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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six

TitleTom Clancy's Rainbow Six
First release1998
DeveloperRed Storm Entertainment
PublishersRed Storm Entertainment, Take-Two Interactive
PlatformsDreamcast, Nintendo 64, PC (Windows), PlayStation
Genresfirst-person shooter, tactical shooter
Players1–2 players
Co-opYes
ESRB ratingT Teen
Releases
Nintendo 64: 1998-05-15 (NTSC)
PC (Windows): 1998-05-15
PlayStation: 1999-11-19 (PAL), 1999-11-23
Dreamcast: 2000-05-09 (NTSC-U)
Wikidata IDQ1068778

Rainbow Six is a tactical shooter, which focuses more on stealth and tactics than on sheer firepower. To add to the realism, all in-game characters, terrorists, hostages and Rainbow operatives, can be wounded or dispatched in just fractions of a second. Tools such as thicker body armor, automatic rifles, and grenades have little value before the player grows accustomed to the gameplay. Before each mission is a planning stage, during which the player is given a briefing, and then chooses the operatives to be involved in the mission, their weapons, equipment and uniform/camouflage. In earlier games, the player pre-established orders and waypoints during this step. The planning stage determined elements such as the path the AI-controlled squads would follow during the mission, as well as where they will deploy devices such as flashbangs or door breaching charges. • Saves via Controller Pak

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Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Red Storm Entertainment · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Red Storm Entertainment · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
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Videos
PSX Longplay [549] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
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PC Longplay [154] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Part 1 of 2)
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