Telecomsoft#Firebird

Firebird software was next Mastertronic one of the major manufacturers for low-budget computer games in the second half of the 1980s. Founded Firebird Software by British Telecom, which the then profitable computer games market did not want to miss.

Company History

Unlike Mastertronic software was pursuing two goals at Firebird: There once was the Cheap Game Label Firebird Silver Range, whose games were sold as Mastertronic on cassette at a price of 1.99 pounds (9.95 DM in Germany ). On the other hand, there were also full price games, which were sold under the label Firebird gold.

Later Firebird Silver Range to Silverbird, and a new label called Rain Bird has been launched. This was originally called Icebird, but this name was already reserved by another company. The logo Rain Bird is but a bird made ​​of ice.

The quality of Firebird Games was mostly quite good, even with the cheap playing some very good programs were to be found, as the best example here would be thrust to call. The full price games many top games were represented, such as the famous elite or the also legendary The Sentinel.

Very many C64 - players was the music of the Firebird Game Druid 2 known, because for many years it was used by the cracker group Fairlight in one of her intros.

Games (selection)

Some well-known Firebird Silver Range games:

• Thrust
• Warhawk

Some well-known Firebird / Firebird Gold Games:

• Elite
• The Sentinel
• Druid and Druid 2
• Bubble Bobble
• Flying Shark
• Into Oblivion ( IO)
• Mr. Heli
• GoGo The Ghost