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| Rainbow Islands Extra | |||||
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||
| Publisher: Taito | |||||
Developer: Taito  | |||||
| Genre: Action | |||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||
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Rainbow Islands Extra (レインボーアイランド エキストラ) is a strange update to Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, released by Taito for arcades in 1988 before being ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990 exclusively in Japan.
Although it offers a port of the original Rainbow Islands, the default option is the "extra" mode, in which all the cute and colourful enemies found in the original game are replaced with enemies found in Taito's shoot-'em-up series, Darius. The music in extra mode has also been replaced with tunes from that game. The rules are otherwise the same as in the original - create rainbows to defeat enemies and reach the top of the screen.
The story for both modes is the same: Bubby's friends have been captured and turned into Bubble Dragons by Super Skull Monsta [sic], and Bubby needs to save them by destroying the Super Skull Monsta's minions with rainbows and collecting Little Diamonds to get Magical Mirrors needed to break the spell.
Rainbow Islands Extra was only released in Japan.
Physical Scans
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| Bubble Bobble/Rainbow Islands games for Sega systems |
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| Bubble Bobble (1988) | Rainbow Islands Extra (1990) | Rainbow Islands (1993) | Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands (1996) | Bubble Symphony (1997) |
| Puzzle Bobble/Bust-a-Move games for Sega systems |
| Bust-A-Move (1996) | Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition (1996) | Bust-A-Move 3 (1997) | Bust-A-Move 4 (2000) | Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble (2002) |
| Unlicensed Bubble Bobble/Rainbow Islands games for Sega systems |
| Super Bubble Bobble MD (1995) |
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- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 22
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 81
- ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-20, 21 (1990-10-19, 11-02)" (JP; 1990-10-05), page 16
- ↑ Joystick, "Novembre 1990" (FR; 1990-1x-xx), page 99
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 79
- ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
- ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 79
- ↑ Mean Machines, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-29), page 72
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
- ↑ Power Play, "1/91" (DE; 1990-12-14), page 181
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
- ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 33
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Tilt, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 75
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 140