research - rare / rareware

rare are one of the most renouned game publishers/developers in the UK, if not the world. with many classic milestones such as goldeneye, perfect dark, banjo kazooie and a number of stern platformers, i have chosen them to research as my AAA company, mainly due to personal preferance, as there is much to talk about.

i have found a list of current employees who have been working for them for many years, the list goes as follows

Simon Farmer:
Perfect Dark - "DD Sniper"
Goldeneye - Production Manager
Grabbed by the Ghoulies - Production (with Andy Wilson and Leigh Loveday)
Starfox Adventures - Rare Production Director
Conker's Bad Fur Day - Rare Support
Jet Force Gemini - Production Manager
Banjo Kazooie - "Paper Pushers" (with Eileen Hochberg)
Blast Corps - Project Manager
Donkey Kong Country - Scheduling
Donkey Kong Country 2&3 - special thanks

Duncan Botwood:
Perfect Dark - Design (with David Doak)
Goldeneye - Production Designer
Starfox Adventures - starring as Andross

Mark Edmonds:
Perfect Dark - Programming (with Beau Chesluk and Steve Ellis)
Goldeneye - Director of Photography
Jet Force Gemini - Thanks To

B. Jones:
Perfect Dark - Graphics/Artwork (with Ross Bury, Karl Hilton, and Lee Ray
Goldeneye - Costume Designer

Grant Kirkhope:
Perfect Dark - Music (with Graeme Norgate)
Goldeneye - Original Music (with Graeme Norgate)
Grabbed by the Ghoulies - Music & Sound Effects
Starfox Adventures - Additional Musicians
Donkey Kong 64 - part of "Development Team"
Banjo Kazooie - "Big Noise Maker"
Blast Corps - Live Guitar
Donkey Kong Land 2 - Music

Martin Penny:
Perfect Dark - Sound (with Graeme Norgate)
Goldeneye - Rare Testers (with other people)
Starfox Adventures - Sound Effects
numerous credits as a game tester.

they have lost some of their more popular employees who went to start the videogame company 'free radical' who have been made famous for the 'timesplitters' franchise, free radical have now disbanded and reformed under the name 'crytek UK'. the workers who left to start free radical are as follows.

Martin Hollis:
Perfect Dark - Project Leader
Goldeneye - Produced By
Goldeneye - Directed By
Killer Instinct (arcade) - Technical Programmer
- Left Rare to start Zoonami

Steve Ellis:
Perfect Dark - Programming (with Beau Chesluk and Mark Edmonds)
Goldeneye - 2nd-Unit Director
- Left Rare to start Free Radical

David Doak:
Perfect Dark - Design (with Duncan Botwood)
Goldeneye - Original Screenplay
Donkey Kong Country 3 - Network Support
- Left Rare to start Free Radical

Karl Hilton:
Perfect Dark - Graphics/Artwork (with Ross Bury, B Jones, and Lee Ray)
Goldeneye - Scenic Art Director
- Left Rare to start Free Radical

Lee Ray:
Perfect Dark - Graphics/Artwork (with Ross Bury, Karl Hilton, and B Jones)
Banjo Kazooie - "Strange Noise Makers" (with Eveline Fischer and Chris Seavor)
Blast Corps - Voices (with other people)
Donkey Kong Country 3 - Backgrounds (with Phil Dunne, Carl Tilley, and C. Woods)
- Left Rare to start Free Radical

Graeme Norgate:
Perfect Dark - Music (with Grant Kirkhope)
Perfect Dark - Sound (with Martin Penny)
Goldeneye - Original Music (with Grant Kirkhope)
Goldeneye - Sound Effects
Jet Force Gemini - Music (with Robin Beanland)
Blast Corps - Music
Blast Corps - Sound
Diddy Kong Racing - Sound
Killer Instinct (arcade) - Music/Sound (with Robin Beanland)
- Left Rare to start Free Radical.