Rainbird Software

COMPANY» Founded 1986-01-01

London,United Kingdom

Rainbird was a computer software label of Telecomsoft, a former division of British Telecom. During the 1980's they published software for the Amiga and Atari.

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Developed Games

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Betrayal (Game)

31 December 1990

AMI​ PC​ AST​ +1

Weird Dreams (Game)

31 December 1989

AMI​ PC​ AST​ +1

Published Games

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Flying Shark (Game)

31 December 1988

A vertical scrolling shooter.

AMI​ AST​

Ingrid's Back! (Game)

31 December 1988

A text adventure centering around a gnome called Ingrid Bottomlow.

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +4

UMS: The Universal Military Simulator (Game)

31 December 1987

Command armies in past battles such as Gettysburg or the Battle of Hastings and in futuristic battles as well.

AMI​ PC​ AST​

Starglider 2 (Game)

31 December 1987

Starglider II is a sci-fi flight simulator and space combat game.

AMI​ PC​ AST​ +1

UMS II: Nations at War (Game)

31 December 1990

Muvh like the original UMS, this sequel boasts better graphics and has different scenarios such as Waterloo, Invasion of Normandy etc.

AMI​ PC​ AST​

Jewels of Darkness (Game)

31 December 1986

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +3

Corruption (Game)

1 March 1988

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +3

Tracker (Game)

16 March 1987

AMI​ PC​ AST​ +1

Legend of the Sword (Game)

31 December 1988

Venture into the wilderness, find the magical items and defeat the evil sorcerer Suzar. Easy eh?

AMI​ PC​ AST​

Fish! (Game)

31 December 1988

Fish! is a text adventure game in which you play an inter-dimensional espionage agent in the body of a fish. You must warp to the city of Hydropolis to foil the inter-dimensional group of anarchists, The Seven Deadly Fins.

AMI​ PC​ APL2​ +4

The Guild of Thieves (Game)

31 December 1987

AMI​ PC​ CPC​ +5

Morpheus (Game)

1 June 1988

A space shoot'em up designed by Andrew Braybrook for the Commodore 64.

C64​

Company details

Name

Rainbird Software

Abbreviation

Founded

1 January 1986

Location

London,United Kingdom

Website

http://www.birdsanctuary.co.uk/

Aliases

Developed Games

• Betrayal (Game)
• Weird Dreams (Game)
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Published Games

• Flying Shark (Game)
• Ingrid's Back! (Game)
• UMS: The Universal Military Simulator (Game)
• Starglider 2 (Game)
• UMS II: Nations at War (Game)
• Jewels of Darkness (Game)
• Corruption (Game)
• Tracker (Game)
• Legend of the Sword (Game)
• Fish! (Game)
• The Guild of Thieves (Game)
• Morpheus (Game)
• view all →

Franchises

• Level 9 Middle Earth (Franchise)
• Midwinter (Franchise)
• Starglider (Franchise)
• UMS (Franchise)
• Carrier Command (Franchise)
• Elite (Franchise)
• Flying Shark (Franchise)
• Gnome Ranger (Franchise)
• Rick Dangerous (Franchise)
• Silicon Dreams (Franchise)
• Virus (Franchise)

People

• David Lowe (Person)

Characters

• Capt. John Stark (Character)
• General Masters (Character)
• Gringleguts (Character)
• Ingrid Bottomlow (Character)

Concepts

• Single Word Titles (Concept)
• Interactive Fiction (Concept)
• ASM Hit (Concept)
• Antstream Arcade (Concept)
• CGA Graphics (Concept)
• Chiptune (Concept)
• Compass Bar (Concept)
• First-Person Perspective (Concept)
• Isometric Viewpoint (Concept)
• Polygonal 3D (Concept)
• Power Up (Concept)
• Animal Weaponry (Concept)
• Bee (Concept)
• Bizarre Weapons (Concept)
• Blood (Concept)
• Boulder Getaway (Concept)
• C.U. Screen Star (Concept)
• C +VG Hit! (Concept)
• Cliffhanger (Concept)
• Comic Book Included (Concept)

Locations

• Archipelago (Location)
• Middle-earth (Location)
• Amusement Park (Location)
• Bunker (Location)
• Desert (Location)
• Dream (Location)
• Egypt (Location)
• England (Location)
• France (Location)
• Garden (Location)
• Germany (Location)
• Hall of Doors (Location)
• Lave (Location)
• Mine (Location)
• Mountains (Location)
• Pyramid (Location)
• Snowbound (Location)
• The Mind (Location)
• The United States of America (Location)
• Tropical Island (Location)

Objects

• Air-Cushion Hovercraft (Object)
• Aircraft Carrier (Object)
• Airplane (Object)
• Ball (Object)
• Blocks (Object)
• Bullet (Object)
• Canoe (Object)
• Coriolis Station (Object)
• Cotton Candy (Object)
• Dynamite (Object)
• Gun (Object)
• Hang Glider (Object)
• Helicopter (Object)
• Hot Air Balloon (Object)
• Jet Pack (Object)
• Lawnmower (Object)
• Mirror (Object)
• Missile (Object)
• Moai Head (Object)
• Ship (Object)