I've been thinking about Rare a lot lately, about its portfolio in the late 4th gen and throughout the 5th gen.

Here's a look at Rare's resume during those years.

1994: Donkey Kong Country

1995: Killer Instinct, Donkey Kong Country 2

1996: Donkey Kong Country 3, Killer Instinct Gold

1997: Blast Corps, GoldenEye 007, Diddy Kong Racing

1998: Banjo-Kazooie

1999: Jet Force Gemini, Donkey Kong 64

2000: Perfect Dark, Banjo-Tooie

2001: Conker's Bad Fur Day

Has any studio had a better run over so short a time frame, in terms of quantity and quality? What do you guys and gals think?

If you like jrpg's squaresoft was king for over a decade....then enix bought them out and screwed that all up real good.

RIP Rare.

I miss you in the videogame market.

+1

 Last game they made that was worth a damn was Kameo in 2005 I believe.. Almost a decade  without a good  Rare game... Sad.. :(

Naughty Dog PS3 era?

That was my first thought too, not counting Nintendo, but there's two parts to this question. Naughty Dog satisfies the quality (actually going back to at least 1996), but not the quantity... 

A great run, no doubt, but I'm not sure if combining R&D and EAD allows for a fair comparison. 

EAD vs. Rare, alternatively, is a heavyweight bout. But I still think Rare emerges the victor, at least for this time frame.

Valve definitely need to be considered for the title. It's not flawless, but 15 years later and they are still hitting the same quality ^^ Most notable:

1998: Half-Life
1999: Team Fortress
2000: Counter-Strike
2003: Day of Defeat
2004: Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
2006: Half-Life 2: Episode One
2007: Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal, TF2 (dat sweet sweet 2007 @_@)
2008: Left 4 Dead
2009: Left 4 Dead 2
2011: Portal 2
2012: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2013: Dota 2

Edit: Thinking about it, Naughty Dog definatly need to be considerd too, they seem incapable of making bad games.

1996: Crach Bandicoot
1997: Crach Bandicoot 2
1998: Crach Bandicoot: Warped
1999: Crash team racing
2001: Jak and Daxter
2003: Jak and Daxter II
2004: Jak 3
2005: Jak X: Combat Racing
2006: Daxter
2007: Unccharted
2009: Uncharted 2
2011: Uncharted 3, Uncharted: Golden Abyss
2012: Jak and Daxter Collection
2013: The Last of Us

I was also going for Squaresoft.

From Final Fantasy IV up until Final Fantasy X, their run was pretty spectacular.