Chris Sutherland

Chris Sutherland is a video game programmer. He initially joined Rare in 1989 and worked on many games, most notably on the Donkey Kong Country and Banjo-Kazooie series as the main programmer. He left the company in 2014 and became one of the founding members of Playtonic Games.

Sutherland is known to have voiced many characters at Rare, like Banjo and Kazooie, Daniel Carrington and the announcer of Killer Instinct.

Game Works

 * The Amazing Spider-Man (Game Boy) (1990) - Programmer
 * Sneaky Snakes (1991) - Programmer
 * Battletoads (Arcade) (1994) - Main Program, Additional Design, Audio Software, Additional Sound Effects
 * Donkey Kong Country (1994) - Head Programmer
 * Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) - Head Programmer
 * Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996) - Original Game
 * Banjo-Kazooie (1998) - Head Programmer (credited as "Chief Keyboard Tapper")
 * Donkey Kong 64 (1999) - Support Team
 * Perfect Dark (GBC) (2000) - Rare Staff
 * Banjo-Tooie (2000) - Head Programmer
 * Donkey Kong Country (GBA) (2003) - Original DKC Team
 * Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA) (2004) - Original DKC2 Team
 * Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise (2008) - Viva Piñata Team
 * Yooka-Laylee (2017) - Project Director, Software Engineer

Special Thanks

 * Killer Instinct (GB) (1995)
 * Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996)
 * Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)

Voices

 * Battletoads (Arcade) (1994) - Announcer
 * Killer Instinct (1994) - Announcer
 * Killer Instinct 2 (1996) - Announcer
 * Killer Instinct Gold (1996) - Announcer
 * Diddy Kong Racing (1997) - Diddy Kong, Banjo, Krunch, Taj the Genie
 * Banjo-Kazooie (1998) - Banjo, Kazooie
 * Donkey Kong 64 (1999) - Diddy Kong, Lanky Kong, Chunky Kong, King K. Rool, Krusha, DK Rap Lyrics
 * Perfect Dark (2000) - Daniel Carrington, Trent Easton, DataDyne Guards
 * Star Fox Adventures (2002) - SnowHorn Tribe
 * Donkey Kong Country (GBA) (2003) - Diddy Kong, King K. Rool, Kritter, Krusha, Gnawty
 * Donkey Kong Country 2 (GBA) (2004) - Diddy Kong, King K. Rool

Interviews

 * DigitalFoundry: Donkey Kong Country
 * Rare Replay:
 * Battletoads
 * Banjo-Kazooie