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Tim and Chris Stamper in 2015
Brothers Tim and Chris Stamper are British entrepreneurs who founded the video game companies Ultimate Play the Game and Rare. They first worked together on arcade conversion kits, which were licensed to companies, but later became developers for the ZX Spectrum home computer in the early 1980s. Chris programmed the games, while Tim designed the graphics. They found success as Ultimate with games including Jetpac and Knight Lore. After reverse engineering the Nintendo Entertainment System and deciding to shift their focus to console development, the brothers founded Rare in the mid-1980s. They became Nintendo's first major Western developer, for whom they developed licensed games and ports. Over the next two decades, Rare enjoyed a close relationship with Nintendo and developed multiple major titles for the company, including Donkey Kong Country and GoldenEye 007. Microsoft acquired Rare in 2002, and the brothers left the company in 2007. After spending several years out of the public eye, the brothers are currently planning new ventures.
The Stampers are taciturn toward the press and known for their work ethic and promotion of inter-team competition at Rare. They enjoyed a fervent fandom in the 1980s, were among the most influential developers of the 1990s, and were named "Development Legends" at the video game industry trade magazine Develop's 2015 awards.
Brothers Tim and Chris Stamper are British entrepreneurs who founded the video game companies Ultimate Play the Game and Rare. They first worked together...
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Graphics: Tim D. J. Stamper, Kevin Bayliss / Hardware: Chris T. J. Stamper / Design: Mark Betteridge, Tim D. J. Stamper, Chris T. J. Stamper / Music: David...
It was written by Ultimate co-founder Chris Stamper with graphics designed by his brother, Tim Stamper. Reviewers praised Jetpac's presentation and gameplay...
unexpanded 16K models. The game was written by Tim Stamper and its graphics were designed by brother Chris Stamper. Atic Atac received praise from critics upon...
1982 by Tim and Chris Stamper, their friend John Lathbury, and Tim's girlfriend (later wife) Carole Ward. Other members of the Stamper family were also involved...
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compilation's final games coincide with the Stamperbrothers' exit from the company. Reviewers felt that the Stampers, Rare's founders, were a conspicuous absence...
was known for its avoidance of media spotlight. Its founders, brothers Tim and Chris Stamper, were infamously taciturn both to preserve their time and to...
business. If you knock down buildings, it will be fun. Rare founder Chris Stamper famously gave Blast Corps its raison d'être. Blast Corps was among Rare's...
System games in the 1980s, Rare, a British studio founded by Tim and Chris Stamper, purchased Silicon Graphics workstations to render 3D models. Nintendo...
Solar Jetman, the Pickford brothers received little input from Rare, with Ste Pickford later speculating that the Stamperbrothers had confidence in their...
the ship's voyage. The game was written by Chris Stamper, and graphics were designed by Tim Stamper. Alien 8 uses the same image masking technique as...
Spectrum game Nightshade. The Filmation engine was created by the Stamperbrothers to portray 3D imagery. Filmation II used an image masking technique...
Osbornes added guitarist Red Allen and fiddler Art Stamper to form a new group. The Osborne Brothers and Red Allen (under the pseudonym Stanley Alpine)...
Atic Atac (1983), Sabre Wulf (1984), and Knight Lore (1984). The Stamperbrothers later founded Rare, which became Nintendo's first Western third-party...
Ultimate Play the Game, and written by company founders Chris and Tim Stamper. The game is known for its use of isometric graphics, which it further...
collectibles was a design choice made at the request of Rare co-founder Tim Stamper to distinguish Donkey Kong 64 from Banjo-Kazooie. According to director...
Corder murder Stamper and Sarah Harding, one of his own personal aides to whom Stamper had given a copy of the tape, with car bombs. Stamper appeared to...
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