Popular games published by company Rainbow Arts
Turrican II: The Final Fight is a platformer/shooter as typically seen on consoles, but designed for home computers from the ground up. Its plot is - naturally - very simple: an evil mega-robot called The Machine attacks the United Planets Ship Avalon 1, slaughtering all who resist. All - except Bren McGuire, who manages to escape and slips into the experimental Turrican bionic armor. As Turrican, he strives to show The Machine who's the boss. Unlike other games of its type, this game contains three levels of horizontal shooter action in the spirit of R-Type or the developers' own Katakis. Six large worlds are to be explored, where you are basically free to go everywhere you want, since there is no automatic scrolling and the levels are packed with hidden extra lives and weapons. All those levels are very different: the first one in the rock desert is pretty colorful with parallaxing rainbow background and happy music, while the following worlds get darker and darker.
Turrican is a 1990 video game programmed and designed by Manfred Trenz. It was first developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, but was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz personally programmed Turrican on the Commodore 64. A sequel, Turrican II, followed 1991 for the Commodore 64 and other platforms.
Mad TV is a television station management simulation computer game produced in 1991 by Rainbow Arts. It is loosely based on Mad Magazine, and the game's introduction animation features the magazine's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman, smiling on a television. The game puts the player in the role of a new program director for a TV station. The player is in charge of selecting programming and earning advertising for the station, while simultaneously trying to marry Betty, an attractive woman working in the building.
Blockout is a puzzle videogame, created in 1989 by Polish developer - California Dreams, designed by Aleksander Ustaszewski and Mirosław Zabłocki. The game is the logical extension of Tetris into the third dimension. In Tetris, the player manipulates a set of tetrominoes which fall into a two-dimensional pit (seen from the side). The aim is to solve a real-time packing problem by forming complete rows, which then disappear and score points. Poor play leads to incomplete rows, caused by inefficient arrangements of tiles; these rows do not disappear, giving the player progressively less space and less time to play subsequent pieces. Similarly, in Blockout, the player manipulates a set of polycubes which fall into a three-dimensional pit (seen from above; the pieces appear in the foreground and fall away). The pieces can be rotated around all three axes, and moved horizontally and vertically. The aim is to form complete layers.
After falling into a dark, deep sleep, little Giana finds herself in a mysterious dreamworld where everything is strange and different. Many fascinating creatures lurk in this place full of traps and complicated mazes. But Giana must possess the magical diamond before she can return! Two players can enjoy this fun-filled game with over 30 completely different levels. The five-voiced musical sounds and the ever-changing graphics will make you want to play THE GREAT GIANA SISTERS over and over again.
M.U.D.S.: Mean Ugly Dirty Sport is a fantasy sports game released on multiple computer systems.
In Lollypop the player takes control of Young Lolly in her quest to satisfy her hunger for sweets. In this action platformer the player must navigate levels and avoid enemies in order to win the game.
Command your squad of tanks and destroy the enemy.
Legend of Faerghail is a 1990 role-playing video game, developed by Electronic Design Hannover and published by reLINE Software for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS.
Danger Freak is an action game developed and published by Rainbow Arts in 1987.
Solomon's Key is a clear conceptual influence for this action puzzler. Our hero must guide a ball through a level to the spot marked 'In', by creating and removing blocks to alter its path. The game is prevented from being a pure clone due to the ball, which moves automatically once activated, and can be controlled by using strategically-placed blocks. Simply reaching the ball usually involves modifying the level layout using these bricks. There are enemies moving on fixed paths which must be avoided, and bonus items to collect. Also watch for bonuses such as invincibility, gravity-alteration and teleporting. You take time to rotate, so the controls aren't truly immediate. The ball takes 20 seconds to start moving, so use this time to plan ahead.
You are about to embark on one of the most dangerous missions of your career. As a renowned Star Fleet pilot, you have been selected to command an exploration party in a journey across the galaxy to investigate the mysterious planet JINKS. An enigma for centuries, JINKS is a lush, resource-rich world, and could be the key to the desperate need for human expansion in space. It is apparently capable of supporting life, yet it is curiously uninhabited--or is it? A routine research mission goes haywire when scouting your probe across the planet's surface leads you and your crew into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Can you escape from these fiendishly clever traps before your probe and its occupants are miniaturized or annihilated?
X-Out is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up with eight levels and an underwater setting. Between levels, the player visits a shop and use their game score to purchase new submarines and equipment. The submarines come in four different variants, and additional purchases act as additional "lives". Each can be equipped with a one-way, two-way or three-way fire weapon of increasing power (and thus cost). Secondary weapons include sonic waves, powershots and target-seeking missiles. The player can also purchase auxiliary satellites and specify their movement pattern, which can be circular orbits, vertical and horizontal movements, or an intercepting action.
Sports game featuring you, the cat with various stages. Your task is the pass various obstacle courses, each more difficult than the last. Events include: •The City Park •Inner City Interlude •The Underground Sewer •The Bowling Pub
Throughout time, man has been a victim of his own intelligence and his insatiable thirst for knowledge. The Planet Katakis is a horrifying example. Scientists created Machines which became so sophisticated that they longer depended on man - So began a rule of tyranny. The Denarian people tried in vain to destroy the Machines with a mighty ballistic missile, but from the ashes of the nuclear fires the Machines rose up more powerful than ever. Trapped in an underground stronghold, now the Katakisans only hope for freedom is the KS-H75 Eagle Fighter, an ultra refined space glider. Control the Eagle Fighter in this epic crusade against evil... and win freedom at last for Katakis.
A clone of the classic arcade game Pengo, in which a penguin pushes blocks of ice to kill the enemies, while trying to push parts of a diamond together.
Your task is to guide the ball through a total of 32 levels. The path is stipulated, but also watch out for rumours giving tips regarding secret short-cuts. Fundamentally there are two things which you must beware of in order to reach the finish unscathed: Firstly certain obstacles will deduct energy from your ball and secondly the ball must not be all-owed to fall into the precipice. The world is constituted of 7 continents, each having it’s particular peculiarities. Each has it’s own signature tune and landscape.
West Berlin is held hostage by a nuclear device... ...and you've been sent to find it. You're Sam Porter, CIA agent extraordinaire. Or at least you'd better be. An atomic bomb is set to vaporize West Berlin and time's running short. Everyone says you're the best undercover man in the agency. Now you have to prove it! Divided Berlin isn't the easiest place to run a covert operation. A Soviet blockade ravages the city, while black marketers run rampant on the Ku'damm. Foreign agents are everywhere and the citizens don't trust strangers. You'll need help! Roam the war-torn street of West Berlin, stopping in bookstores, nightclubs and the cinema to try and unravel the plot that threatens world peace. Taxi through each sector, trading cigarettes, questioning suspects, making friends and enemies, and searching for the doomsday device - and the people who planted it. Viewing cinema newsreels is one way to find clues and enjoy the brilliant graphics in this dramatic adventure. Talk to citizens, trade with merchants and deal with Black Market leaders - they have the information you need! Taxi across town using an historically accurate map of 1948 Berlin. History's sights and sounds come alive with an audio cassette that syncs to your computer's graphic display.