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'It's Kind Of A Game Changer' - Xbox's Banjo-Kazooie Is Getting Rave Reviews For The Evercade Nexus
Arguably the best way to play the game. We've talked quite a lot about Evercade in the past here at Pure Xbox, including how the company is releasing new versions of Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie and DOOM around its launch of the Evercade Nexus console later this month. For those who aren't aware,...
Review: Evercade Nexus - a Commendable Upgrade, but Bundling Banjo-Kazooie Is the True Masterstroke
Evercade's next evolution is here. While the Evercade family has seen several hardware revisions and evolutions over the years – including a bartop arcade unit, a home console, and even a scaled-down Super Pocket sibling – the Evercade Nexus feels like the most significant step forward the brand...
Claims that genAI speeds up PC ports of classic games are either "false" or missing the point, says Banjo Kazooie: Recompiled developer
The software developer behind an unofficial PC version of N64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie has posted an impassioned screed about the usage of generative AI tools for rush-job PC ports of classic games. The dev in question is DarioSamo, a member of the modder group who released Banjo: Recompiled...
Banjo-Kazooie PC port ‘decomp’ developer says AI-generated PC ports are ‘a race to the bottom’ and ‘disrespectful’
DarioSamo says a recent AI-decompiled Banjo-Tooie port is nothing to do with him
Banjo-Kazooie Developer Rare Is Now Reporting Directly To Activision
More big changes at Xbox. More big news is coming out of Xbox this week as the company looks to continue its reset. There are a few things to go through here, but the headline for us is that Xbox is looking to leverage its purchase of Activision and consolidate more power into the subsidiary. So...
Evercade Banjo-Kazooie Cart Will Include Unreleased Game Mode Bottles' Revenge
Lotta Bottle. Evercade's upcoming Banjo-Kazooie Double-Pack cartridge not only contains both of Rare's infamously meaty N64 platformers, but also a fistful of features cut or modified from the games' original release. Spotted by Crazy Burger at the recent Evercade Nexus event, this includes a mode...
The Game That Went On To Become Banjo-Kazooie Has Been Leaked & Preserved Online
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! How many of you knew that the prototype of Banjo-Kazooie was made on the SNES? Project Dream is a prototype that went on to become the famous
Banjo-Kazooie predecessor Project Dream seemingly uploaded online
Rare‘s famed Project Dream, which was the predecessor to the beloved Banjo-Kazooie, appears to have been uploaded to Archive.org. The game was in development for the Super Nintendo before it was canned and morphed into Banjo-Kazooie for the more powerful Nintendo 64 console. Its authenticity is...
Project Dream, Rare’s SNES prototype which evolved into Banjo-Kazooie, has leaked after 30+ years
The ROM has been shared online as a protest against Microsoft
"Let's Get The Last Beautiful Things Hiding On Our Hard Drives Out There" - Project Dream, Rare's Unreleased Banjo-Kazooie Predecessor, Leaks Online
"There is little joy left in the industry". Well, this wasn't on my bingo card for this week. Out of the blue, yesterday, a user uploaded to the Internet Archive what appears to be a demo of the unreleased Rare title Project Dream for the SNES, the game that would later evolve into Banjo-Kazooie...
The Rare SNES game that became Banjo-Kazooie has been preserved thanks to a leaker who wants you to "delete Microsoft and Sony from your lives"
An important piece of gaming history has been preserved today, as a leaker has released the ROM files for Project Dream, a canceled proof-of-concept for a Rare-developed pirate RPG that would eventually become the basis for the beloved Banjo-Kazooie series. You can check out a video of the alpha...
The Rare SNES game that became Banjo-Kazooie has been preserved thanks to a leaker who wants you to "delete Microsoft and Sony from your lives"
"Your dollar is the only thing that counts in our late stage capitalist hellscape"
Person Fed Up With Xbox Named ‘FVCKAsha&Phil’ Just Leaked An Alleged Prototype Of The Canceled SNES RPG That Became Banjo-Kazooie
Project Dream, the long sought after canceled fantasy game from Rare, is now available online and playable
The Original Legend Of Zelda Has Been Remade In Dreams For PlayStation
🤝 Don't want to see ads? Become a premium member for $3 a month and support an independent publication today! Can you remember back in December when I wrote about a fan making a new Banjo-Kazooie game 'Mumbomania' in Dreams for the PS4/PS5? Well,
Star Racer launch trailer – F-Zero inspired game hits Nintendo Switch
Whatnot Games and Crossbridge Games are celebrating the release of Star Racer on Nintendo Switch with a launch trailer. The game, a retro-inspired combat racer, has an original soundtrack featuring legendary composer Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007, Donkey Kong 64). Details about the...
Three studios have pitched new Banjo-Kazooie games to Microsoft, says composer
Grant Kirkhope is feeling more optimistic about the future of Banjo-Kazooie
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Iconic Banjo-Kazooie composer is more hopeful about a sequel these days, but knows "like three companies" have already been turned down
Grant Kirkhope - the iconic video game composer behind the Donkey Kong Rap and the Banjo-Kazooie games - thinks a potential Banjo-Threeie is slightly more likely now. Read more
Banjo-Kazooie composer says "like 3 companies" have pitched a new entry in the series, but "Rare just typically say no to everything"
"I used to always say there's zero chance of another Banjo-Kazooie game and right now I feel there's a slight chance," says Grant Kirkhope
Grant Kirkhope knows of three studios that were possibly turned down for new Banjo-Kazooie
Famed video game composer Grant Kirkhope has revealed in a new interview that he knows of three video game studios that have pitched a Banjo-Kazooie game to Microsoft and Xbox Game Studios. He wouldn’t be drawn into naming the studios but he did say that he believes that none of the pitches were...
A disturbing '90s point-and-click horror game about waking up in a rundown asylum with no recollection of who you are is getting a glow up in 2026
1998 was a vintage year for PC gaming: Half-Life, Unreal, StarCraft, Thief and Baldur's Gate all released in lavish oversize retail boxes, and it was just as busy in console land: Ocarina of Time and Banjo-Kazooie released on Nintendo 64, while the original PlayStation enjoyed Metal Gear Solid and...
New Banjo-Kazooie releases are "native ports," so devs could add cut content and "bonus features" to the N64 classics
The Evercade ports have been "rebuilt from the ground up"
"The Best Official Versions" - New Banjo-Kazooie Deep Dive Shows Just How Sharp It Looks On The New Evercade Nexus
"These new ports were developed from the ground up for Evercade". Blaze Entertainment has just released a new deep-dive video showing the lengths the company went to bring Rare's Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie to its Evercade family of systems. We've already experienced some of the improvements via...
Rare Was "Enthusiastic And Passionate" When It Came To Bringing Banjo-Kazooie To Evercade, Says Blaze CEO
"We got source for these". One of the more welcome pieces of news for retro gamers in 2026 was the announcement that Rare and Blaze are bringing Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie to the Evercade family of systems on a single cart, which launches in October. We're already aware that this double pack...
Evercade CEO says Rare ‘put in a lot of energy’ to add new content to its native Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie ports
The Evercade team was given source code and worked with Rare to add new features
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