Computing Games published by Rainbird

The following is a list of Computing Games published by Rainbird 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 33 Computing Games published by Rainbird in our collection :
Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher
Carrier Command Date: 1988 Carrier Command

Take control of a mighty drone carrier and take control of an archipelagos, which is undr attack from another hacked Carrier

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Realtime
Platform : Commodore Amiga

Carrier Command Date: 1988 Carrier Command

The player in sole control of a Carrier, the Epsilon, on a mission to reclaim a host of archipelagos which have fallen into enemy hands, land vehicles, and Mantra aircraft are at hand to protect the c ...

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Realtime Software - Andy Beveridge, Ian Oliver & Graeme Baird
Platform : Atari ST

Carrier Command Date: 1984 Carrier Command

Carrier Command is a 1988 video game published by Rainbird for the Amiga, Atari ST, IBM PC compatibles, ZX Spectrum, Macintosh, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC

Software House: Rainbird
Author:
Platform : Commodore 64

Carrier Command Date: 1989 Carrier Command

Excellent conversion of the 16 bit classic, expertly converted by Realtime Software, this game has the player in sole control of a Carrier, the Epsilon, on a mission to reclaim a host of archipelagos ...

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

Carrier Command (Kixx) Date: 1988 Carrier Command (Kixx)

Take control of a mighty drone carrier and take control of an archipelagos, which is undr attack from another hacked Carrier

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Realtime
Platform : Commodore Amiga

Corruption Date: 1988 Corruption

The city of London, Deals and chicanery, Porsches and profits, wild animals in hand made suits, and you outwardly, youre on the fast track to success

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Magnetic Scrolls
Platform : Atari ST

Corruption Date: 1988 Corruption

Kindly Donated By Chris Whytehea

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Rainbird
Platform : Acorn Archimedes

Elite Date: 1988 Elite

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: Rainbird
Author: Mr Micro
Platform : Commodore Amiga

Elite (Rainbird version) Date: 1992 Elite (Rainbird version)

Rainbird published this version of the game, Firebird also produced one

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Mr Micro
Platform : Atari ST

Elite Plus Date: 1991 Elite Plus

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: Rainbird
Author: Chris Sawyer
Platform : PC

Elite Plus (Microplay) Date: 1991 Elite Plus (Microplay)

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: Rainbird
Author: Chris Sawyer
Platform : PC

Fish! Date: 1989 Fish!

One nibble and you're hooke

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Magnetic Scrolls
Platform : Atari ST

Fish! (Signed by John Molloy) Date: 1989 Fish! (Signed by John Molloy)

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Magnetic Scrolls - John Molloy, Phil South, Peter Kemp
Platform : Acorn Archimedes

Jinxter Date: 1989 Jinxter

The character in the game is certainly jinxed with the worst luck of any man alive, all kinds of disasters befall him, getting inot situations that lead him to believe that every silver lining has a c ...

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Magnetic Scrolls
Platform : Atari ST

Knight Orc Date: July 1987 Knight Orc

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Level 9
Platform : Commodore Amiga

Knight Orc Date: 1988 Knight Orc

3x cassettes for the Atari 800/130

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Mike Austin
Platform : Atari 800/130, Acorn BBC Micro

Midwinter Date: 1989 Midwinter

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Mike Singleton
Platform : Commodore Amiga

Midwinter Date: 1989 Midwinter

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Steven Turner
Platform : Atari ST

Midwinter II - Flames of Freedom Date: 1991 Midwinter II - Flames of Freedom

Acclaimed sequel to the original action spy game, this time incorporating even more vehicles to control, a far larger play area, and a far more defined mission structure

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Maelstrom Games - Valhermoso Franco, Dave Ollman, George Williamson, Dave Gautrey
Platform : Atari ST

Midwinter II: Flames Of Freedom Date: 1989 Midwinter II: Flames Of Freedom

Sequel to the classic strategy game, by the late great Mike Singleton

Software House: Rainbird
Author:
Platform : Commodore Amiga

Silicon Dreams Date: Silicon Dreams

A graphic text adventure in three parts

Software House: Rainbird
Author:
Platform : Atari 8 Bit

Starglider Date: 1986 Starglider

The Commodore 64 is not known for it's ability to handle 3D games, especially when ported from other machines, and Starglider in particular does not do the machine justice, playing far slower and lo ...

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Solid Image
Platform : Commodore 64

Starglider 2 Date: 1988 Starglider 2

Sequel to the 3D airborne shooter

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Argonaut Software - Richard Clucas, Paul Gomm, Alister Perrott, Adrian Friday, Tim Watson, Jeremy San
Platform : Atari ST & Amiga

Starglider 2 Date: 1988 Starglider 2

Contains an audio tape of the soundtrack Interestingly, the disk contains versions for both the Amiga and Atari ST, and will load according to which machine it is placed into

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

The Advanced OCP Art Studio Date: 1986 The Advanced OCP Art Studio

Software House: Rainbird
Author:
Platform : Commodore 64

The Advanced OCP Art Studio Date: 1986 The Advanced OCP Art Studio

A comprehensive and user friendly art and design software

Software House: Rainbird
Author: EES
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

The Advanced OCP Art Studio (Disk) Date: 1986 The Advanced OCP Art Studio (Disk)

 

Software House: Rainbird
Author: EEC
Platform : Amstrad CPC464

The Guild Of Thieves Date: 1987 The Guild Of Thieves

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Magnetic Scrolls - Rob Steggles
Platform : Acorn Archimedes

The Guild of Thieves Date: 1989 The Guild of Thieves

Become a member of the Guild of Thieves, be guided by the Guildmaster, who will want you to do the worst, most dangerous jobs, with alomost no helps or hints on what to do next

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Rainbird
Platform : Atari ST

The Pawn Date: 1989 The Pawn

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Magnetic Scrolls - Rob Steggles
Platform : Acorn Archimedes

The Pawn Date: 1989 The Pawn

Escape from Kerovnia, find others and communicate with them to help you on your wa

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Magnetic Scrolls
Platform : Atari ST

The Pawn Date: 1986 The Pawn

Set in the mythical world of Kerovnia

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Magnetic Scrolls: Robert Steggles, Hugh Steers, Ken Gordon
Platform : Commodore 64

UMS - The Universal Military Simulator Date: 1992 UMS - The Universal Military Simulator

The most sophisticated battle stretgy software of its time

Software House: Rainbird
Author: Ed Isenberg
Platform : Commodore Amiga

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