Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Rick Dangerous

Title	Rick Dangerous
First release	1989
Developer	Core Design
Publishers	Firebird Software, Telecomsoft
Platforms	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum
Genre	platformer
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	DOS: 1989-01-01 Atari ST: 1989-01-01 (PAL) ZX Spectrum: 1989-01-01 Amstrad CPC: 1989-01-01 Commodore 64: 1989-05-03 Amiga: 1989-12-01
Wikidata ID	Q1872394

Navigate over 100 screens as the player character, an agent equipped with a pistol and dynamite to combat hostiles. Players must time jumps and movement to evade lethal environmental traps, such as rolling boulders and hidden hazards, across diverse settings including jungles, ancient pyramids, and a Nazi base.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q1872394) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (c64/rick-dangerous) · last updated 2026-10-01 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amiga/rick-dangerous) · last updated 2026-09-28 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (zxspectrum/rick-dangerous) · last updated 2026-10-07 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (32376) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (24662) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (90913) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (33728) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (36785) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (28266) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Firebird Software · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (13): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Firebird Software · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Firebird Software · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Firebird Software · internal use only.

Sprites (2): fan rips from sprite sites, credited per sheet (ripper, site, rights) in Sprites below; internal use only.

Sprites

Amiga version · 2 sheets · Rick Dangerous on The Spriters Resource ↗ (2 sheets on the site; 2 stored here)

Enemies and Miscellaneous sprite sheet (Amiga) — Enemies and Miscellaneous

Other Amiga · 344×384

Rip by Maxim

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#30443 · fetched 2026-09-29 17:09 UTC

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Videos

Amiga 500 Longplay [285] Rick Dangerous

World-of-Longplays · Amiga version · longplay · 28:39auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:41 UTC

RICK DANGEROUS (AMIGA - FULL GAME)

Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel · Amiga version · longplay · 40:42auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:43 UTC

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