29th March 2003, 8:14 PM
I never knew he left; but now that I've heard the story, I feel deep pity...the loss of Rare was like having a leg amputated; Rare did so much for Nintendo during the N64 era...where would N64 have gone without that pivotal N64-launch title known as GoldenEye 007...? Let me tell you---I'm a die-hard Nintendo guy now, but before I knew ANYTHING about the console market, and I first decided that I wanted a console in 1997, I was caught between PSX and N64. I knew nothing of either, and both were brand new. PSX had FF7, which looked cool...N64 had Shadows the Empire and 007...and by grace, I simply chose N64, and have never looked back. If not for Rare, Darunia wouldn't be Darunia, because he would be a PSXer.
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