Chris Stamper
aka:
C. Stamper
Moby ID: 51948
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Chris Stamper and his brother Tim Stamper founded Ashby Computers and Graphics and Ultimate Play The Game in 1983. Their first major game release was called Jetpac, which sold about 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom.
With the support of their parents, Chris and Tim began producing their games under the name of their residence in Ashby de la Zouch. Chris found out about the Nintendo Famicom system in Japan, and decided to begin figuring out its design, and decided to develop their games for this console. Chris and Tim teamed up with Joel Hochberg and formed Rare, Ltd. in 1986. Rare developed many games for the NES.
Finally in 1993 they showed Nintendo a way to compress graphics information into a cartridge, which impressed Nintendo. Nintendo decided to invest in Rare, and owned 25 percent of Rare, Ltd., and Nintendo sold them their trademark game, Donkey Kong. Their first major release with this technology; Donkey Kong Country, was a smash hit worldwide and Rare, Ltd. continues to succeed to this day.
Credited on 65 games
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| Rare Replay (2015, Xbox One) | Special Thanks |
| Knight Lore Remake (2009, MSX) | Original Version Programmer |
| Alien 8 (2008, Windows) | We would like to praise the following people |
| Jetpac Refuelled (2007, Xbox 360) | Original Jetpac Design |
| Viva Piñata (2006, Xbox 360) | Thanks |
| Kameo: Elements of Power (2005, Xbox 360) | Rare Management |
| Perfect Dark Zero (2005, Xbox 360) | Rare Management |
| Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (2005, Game Boy Advance) | Special Thanks |
| Conker: Live & Reloaded (2005, Xbox) | Management |
| Banjo Pilot (2005, Game Boy Advance) | Special Thanks |
| It's Mr Pants (2004, Game Boy Advance) | We Dream of Pants |
| Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (2004, Game Boy Advance) | Special Thanks |
| Sabre Wulf (2004, Game Boy Advance) | Rare Thanks |
| Grabbed by the Ghoulies (2003, Xbox) | Executive Producers |
| Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge (2003, Game Boy Advance) | Special Thanks |
| Donkey Kong Country (2003, Game Boy Advance) | Special Thanks |
| Star Fox Adventures (2002, GameCube) | Producers |
| Once Twice Thrice! (2002, Windows) | -- Special Thanks To -- |
| Mickey's Speedway USA (2001, Game Boy Color) | Special Thanks |
| Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001, Nintendo 64) | Additional Thanks |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 59 games with Tim Stamper
- 38 games with Huw Ward
- 29 games with Simon Farmer
- 28 games with Joel Hochberg
- 28 games with David Wong
- 25 games with Mark Betteridge
- 24 games with Leigh Loveday
- 23 games with Luke Munton
- 22 games with Ken Lobb
- 22 games with David Wise
Companies
- 45 games with Rare Limited
- 22 games with Nintendo of America Inc.
- 19 games with Nintendo of Europe GmbH
- 16 games with Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- 13 games with Ashby Computers and...
- 9 games with Nintendo Australia Pty., Ltd.
- 8 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 8 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 8 games with Nintendo UK
- 7 games with Nintendo France SARL
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