Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
1998 · Red Storm Entertainment
Source book
- Rainbow Six — Tom Clancy
The novel and the game were written side by side. They share the conspiracy.
Platforms
Windows, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Mac OS, Game Boy Color, Dreamcast
Fidelity
Red Storm's 1998 tactical shooter is based on Clancy's novel of the same name and was developed in parallel with it. Clancy's own involvement in the game was minimal. Windows shipped on 21 August 1998, with ports to Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Mac, Game Boy Color, and Dreamcast.
Read first?
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When to read first
Read the novel first if you want Clancy's version of Rainbow's first operation as prose. The game was built from the same plan.
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When playing first is fine
Play first if the planning-and-breach game is the version you care about. You will meet the novel's conspiracy as mission briefings.
03
Why
Parallel development is not a loose inspiration. The team was telling the book's story while the book was still being told.
Source
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy%27s_Rainbow_Six_(video_game)
The call above is an editorial reading of that public page. If the page and this note disagree, believe the page.
