small segments of the older games as challenges for the player, such as collecting a set amount of points in a set amount of time in a set scenario, similar in function to the ''NES Remix'' series.〔 Some Snapshots are connected sequentially as a playlist.〔 The ZX Spectrum emulation retains the "authentic" graphical slowdown that would occur on the original console, and the Nintendo 64 emulation upgrades the games' polygon rendering and framerate.〔 The nine Xbox 360 releases (and re-releases) install directly to the Xbox One dashboard separately from the ''Rare Replay'' compilation,〔 and require online activation before they can be played offline.〔 The Xbox 360 games share player saved game and achievement progress between the consoles via Xbox Live's cloud sync features.〔 ''Rare Replay'' uses the prior Xbox 360 ports of ''Banjo-Kazooie'', ''Banjo-Tooie'', and ''Perfect Dark'' rather than emulating their originals. However, Rare chose to emulate the original ''Conker's Bad Fur Day'' rather than using its Xbox port.〔 ''Grabbed by the Ghoulies'', in specific, was ported to run natively on the Xbox One, receiving a high-definition and framerate update.〔〔 ''Rare Replay'' retains the local and online multiplayer modes of the original games,〔 and includes their main downloadable content add-ons. Multiple classic Rare titles, such as the ''Donkey Kong Country'' series and ''GoldenEye 007'', are not included in the compilation due to licensing issues.〔 A bonus feature section, "Rare Revealed", contains over an hour of behind-the-scenes footage focusing on Rare's major and unreleased games.〔 The player completes in-game challenges to collect stamps, which increase the player's rank and unlock the bonus features.〔 The player must finish each game to receive all stamps. The compilation automatically grants stamps for prior progress in the package's Xbox 360 games.〔 Current and former Rare employees, such as Grant Kirkhope, feature in the documentary clips, though studio founders Tim and Chris Stamper do not appear.〔 Rare Revealed unveils gameplay footage from several unreleased games. In the open world adventure game ''Black Widow'', the player controls a spider-like robot equipped with missiles. The spider was expected to be recycled in ''Kameo 2''. This unreleased sequel to ''Kameo'' was designed with a darker tone than the original. Rare also worked on ''The Fast and the Furriest'', a spiritual successor to ''Diddy Kong Racing'' with vehicle customization and track alterations. Rare also began work on new intellectual properties including survival game prototype ''Sundown'' and the aeroplane-based ''Tailwind''. The videos also include trivia behind some game design decisions such as ''Blast Corps'' character design, the fate of ''Banjo-Kazooie'' Stop 'n' Swop features, and audio overrides built into ''Killer Instinct''.〔 Additional Rare Revealed featurettes not present in ''Rare Replay'' have been released since the game's launch via the company's official YouTube channel.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rare Replay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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