ViVACIOUS JOYSTICK: Draw Me Backwards!: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six

Year: 1998-2000
Platform: PC, Playstation, Mac OS, N 64
Dreamcast & Game Boy Color

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is the title of a novel by author Tom Clancy about the fictional counter-terrorist unit, "Rainbow". The name is in reference to the many different nationalities that make up the team itself. "Rainbow Six" is the first novel by Tom Clancy The book was adapted into a successful series of tactical first-person shooter computer and video games, and is a planned future film tentatively set for release in 2010.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six is the first in a series of first\third person tactical shooters computer and video games. It was developed and published by Red Storm Entertainment for the PC in 1998.

Rainbow Six is a tactical counter terrorist shooter, which focuses more on stealth and tactics than on sheer firepower.

Before each mission is a planning stage, where the player is given a briefing, and then chooses the operatives to be involved in the mission, their weapons, equipment and uniform. Then, the player gives orders that each team will follow during the mission. The planning stage determines elements such as the path the AI-controlled squads will follow through the mission, as well as where they will deploy devices such as flashbangs or door breaching charges.

In the mission itself, the player takes control of one team leader, and can see their plan of action on their Heads-Up Display. The teams not under player control follow the orders given to them in the planning stage. The player can take control of any living team member.

The game forms a campaign that is a series of scenarios, with the plot being advanced in the mission briefing of each scenario. Any casualties that occur during a mission are permanent, so the deceased cannot be used in future missions. However, the player has the ability to "rewind" to retry a successful but disastrous mission.

Unlike the other versions, the PlayStation version actually showed the gun being held in the player's hands.

Rainbow Six Intro