Rainbow Arts Software GmbH was a German video game publisher based in Gütersloh.
History The company was founded in 1984 by Marc Ullrich and Thomas Meiertoberens and acquired by Rushware in 1986. The company's decline began in the early 1990s: The distributor did not manage to cover the costs of selling the titles worldwide, while development costs were constantly rising. The Rainbow Arts name lost its notoriety since then. The parent companies Rushware and Softgold were in turn bought up by the American games manufacturer THQ in 1999. In 1999, Funsoft Holding, which acquired Rushware and sister company Softgold in 1992, sold Rushware to THQ, which was incorporated into THQ Deutschland, THQ's German operations arm.
Rainbow Arts also led one of the first lawsuits in 1993 on the question whether competition exists between a software company and a bulletin board system of similar name ("Rainbow BBS") operated by a student, so that claims under trademark law are enforceable. This was confirmed by the Munich District Court.
In January 2022, Ziggurat Interactive acquired more than 80 titles from Rainbow Arts.
Games 3001 O'Connor's Fight Apprentice The Baby of Can Guru Bad Cat Black Gold Der Blaue Kristall Blockout (Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS) Bozuma Circus Attractions Claim to Power Conqueror The Curse of RA Day of the Pharaoh Danger Freak Denaris Down at the Trolls Earthworm Jim (MS-DOS) Earthworm Jim 2 (MS-DOS) East vs. West: Berlin 1948 Future Tank Flies: Attack on Earth Garrison Garrison II: The Legend Continues Graffiti Man Grand Monster Slam The Great Giana Sisters Hard'n'Heavy Hurra Deutschland Imperium Romanum In 80 Days Around the World Jinks Katakis Khalaan Legend of Faerghail Logical Lollypop Mr. Pingo Money Molch M.U.D.S. – Mean Ugly Dirty Sport Mad TV Madness Masterblazer Mystery of the Mummy Nibbler (Amstrad CPC) Oxxonian Galactic Attack (Windows) Realm of the Trolls Rock'n Roll R-Type (Commodore 64) Rendering Ranger: R2 Sarcophaser Shufflepuck Café (Amiga, MS-DOS) Sky Fighter Soldier Spaceball Spherical St. Thomas Starball StarTrash Street Cat Sunny Shine on the Funny Side of Life Thunder Boy To Be on Top Turrican Turrican II: The Final Fight Turrican 3: Payment Day Time Vision: The 5 Dimension Utopia Volleyball Simulator Warriors X-Out Z-Out
References
External links Rainbow Arts at MobyGames Rainbow Arts the Hall of Light