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Trivia

Rainbow Islands was voted #10 in the "Top 25 Platformers of All Time" poll in Retro Gamer Magazine (Issue 37).

Contributed by PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3025) on Jul 18, 2007.

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).

Contributed by Martin Smith (64035) on Feb 13, 2006.

 

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