Computing Games published by Firebird

The following is a list of Computing 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 124 Computing 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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Action Fighter Date: 1986 Action Fighter

 

Software House: Firebird
Author: Christian Shrigley
Platform : Commodore 64

Arcade Classics Date: 1987 Arcade Classics

Software House: Firebird
Author: Dave Korn
Platform : Commodore 64

Back to the Future Date: 1986 Back to the Future

Software House: Firebird
Author: Martin Walker
Platform : Commodore 64

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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Black Lamp Date: 1988 Black Lamp

Software House: Firebird
Author: Mike Follin
Platform : ZX Spectrum

BMX Kidz Date: 1988 BMX Kidz

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

Software House: Firebird
Author: GigglyWurx
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Booty Date: 1984 Booty

Collect all the treasure from a pirate and rat infested shi

Software House: Firebird
Author: Kevin A Moughtin
Platform : Commodore 64

Brainstorm Date: 1987 Brainstorm

Software House: Firebird
Author: Pete Cooke, David Kirby
Platform : Commodore 64

Bubble Bobble Date: 1987 Bubble Bobble

Software House: Firebird
Author: Software Creations
Platform : Commodore 64

Bubble Bobble Date: 1987 Bubble Bobble

Bubble Bobble is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986 and later ported to numerous home computers and game consoles such as the NES

Software House: Firebird
Author: Fukio Mitsuji
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

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
Platform : ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64

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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Caverns of Eriban Date: Caverns of Eriban

A difficult side on shooter that has the player explore a 2D environment delivering supplies to mining bases

Software House: firebird
Author: Lee Braine
Platform : Commodore 64

Chickin Chase Date: 1985 Chickin Chase

Also known as Chicken Chase, and the Oric release was known as Cock' In

Software House: Firebird
Author: Jawx
Platform : Commodore 64

Chimera Date: 1986 Chimera

Software House: Firebird
Author: Shahid Ahmad Musician: Rob Hubbard
Platform : Commodore 64

Chimera Date: 1986 Chimera

Software House: Firebird
Author: Shahid Ahmed
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Cholo Date: 1986 Cholo

Software House: Firebird
Author: Solid image
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Collapse Date: Collapse

 

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : Commodore 64

Costa Capers Date: 1985 Costa Capers

Software House: Firebird
Author: Steve Marsden, David Cooke
Platform : Spectrum

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)
Platform : Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Dark Sceptre Date: 1988 Dark Sceptre

Software House: Firebird
Author: Mike Singleton
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Demons of Topaz (Gold Edition) Date: 1984 Demons of Topaz (Gold Edition)

Software House: Firebird
Author: Andrew E Bailey
Platform : Commodore 64

Druid Date: 1986 Druid

Software House: Firebird
Author: Melvyn Wright, Paul Hutchinson
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Earthlight Date: 1988 Earthlight

A game by Pete Cooke and Ian Ellery, the game is known for its smooth parallex 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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Elite Date: 1985 Elite

As with the BBC and Electron versions, and in no small way because it is has a similar processor, the Commodore 64 version was programmed by Ian Bell and David Braben

Software House: Firebird
Author: Ian Bell / David Braben
Platform : Commodore 64

Elite Date: 1986 Elite

The Amstrad version of Elite, and indeed all the Z80 processor machines were handed over to the company Torus for conversion

Software House: Firebird
Author: Torus
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Elite Date: 1986 Elite

Rare MS DOS version of the classic space trading game, ported to the PC by the masters of 3D graphics at the time Realtime Software

Software House: Firebird
Author: Realtime
Platform : PC

Elite (Disk) Date: 1985 Elite (Disk)

As with the BBC and Electron versions, and in no small way because it is has a similar processor, the Commodore 64 version was programmed by Ian Bell and David Braben

Software House: Firebird
Author: Ian Bell / David Braben
Platform : Commodore 64

Elite (Disk) Date: 1986 Elite (Disk)

The Amstrad version of Elite, and indeed all the Z80 processor machines were handed over to the company Torus for conversion

Software House: Firebird
Author: Torus
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Elite (Firebird) Date: 1988 Elite (Firebird)

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: Mr Micro
Platform : Atari ST

Elite (Firebird) Date: 1988 Elite (Firebird)

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: Mr Micro
Platform : Commodore Amiga

