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Rainbird

1985 / 1985 tot 1 1986 / 1985 tot 34 1987 / 1985 tot 73 1988 / 1985 tot 103 1989 / 1985 tot 122 1990 / 1985 tot 135 1991 / 1985 tot 140
Founded in 1985-11 closed in 1991
Status: dead
Country: U.K.

140
games
7
active years
20.0
per year
aka(s): Rainbird Software, Bluebird

A Telecomsoft label.

It is known for Elite, Midwinter

Releases per year

19851
198633
198739
198830
198919
199013
19915

140 video games with valid date were considered (100%)

Overall rankings

20
65
6
0
0

Common gametypes

adventure44%strategy16%flight10%shooter9%action/reflex8%other11%

Top platforms

Amiga 22
Atari ST 22
MS-DOS 20
C64 14
ZX Spectrum 12
Mac OS Classic 9
Amstrad CPC 9
Apple II E 8
Amstrad PCW 8
Atari 400/800 6
Archimedes 5
MSX 3
BBC 1
QL 1
Carrier Command (Amiga OCS)
Carrier Command
OCS 1988
Virus (Amiga OCS)
Virus
OCS 1988
Starglider 2 (Amiga OCS)
Starglider 2
OCS 1988
Midwinter II: Flames of Freedom (Amiga OCS)
Midwinter II: Flames of Freedom
OCS 1991
The Pawn (Sinclair QL)
The Pawn
QL 1985
UMS (Atari ST)
UMS
ST 1987
Corruption (Amiga OCS)
Corruption
OCS 1988
The Pawn (Amiga OCS)
The Pawn
OCS 1986
Midwinter (Amiga OCS)
Midwinter
OCS 1990
The Guild of Thieves (Amiga OCS)
The Guild of Thieves
OCS 1987
Starglider (Amiga OCS)
Starglider
OCS 1987
UMS (Amiga OCS)
UMS
OCS 1988

Rainbird best rated games

Silicon Dreams Trilogy1986spc
The Pawn1986c64
Carrier Command1989spc
The Pawn1986st
The Pawn1987spc
Midwinter II: Flames of Freedom1991st
Jinxter1988spc
UMS1987dos
UMS1987st
Midwinter1989st

Rainbird worst games

Weird Dreams1990c64
Tracker1987c64
UMS II: Nations at War1990dos
Starglider1986c64
UMS1988ocs

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