Rare 40th Anniversary Collection

iam8bit have released a collection of music from various Rare games on vinyl in celebration of the studio’s 40th anniversary.

The release is a 4LP on orange marble, blue marble, red marble and purple marble “Shades of Rareware” colored vinyl.
It is housed in an open-lid box set with printed jackets all with artwork by Lewy Jones. It also comes with a Rare logo zoetrope felt slipmat.

Orders opened on August 7, 2025 and it began shipping out shortly after.

Metaltoads

Respawned Records announced on Instagram that they would be releasing a metal arrangement album of Battletoads on vinyl.

The release is a single LP on orange translucent with black splatter colored vinyl. It is housed in a gatefold jacket with artwork by Satterion. It is a pressing of 500 copies.

Orders opened on December 11, 2021 and it began shipping out shortly after.

Battletoads: Smash Hits

iam8bit have released the soundtracks to both the 1991 original and 2020 reboot versions of Battletoads together on vinyl.

The release is a 2LP. It is housed in a gatefold jacket with  artwork by Alex Pardee.

This is the green colored vinyl version, which was sold exclusively from Rare Games’ store. It features a standard gatefold, but has spot varnish applied to the front and back jacket artwork.

Battletoads: Smash Hits

iam8bit have released the soundtracks to both the 1991 original and 2020 reboot versions of Battletoads together on vinyl.

The release is a 2LP. It will be housed in a gatefold jacket with artwork by Alex Pardee.

Preorders opened on August 20, 2020 and it released in early December, 2020.

This is the exclusive edition on “Pimple” pink colored vinyl with a 3D pop-up fist in the gatefold.