SB Bonus Round 33.5 (Replay): Top 10 Rare Games

Note - This episode originally aired in October 2024. I've decided to add all Bonus Round episodes to the main feed, sequentially and on a 14-month delay, so that EVERYONE can enjoy these fun, classic gaming banter sessions.

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Hey Retro Gamers, welcome back to Bonus Round!

These monthly podcast episodes are Patreon Exclusives and available at the Fire Flower level of support or higher. Each month, my guest and I will put together some sort of list, ranking, or otherwise fun conversation, usually related to that month's main episode. These will be released on the 28th of each month, and hopefully will be the dessert you've been missing after the main course episode two weeks earlier!

This month's episode on Banjo-Tooie led me to play ALL the other Rare platformers of the era...then all the Donky Kong Country games! We've covered a handful of Rare games on the podcast already, and I happen to have played the vast majority of their releases, so why not RANK THEM?! That's exactly what James Batchelor and I did. We made our personal Top 10 lists. Well, mine was 13, but let's ignore the fact that I literally couldn't count on the day of recording. Oh, and my revisionist history is that we're switching my number 4 and number 3. I was error.

What are YOUR favorite Rare games? Bring your thoughts to Discord and talk about 'em all! There's a dedicated channel for it now! discord.smashingbricks.com