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Cart Archive

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Hi, welcome to the Rainbow Vision Cart Archive.

This is the first Australian cart archive on my site, the next is going to be the H.E.S. (Home Entertainment Suppliers) archive (coming soon!).

Rainbow Vision carts were distributed only in Australia by the Rainbow Music group. 

I'm not entirely sure of when Rainbow distributed these titles, but at a guess, I think it was the very early 80's. From my own info and  VGR's list, there seems to have been 20 titles in the series that was released, below is a table that outlines the known range. (The last 3 columns indicate if I own the game). If you are aware of the three oustanding titles, please let me know!!

On the left frame, you will find thumbnails of the boxes I own (if I don't have the box, I have supplemented with the cart), click on them for a larger pic.

Rainbow Vision carts are pirate rip-offs manufactured in Taiwan. For a laugh, I have included the "Game Descriptions" directly from the instruction manual for each game (if I have it), you'll find them next to the full size images. Somehow, somewhere, something was lost in the translations, and the resultant English is at times really bad - I have made sure that they were transcribed word for hilarious word....they're great!

The artwork isn't too bad on most of the carts, anyone know the source?

Random Notes on Rainbow Vision carts:

- Rarity - One thing I have found over the past couple of years from collecting carts, is that these titles are pretty rare. I don't have duplicates for any of these titles. :P

- On the back of the boxes, it states "The home version of one of your favorite Arcade games"

- Also stated is "A quality product from the Rainbow Music Group. Distributed in Australia by Rainbow Products Limited, Sydney Australia.

- On the back of each cartridge are the initials S.S. (I think this stands for Star Soft?).

 

TITLE

CATALOGUE NO. 

ORIGINAL GAME TITLE / COMPANY Box Cart Manual
Time Race SS-001 N/A N Y N
Galactic SS-002 N/A N Y N
Pac-Kong SS-003 King Kong / Tigervision Y Y Y
Tomboy

SS-005

Pitfall! / Activision Y Y Y
Netmaker SS-006 Amidar / Parker Bros Y Y Y
Space Raid SS-007 N/A Y Y N
The Year 1999 SS-008 N/A Y Y N
Bermuda SS-009 N/A Y Y Y
Mafia SS-010 N/A Y Y N
Super Ferrari SS-011 N/A N Y N
Hey! Stop! SS-012 Keystone Kapers / Activision N N N
Bi! Bi! SS-013 Sea Hunt / Panda Y Y Y
Catch Time SS-015 Plaque Attack / Activision Y Y Y
Boom Bang SS-016 Crackpots / Activision Y Y Y
Mariana SS-017 Seaquest / Activision N N N
Curtiss SS-019 Atlantis / Imagic Y Y N
Tuby Bird SS-020 Dolphin / Activision N N N

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