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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Enlightenment: Druid II Date: 1988 Enlightenment: Druid II

Software House: Firebird
Author: Firebird
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Estra Date: 1984 Estra

The sacred statue of Estra the Snake God has been stolen, broken into 24 pieces and transported to the secret Raal temple on the Planet Reonzar

Software House: Firebird
Author: John Mitchell, Arthur Field
Platform : Commodore 64

Exodus Date: Exodus

 Arcade shooter game for the C64

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : Commodore 64

Fahrenheit 3000 Date: 1984 Fahrenheit 3000

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

Fire and Brimstone Date: 1990 Fire and Brimstone

The evil Hel, goddess of Niflheim, threatens to corrupt all the Nine Realms, and it is up to Thor to stop her in this side scrolling platformer set across the various worlds of Norse mythology

Software House: Firebird
Author: Tim Coupe
Platform : Commodore Amiga

Flying Shark Date: 1987 Flying Shark

A home conversion of Taito's arcade game

Software House: Firebird
Author: Andrew Parton
Platform : Commodore 64

Flying Shark Date: 1988 Flying Shark

Software House: Firebird
Author: Dominic Robinson
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Galax-i-Birds Date: 1986 Galax-i-Birds

Software House: Firebird
Author: Sensible Software
Platform : Commodore 64

Gogo the Ghost Date: 1984 Gogo the Ghost

Software House: Firebird
Author: Marcus Charleville, Richard Dagsköld
Platform : Commodore 64

Goldrush Date: 1986 Goldrush

This is an asteroids clone, that has the player destroying large rocks into smaller ones, while avoiding them and enemy ships, the twist in the game is that the play area gets smaller from the sides i ...

Software House: Firebird
Author: Justice Rampage, (Shahid Ahmad)
Platform : Commodore 16

Gunstar Date: 1987 Gunstar

Software House: Firebird
Author: R.M. Kay
Platform : Commodore 64

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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

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

Fantasy maze game

Software House: Firebird
Author: Design Design
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Harvey Headbanger Date: 1986 Harvey Headbanger

A stratergy gam

Software House: Firebird
Author: Kevin A. Moughtin
Platform : Commodore 64

Harvey Headbanger Date: 1st July 1986 Harvey Headbanger

Software House: Firebird
Author: Melvyn Wright, Richard Hughes
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Harvey Headbanger Date: 1987 Harvey Headbanger

Harvey Headbanger is an action puzzler arcade game that pits you against a human or CPU controlled opponent as you both vie to grab as many alcoholic beverages as possible

Software House: Firebird
Author: R Hughes
Platform : Commodore C16 / Commodore Plus 4

Headache Date: Headache

Nervous Ned's job is to carry impulses from one part of the Head to the other while avoiding those sublimal nasties - The Throbs

Software House: Firebird
Author: Software Shed
Platform : Commodore 64

Helichopper Date: Helichopper

 

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Hive Date: 1987 Hive

Software House: Firebird
Author: Torus
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Hyperblob/Vortex Raider Double Pack Date: 1987 Hyperblob/Vortex Raider Double Pack

Software House: Firebird
Author: Sam Manthorpe, Steve Barrett
Platform : Commodore 64

I Ball II Date: 1984 I Ball II

Vertical scrolling puzzle shoote

Software House: Firebird
Author: Paul Clansey
Platform : Commodore 64

I,Ball Date: 1987 I,Ball

Commodore 64 gam

Software House: Firebird
Author: Andrew Betts, Timothy Closs, Stephen Robertson, Rob Hubbard
Platform : Commodore 64

Imagination Date: 1984 Imagination

Software House: Firebird
Author: Peter Torrance
Platform : Zx Spectrum

Intensity Date: 1988 Intensity

Software House: Firebird
Author: Steve Turner, Drew Northcott
Platform : ZX Spectrum

IO Date: 1987 IO

Software House: Firebird
Author: Jon K. Menzies, John Cassells, Damon Redmond, Jeroen Kimmel
Platform : Commodore 64

