Rainbow Walker

Rainbow Walker
Cover art by Tim Boxell
Developer(s)Synapse Software
Publisher(s)Synapse Software
Designer(s)Steve Coleman[1]
Platform(s)Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64
Release1983: Atari 8-bit
1984: C64
Genre(s)Action
Mode(s)Single-player

Rainbow Walker is an action game designed by Steve Coleman for Atari 8-bit computers and published by Synapse Software in 1983.[1] A Commodore 64 port followed.[2] The player hops along a rainbow, changing monochromatic squares to color, while avoiding dangerous creatures and gaps in the surface. Coloring the entire rainbow ends the level. There are bonus rounds between levels.

The Atari version was part of a "Double Play" promotion, where some Synapse games had a second, complete game on the other side of the diskette. The Double Play re-release of Rainbow Walker includes the game Countdown by Ken Rose.[3] Coleman also wrote another game published by Synapse in 1983, The Pharaoh's Curse.[1]

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  3. ^ Powell, Jack (July 1985). "Eight New Synapse Games". Antic. 4 (3).