Rare Replay: A Bear, a Piñata and a Secret Agent walk into a disc

Rare is a company that has been deeply influential for me - Banjo-Kazooie was the first console gave I ever owned, Tooie remains my favourite N64 game, and Nuts & Bolts was the reason I got a 360.

To celebrate their 30th anniversary, they've released this excellent collection of 30 games from Jetpac all the way to Nuts & Bolts

Those games are:

Inevitably the Donkey Kong games and Goldeneye weren't going to make it onto this collection, but it's still a pretty great list. Rare may also release other games via DLC.

This is also a pretty polished collection, that catchy intro is only the beginning. Interviews with Rare staff unlock as you complete in-game milestones and pre N64 games have stuff like save states and a rewind function. This collection also acts as a preview of backwards compatibility, as that's how the 360 games (including Banjo) are incorporated into this pack.

So yeah this collection is pretty cool.