Firebird software
| Firebird software | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1984 |
| resolution | 1989 |
| Reason for dissolution | Takeover by MicroProse |
| Seat | London (United Kingdom) |
| Branch | Software development |
Firebird software was one of the most important publishers for low-budget computer games in the second half of the 1980s.
history
In 1984, British Telecom , the then state-owned British telecommunications company, founded a subsidiary called Telecomsoft for the publishing of software. In addition to application software and an experimental online service, game software was one of Telecomsoft's three divisions. "Firefly Software" was chosen as the name for this publisher. After the first advertisements, with which manufacturers of computer games were looking for a cooperation, had already been published, it turned out that the name was already registered by another company. In a meeting, Marketing Director James Leavey, who had recently heard the music of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird , suggested the name "Firebird Software", which was adopted.
In contrast to Mastertronic, Firebird Software pursued a two-pronged approach: There was once the low-cost game label Firebird Silver Range, whose games, like Mastertronic, were sold on cassette at a price of £ 1.99 (9.95 DM in Germany). On the other hand, there were also full-price games that were sold under the Firebird Gold label .
It was later Firebird Silver Range to Silverbird, and a new label called Rainbird software was launched. This was originally supposed to be called Bluebird , but this name was already reserved by another company. The Rainbird logo is still a blue bird.
Ludography (excerpt)
| Surname | Publishing year | genre |
|---|---|---|
| BMX Kidz | 1987 | Racing game |
| Bubble bobble | 1986 | Platformer |
| Chimera | 1985 | Action adventure |
| Don't Buy This | 1985 | Computer game collection |
| elite | 1985 | simulation |
| imagination | 1987 | Text adventure |
| IO | 1988 | Shoot 'em up |
| The Sentinel | 1986 | puzzle |
| Thrust | 1986 | Action |
| Underwurlde | 1985 | Jump 'n' run |
| Was hawk | 1986 | Shoot 'em up |
Web links
- Firebird Software at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ BirdSanctuary.co.uk: The History of Firebird software. Retrieved March 10, 2020 .