Rainbow Islands

Description

Sequel to Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands sees Bub and Bob (in 2 player mode), who are now curiously small boys rather than dinosaurs, attempting to rid the Rainbow Islands of bad guys.

Using the power to cast rainbows, trapping anything underneath, the boys must ascend vertically 4 levels each island, with a big, bad boss at the end of each.

By trapping beasts under your rainbows, then jumping on them to break them you can collect seven different colored gems, and there are also power-ups for extra speed and rainbows.

Alternate Titles

• "Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble II" -- NES European Release

Part of the Following Group

• Bubble Bobble games

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User Reviews

Slightly better than Bubble Bobble	Amiga	Black Wolf (37231)
As good a conversion as can be hoped for	Commodore 64	Martin Smith (64035)
Superb game once mastered. A hell of a lot better than Bubble Bobble.	Atari ST	Johnny "ThunderPeel2001" Walker (425)

The Press Says

Amiga Power	Amiga	May, 1991		100
Amiga Action	Amiga	Apr, 1992	97 out of 100	97
Zzap!	Amiga	Sep, 1989	92 out of 100	92
Svenska Hemdatornytt	Amiga	Apr, 1990	91.25 out of 100	91
Power Play	Amiga	Apr, 1990	91 out of 100	91
Power Play	Atari ST	Jun, 1990	90 out of 100	90
CU Amiga	Amiga	Sep, 1989	88 out of 100	88
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Mar, 1990	9 out of 12	75
Power Play	Commodore 64	Jun, 1990	67 out of 100	67
Defunct Games	SEGA Master System	Oct 13, 2007	55 out of 100	55

Forums

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Trivia

Amiga Power magazine declared this to be the greatest Amiga game of all time in 1991, and controversially repeated this in their list compiled in early 1992, suggesting that titles like Formula 1 Grand Prix, Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker and Populous 2 were too specialised in their appeal, whereas Rainbow Islands was an across-the-board title. Ironically, Formula 1 Grand Prix was at #1 in the charts that month, and Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker had spent over 6 months in the top 5. The magazine claimed to be surprised when Rainbow Islands reached #7 in the readers' Top 100 later that year (two of the games above it, Sensible Soccer and Monkey Island 2 were released in between the two lists).