Jewels of Darkness Date: 1984 Jewels of Darkness

A collection of adventure game

Software House: Firebird
Author: Rainbird
Platform : Commodore 64

Jewels of Darkness Date: 1986 Jewels of Darkness

3 text-based adventures based on the universe of Lord of the Rings

Software House: Firebird
Author: Level 9 Computing
Platform : Atari ST

Jewels of Darkness Date: 1986 Jewels of Darkness

Software House: FireBird
Author: RainBird
Platform : Amstrad CPC

Jewels of Darkness Date: 1986 Jewels of Darkness

 Colossal Adventure,Adventure Quest and Dungeon Adventure in One box

Software House: FireBird
Author: RainBird
Platform : Amstrad CPC

Kick Boxing Date: 1987 Kick Boxing

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Kinetik Date: 1987 Kinetik

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

Mad Nurse Date: 1985 Mad Nurse

A simple arcade style game about saving hyperactive babies

Software House: Firebird
Author: Simon Pick
Platform : Commodore 64

Mad Nurse Date: 1987 Mad Nurse

Software House: Firebird
Author: Peter Gough, Simon Pick
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Mega Bucks Date: 1986 Mega Bucks

Enter the estate of Maxibillion III and seek out your inheritanc

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Micro Rhythm Date: 1986 Micro Rhythm

 Digitised drum machine

Software House: Firebird
Author: Simon Pick
Platform : Commodore 64

Mr Freeze Date: Mr Freeze

Software House: Firebird
Author: David Clark
Platform : Amstrad CPC

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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Mr Heli Date: 1989 Mr Heli

Software House: Firebird
Author: Probe Software
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Mr. Freeze Date: 1984 Mr. Freeze

Software House: Firebird
Author: Kevin A. Moughtin
Platform : Commodore 64

Ninja Master Date: Ninja Master

 

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Ninja Master Date: 1986 Ninja Master

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : Commodore 64

Olli and Lissa Date: 1987 Olli and Lissa

Software House: Firebird
Author: Paul Johnson
Platform : Commodore 64

On Field Football Date: On Field Football

A top-down american football game

Software House: Firebird
Author: John A. Fitzpatrick
Platform : Commodore 64

Pandora Date: 1988 Pandora

Seems to be based on the film Silent Running, Quite a complicated action adventure, about a deep space ship who's computer has gone haywire, you are sent in to investigate

Software House: Firebird
Author: PSI Software Designers
Platform : Commodore 64

Peter Pack Rat Date: 1984 Peter Pack Rat

Peter Pack Rat is a cute little rodent who lives in a junkyard he likes nothing more than picking up all the nice things people do not mean to throw away

Software House: Firebird
Author: Software Creations
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Revs Date: 1985 Revs

Acclaimed Grand Prix Racing sim from the keyboard of Geoff Crammond

Software House: Firebird
Author: Geoff Crammond
Platform : Commodore 64

Revs+ Date: 1985 Revs+

Software House: Firebird
Author: Geoff Crammond
Platform : Commodore 64

Rock & Wrestle Date: Rock & Wrestle

A cartoonish wrestling game with outlandish characters

Software House: firebird
Author: Gregg Barnett, Bruce Bayley, Cameron Duffy, Damien Watharow
Platform : Commodore 64

Sabre Wulf Date: 1985 Sabre Wulf

Outsourced by Ultimate Play The Game to Mr Chip software, and was published by Firebird, this version of the game was savaged by the C64 press on release

Software House: Firebird
Author: Mr Chip Software
Platform : Commodore 64

Samurai Warrior Date: 1987 Samurai Warrior

Based on the comic book Usagi Jojimbo

Software House: Firebird
Author: Beam Software
Platform : Commodore 64

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

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

Savage Date: 1989 Savage

Software House: Firebird
Author: Probe Software
Platform : Commodore Amiga

Savage Date: 1988 Savage

Software House: Firebird
Author: Grant Harrison
Platform : Commodore 64

Savage Date: 1988 Savage

Software House: Firebird
Author: Probe Software
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Seabase Delta Date: Seabase Delta

A text adventure with occasional images to display certain locations

Software House: Firebird
Author: Peter Torrance, Colin Liddle
Platform : Commodore 64

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
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Short's Fuse Date: 1985 Short's Fuse

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Spike Date: 1985 Spike

Software House: Firebird
Author: Anad
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Star Trek The Rebel Universe Date: Star Trek The Rebel Universe

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : Atari ST

Starglider Date: 1986 Starglider

Software House: Firebird
Author: Argonaut Software
Platform : Commodore Amiga

Starstrike II Date: 1986 Starstrike II

 A stunning achievement for the time, this space shooter was a very early example of a game with filled graphics, a vast improvement on the original game's wire frame visuals, this port is much m ...

