Rabbit Software
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Rabbit Software was an English
company which produced home computer games for machines such as the Commodore VIC-20
, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and Commodore 64
in the early to mid 1980s. Rabbit's later software packaging was slightly different from that of the other software houses of the time, as the cassettes were encased within an outer red box which made them more distinctive on the shop shelves.
Rabbit went into liquidation around the same time Imagine
had problems. Eventually, Rabbit was acquired by Virgin Interactive
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
company which produced home computer games for machines such as the Commodore VIC-20
Commodore VIC-20
The VIC-20 is an 8-bit home computer which was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET...
, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
in the early to mid 1980s. Rabbit's later software packaging was slightly different from that of the other software houses of the time, as the cassettes were encased within an outer red box which made them more distinctive on the shop shelves.
Rabbit went into liquidation around the same time Imagine
Imagine Software
Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20...
had problems. Eventually, Rabbit was acquired by Virgin Interactive
Virgin Interactive
Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group...
.
VIC-20
- English Invaders
- Escape MCP
- Pakakuda
- ParatroopersParatrooper (video game)Paratrooper is a 1982 computer game, written by Greg Kuperberg and published by Orion Software.Paratrooper is one of the three games written by Greg Kuperberg when the IBM-PC was still very new, but unlike the other two, J-Bird and PC-Man, which were recreations of well-known coin-op games, this...
- Skramble
- Superworm
ZX Spectrum
- The Birds
- Centropods
- Death Star
- The Great Fire of London
- Lancer Lords
- JoustOstronOstron is a ZX Spectrum video game developed and released by Softek in 1983. It was also released with the title Joust. Gameplay is similar to the arcade game, Joust. -Reception:...
- Murder
- Pakacuda
- ParatroopersParatrooper (video game)Paratrooper is a 1982 computer game, written by Greg Kuperberg and published by Orion Software.Paratrooper is one of the three games written by Greg Kuperberg when the IBM-PC was still very new, but unlike the other two, J-Bird and PC-Man, which were recreations of well-known coin-op games, this...
- Phantasia
- Potty PainterPotty PainterPotty Painter is a computer game for the ZX Spectrum and released by Rabbit Software in 1983. The game had a Maze format to it with bonus games in between levels.- Gameplay :...