Gary Richards

Gary Richards is a video game designer. Initially he joined Rare on 1992 as a tester, but gradually became the main designer of much of Rare's titles on Nintendo handhelds, including most adaptations of console titles on the Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS.

He left Rare in 2012 and worked for several other companies until he joined Playtonic Games in 2017.

Game Works

 * Battletoads (Arcade) (1994) - Quality Assurance
 * Killer Instinct (1994) - Game Testing
 * Donkey Kong Country (1994) - Game Testing
 * Donkey Kong Land (1995) - Testing
 * Killer Instinct (SNES) (1995) - Quality Assurance
 * Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) - Game Testing
 * Killer Instinct (GB) (1995) - Game Testing
 * Ken Griffey, Jr.'s Winning Run (1996) - Rare Quality Assurance
 * Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996) - Additional Design, Game Testing
 * Killer Instinct 2 (1996) - Quality Assurance
 * Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996) - Game Testing
 * Killer Instinct Gold (1996) - Quality Assurance
 * Blast Corps (1997) - Product Test and Additional Design
 * GoldenEye 007 (1997) - Rare Tester
 * Donkey Kong Land III (1997) - Game Designer
 * Diddy Kong Racing (1997) - Rare Quality Assurance
 * Conker's Pocket Tales (1999) - Design
 * Mickey's Racing Adventure (1999) - Design
 * Perfect Dark (GBC) (2000) - Design
 * Donkey Kong Country (GBC) (2000) - Design
 * Mickey's Speedway USA (GBC) (2001) - Design
 * Donkey Kong Country (GBA) (2003) - Design GBA
 * Sabre Wulf (GBA) (2004) - Game Design
 * Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA) (2004) - Design GBA, Manual
 * Banjo-Pilot (2005) - Game Design, Manual
 * Donkey Kong Country 3 (GBA) (2005) - Game Design
 * Diddy Kong Racing DS (2007) - Game Design, Team Lead
 * Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (2008) - Game Design, Team Lead
 * Yooka-Laylee (2017) - Designer

Interviews

 * DigitalFoundry: Donkey Kong Country