ZX Spectrum Games published by Firebird

The following is a list of ZX Spectrum Games published by Firebird in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other games may have been published. If you have any games or software that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.

There are 37 ZX Spectrum Games published by Firebird in our collection :
Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher
3D Stock Car Championship Date: 3D Stock Car Championship

Software House: Firebird
Author: Alan Cresswell

Back to the Future (Firebird Version) Date: 1985 Back to the Future (Firebird Version)

Re release of the Virgin game from the film, some of the movies' best loved moments captured in digital form

Software House: Firebird
Author: Software Images

Black Lamp Date: 1988 Black Lamp

Software House: Firebird
Author: Mike Follin

BMX Kidz Date: 1988 BMX Kidz

Side on racing game, a bit in the style of Nintendo's Excitebik

Software House: Firebird
Author: GigglyWurx

Bubble Bobble Date: 1987 Bubble Bobble

Very successful arcade conversion, that has two small dragons jumping around the screen blowing bubbles to catch enemies, and them popping them, turning them into fruit, which can then be collected fo ...

Software House: Firebird
Author: Andrew Threlfall, Mike Follin

Bubble Bobble (A.C.E) Date: November 1987 Bubble Bobble (A.C.E)

Demo of the arcade conversion, that has two small dragons jumping around the screen blowing bubbles to catch enemies, and them popping them, turning them into fruit, which can then be collected for po ...

Software House: Firebird
Author: Andrew Threlfall, Mike Follin, Stephen Ruddy

Byte Bitten Date: 1984 Byte Bitten

Stricken by the highly contagious "Byte Bitten" malady, all you want to do is play "Sea King"

Software House: Firebird
Author: Tony Barber

Chimera (Super Silver) Date: 1986 Chimera (Super Silver)

An isometric adventure game set on an alien spaceship bound for earth

Software House: Firebird
Author: Shahid Ahmad

Dark Sceptre Date: 1987 Dark Sceptre

Known for it's huge characters and lack of colour clash, this is a tale of two civilisations clashing

Software House: Firebird
Author: Beyond Software, Maelstrom Games Ltd (Mike Singleton, David Gautrey, Alan Jardine)

Earthlight Date: 1988 Earthlight

A game by Pete Cooke and Ian Ellery, the game is known for its smooth parallax scrolling, and scaling with the players ship moving away from and toward the screen, getting smaller and larger

Software House: Firebird
Author: Pete Cooke, Ian Ellery

Elite - Gold Edition Date: 1985 Elite - Gold Edition

Elite is the classic space trading combat title, and an early example of a sandbox game, in that the player can decide how they want to play it

Software House: Firebird
Author: Torus

Elite 48/128 Version Date: 1985 Elite 48/128 Version

The regular 48K game failed to work on the new 128K machines, so a new version of the game was released, without the contraption that was the lenslock which was universally hated by players, who would ...

Software House: Firebird
Author: Torus

Enlightenment: Druid II Date: 1987 Enlightenment: Druid II

Gauntlet clone with some elements of spell casting to aid the druid on his way

Software House: Firebird
Author: Dene T. Carter, Brian Pollock, Kevin Wallace

Fahrenheit 3000 Date: 1984 Fahrenheit 3000

Software House: Firebird
Author: Perfection Software (Tim Williams, Chris Jones)

Gyron Date: 1985 Gyron

Maze exploration game, that also held a competition for people who played the game to win a Porsche 924 car

Software House: Firebird
Author: Ricardo J.M. Pinto, Dominic M.N. Prior, Philip Mochan, Mark Wighton

Halls of the Things (Firebird) Date: 1984 Halls of the Things (Firebird)

Fantasy maze game

Software House: Firebird
Author: Design Design

Helichopper Date: 1985 Helichopper

Help safely deliver people from one side of the screen to the other while avoiding an onslaught of obstacles

Software House: Firebird
Author: Tony Beckwith

Imagination Date: 1984 Imagination

Software House: Firebird
Author: Peter Torrance

Intensity Date: 1988 Intensity

Software House: Firebird
Author: Steve Turner, Drew Northcott

Kick Boxing Date: 1987 Kick Boxing

Software House: Firebird
Author:

Kinetik Date: 1987 Kinetik

Software House: Firebird
Author: Jasdan Joerges, Andreas Herbst, Kevin Wallace

Mad Nurse Date: 1987 Mad Nurse

Software House: Firebird
Author: Peter Gough, Simon Pick

Mega Bucks Date: 1986 Mega Bucks

Enter the estate of Maxibillion III and seek out your inheritanc

Software House: Firebird
Author:

Mr Heli Date: 1989 Mr Heli

Another manic shooter from the Irem stable, who brought  the world R-typ

Software House: Firebird
Author: Antony R. Lill, Antony R. Hartley

Ninja Master Date: 1986 Ninja Master

Smash your way through from novice to black belt and beyond in this ultimate oriental challenge

Software House: Firebird
Author: Tron Software

Rock & Wrestle Date: 1988 Rock & Wrestle

Your wrestler is the 5th ranked contender

Software House: Firebird
Author: Binary Design Ltd

Runestone Date: Runestone

Software House: Firebird
Author:

Samurai Warrior (Firebird) Date: 1988 Samurai Warrior (Firebird)

Software House: Firebird
Author: Source Software Ltd (Ross Harris, Dave Semmens)

Short's Fuse Date: 1984 Short's Fuse

Also known as Bombscare and originally published by Dollarsoft

Software House: Firebird
Author: Richard Stevenson, Philip Durbidge, Marco Duroe

Spike Date: 1985 Spike

Software House: Firebird
Author: Anad

The Comet Game Date: 1986 The Comet Game

Software House: Firebird
Author: Andrew Glaister

The Wild Bunch Date: The Wild Bunch

Software House: Firebird
Author:

Thrust Date: 1986 Thrust

Pilot your starship to steal power cores from the Galactic Empire all the while battling against gravity and a constantly draining fuel supply

Software House: Firebird
Author: Jeremy C. Smith

Ultima Ratio Date: 1987 Ultima Ratio

Software House: Firebird
Author: Adam Waring, Tony Warriner

Virus Date: 1988 Virus

Software House: Firebird
Author: Steven Dunn

Willow Pattern Date: 1985 Willow Pattern

Software House: Firebird
Author: Mr Micro

Winter Sports (Firebird) Date: 1986 Winter Sports (Firebird)

Software House: Firebird
Author: David John Rowe

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