Software House: Firebird
Author: Realtime Software
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Subsunk Date: 1985 Subsunk

As Seafarer Gazette's ace reporter, Ed Lines, you have been assigned to the 'Sea Lion' nuclear submarine for a tour of duty

Software House: Firebird
Author: Peter Torrance, Colin Liddle
Platform : Commodore 64

Subsunk Date: 1985 Subsunk

Software House: Firebird
Author: CARSTEN HESENER & MARC HESENER
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Tape 3+1 Date: 1987 Tape 3+1

The inbuilt software recreated on cassette tape

Software House: Firebird
Author: A.M. Chaudhary
Platform : Commodore C16 / Commodore Plus 4

The Comet Game Date: 1986 The Comet Game

Software House: Firebird
Author: Andrew Glaister
Platform : ZX Spectrum

The Hacker Date: The Hacker

Take control of the Hacker, a small controllable sprite, as it platforms it's way through 12 levels in order to reach the access code at the heart of the mainframe

Software House: Firebird
Author: T.J.Wilkinson, J.R.Day
Platform : Acorn Electron

The Happiest Days of Your Life Date: The Happiest Days of Your Life

An adventure game set in a school with unclear goals, other than to cause chaos

Software House: firebird
Author: D Sorrell
Platform : Commodore 64

The Sentinel Date: The Sentinel

A first-person puzzle game with 10,000 levels in which the player must reach the highest point and dethrone the Sentinel

Software House: Firebird
Author: Geoff Crammond
Platform : Commodore 64

The Wild Bunch Date: Unknown The Wild Bunch

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : ZX Spectrum

The Wild Bunch Date: 1985 The Wild Bunch

Set in the Wild West, The Wild Bunch is an adventure game with some graphic and arcade elements where you have to prove your innocence for the murder of a man

Software House: Firebird
Author: Kevin Smith
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Think! Date: 1985 Think!

This game takes place on a 6x6 grid and the aim is to get four counters in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally

Software House: Firebird
Author: David Palmer, Chris Bishop, Don Hughes
Platform : Amstrad CPC 464/664/6128

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
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Thrust Date: 1986 Thrust

A lunar-lander style game where the player must battle gravity to navigate environments in your spacecraft

Software House: Firebird
Author: J C Smith
Platform : Commodore 64

Thrust Date: 1986 Thrust

 

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Thrust Date: 1986 Thrust

Space adventure Battle gravity and collect stuff for your ship

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : Atari 8 Bit

Tracker Date: 1984 Tracker

Tracker is a mouse-controlled vector-graphics 3D strategy game depicting an ultra-violent TV show of the future

Software House: Firebird
Author: Rainbird
Platform : Commodore 64

Train Robbers Date: Unknown Train Robbers

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform :

Ultima Ratio Date: 1987 Ultima Ratio

Software House: Firebird
Author: Adam Waring, Tony Warriner
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Ultima Ratio Date: 1st September 1987 Ultima Ratio

Software House: Firebird
Author: Tony Warriner, Adam Waring
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

Virus Date: 1988 Virus

Software House: Firebird
Author: Steven Dunn
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Virus Date: 1988 Virus

The game started of as Lander, a technical demo for the Acorn Archimedes, and a retail version brought out shortly afterwards and known as Zarch The game has the player flying over a polygon landscap ...

Software House: Firebird
Author: David Braben
Platform : Commodore Amiga

Virus Date: 1988 Virus

Software House: Firebird
Author: David Braben
Platform : Atari ST

Warhawk Date: 1986 Warhawk

Fly Warhawk into the Asteroid Belt, destroy the enemy bases and survive to fight again

Software House: Firebird
Author: Paul Johnson
Platform : Amstrad CPC 464/664/6128

Warhawk Date: 1986 Warhawk

A vertically scrolling shoot em up, with a graphical style that gives more than a slight nod to Uridiu

Software House: Firebird
Author: Proteus Developments
Platform : Commodore 64

Willow Pattern Date: Unknown Willow Pattern

 

Software House: Firebird
Author:
Platform : ZX Spectrum

Willow Pattern Date: 1985 Willow Pattern

Software House: Firebird
Author: Mr Micro
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

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

Software House: Firebird
Author: David John Rowe
Platform : ZX Spectrum

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