Chris Sutherland

Chris Sutherland is a former employee of Rareware. Sutherland was the lead programmer of the first two Donkey Kong Country games and provided voice clips for several of Rare's games.

Sutherland, along with several other Rare alumni, subsequently left Rare to found Playtonic Games, which successfully crowdfunded Yooka-Laylee on May 1, 2015.

List of credits

 * Donkey Kong Country - Head Programmer (SNES credits) / Vocals, original DKC team (GBA)
 * Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest - Head Programmer (SNES credits) / Vocals, original DKC2 team (GBA)
 * Donkey Kong Land 2 - Original Game, Special Thanks
 * Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble - Special Thanks
 * Diddy Kong Racing - Character voices (voiced Diddy Kong, Banjo, Krunch, and Taj the Genie)
 * Donkey Kong 64 - Support Team (also voiced Diddy Kong and King K. Rool. These voice clips were reused for Diddy Kong, King K. Rool, and Kiddy Kong in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Mario Kart: Double Dash, and the Game Boy Advance versions of the Donkey Kong Country series)