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"Anyone remember Rainbird??"

I was digging thorugh soem old games the other day and found a few of my favourite games of all time, one of which is Starglider a game created by a company called Rainbird and published by its sister company Firebird, both company's later become part of Electronic arts, so i just wondered if anyoen else on here knows of the company or of any of their superb games? Let me know

That was the point of my post! Rainbird and firebird games were great, but now there's a whole generation (maybe even two) that havn't ever heard of them, iam glad this topic has been so well posted on, and hope that some of the younger posters have learnt a old name, with some great games!

'cos I'm 13 and never heard of either Firebird or Rainbird!

To be honest i dont really know, i was playign there games from the age of about 4/5 and my brother had had the spectrum long enough to trust me with it, so iam guessing quite a while ago..

ah the memories :-) i remember beign very happy when i got the newer spectrum and was able to put the rubber keyboard one at the back of the cupboard, actually i think its still there.... *checks cupboard*

Wow, i reckon this might be worth a bit, not that i coudl ever sell it, and it has Minder! Excellent!

How old are rainbird? Just wondering!

I worked on Your Sinclair for a (very) short while, even writing reviews for them. Fun all the way, especially with the likes of the mad Duncan Macdonald. Ah, those days in Oxford Street...

So who owns the rights to Starglider now? iam sure these modern machines could handle a decent remake, or maybe even budle all the origianl rainbird + firebird games on a gba cart!

Grix Thraves wrote:
Just looking at some stuff... Firebird did Thrust? Wow!
> That's one of my all time favourite classics.

They've done a remake of that
> on Sky Digital, you know.

Is that true... wicked. Did you get any money out of that Tony? :-D

Hey, no problem.

Just looking at some stuff... Firebird did Thrust? Wow! That's one of my all time favourite classics.

They've done a remake of that on Sky Digital, you know.

Grix Thraves wrote:
> Can't be Crash, Tony, must have been something
> else:

http://www.mjwilson.demon.co.uk/crash/14/gyron.htm



Awe shucks Grix, thanks for the URL. You are SUCH a thoughtful person.

Well maybe it was 93%, or maybe the 100% review was in C&VG or something.