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Wednesday 29th March 2006
Some extra information plugging in some gaps in the history of Rainbird has come to light recently thanks to Paula Byrne, former General Manager of Telecomsoft. Paula has also contributed some new memorabilia to the site. Thanks Paula!!
A few new tributes are also included in this update. Magnetic Scrolls' debut adventure gets the treatment this time, along with another early Firebird release and another Activision re-release:
Rainbird - The Pawn
Silverbird - Byte Bitten, Beamrider (Activision).
It's been suggested that I turn the News section into a Blog, and it's something I've been contemplating for a while. I'm currently taking various routes under advisement, so we'll see what happens.
I've also been trying to hunt down emulated disk images of Telecomsoft's Macintosh releases. So far I've been able to find just one (Magnetic Scrolls third adventure, Jinxter) but the hunt goes on. The Mac isn't represented at all on this site at the moment, mainly because it was always more of a US format than a UK one. However, the US side of Telecomsoft will get improved coverage over time, so if anyone from across the pond is able to help out with box scans, disk images, etc. of US releases, please get in touch.