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" -- European NES title
• "Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2" -- In-game title

Part of the Following Groups

• Bubble Bobble & Rainbow Islands games
• Game Center CX challenge games

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User Reviews

Slightly better than Bubble Bobble	Amiga	*Katakis* (37454)
As good a conversion as can be hoped for	Commodore 64	Martin Smith (63217)
Superb game once mastered. A hell of a lot better than Bubble Bobble.	Atari ST	Johnny "ThunderPeel2001" Walker (424)

The Press Says

Pixel-Heroes.de	Atari ST	Jul, 2005	10 out of 10	100
Pixel-Heroes.de	Commodore 64	Jul, 2005	10 out of 10	100
Pixel-Heroes.de	TurboGrafx CD	Jul, 2005	10 out of 10	100
Amiga Power	Amiga	May, 1991		100
Amiga Action	Amiga	Apr, 1992	97 out of 100	97
Amiga Format	Amiga	May, 1990	95 out of 100	95
Zzap!	Amiga	Sep, 1989	92 out of 100	92
Power Play	Atari ST	Jun, 1990	90 out of 100	90
CU Amiga	Amiga	Sep, 1989	88 out of 100	88
Retroage	Game Boy Color	Jan 11, 2008	6.3 out of 10	63

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
I don't know much about Bub & Bob...	5	Sciere (206061) Oct 25, 2008

Trivia

Amiga Power controversy

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).

Awards

• Amiga Joker
  • Issue 01/1991 – Best Dexterity Game in 1990
• Amiga Power
  • 1991 - Greatest Amiga Game of All Time
  • 1992 - Greatest Amiga Game of All Time
  • 1992 - #7 Greatest Amiga Game of All Time (Readers' vote)
• Power Play
  • Issue 01/1991 - Best Dexterity Game in 1990 (Amiga, Atari ST and C64 versions)
  • Issue 01/1991 - Best Arcade Port in 1990
• Retro Gamer
  • Issue 37 - #10 in the "Top 25 Platformers of All Time" poll

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