Rainbow Islands Extra

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Rainbow Islands Extra
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Taito
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code

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

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
81 №10, p99
83 №2, p79
86 №1, p79[1]
92 №2, p70-72[2]
100 №23, p54
89 №5, p33
92 №18, p66
Sega Mega Drive
89
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[3]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
78
[4]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
90
[5]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
84
[6]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[7]
Famicom Hisshoubon (JP) NTSC-J
50
[8]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
81
[9]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
83
[10]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
83
[11]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
73
[12]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC
81
[13]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
86
[1]
Mean Machines (UK) NTSC-J
92
[14]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
86
[15]
Power Play (DE)
84
[16]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
100
[17]
Sega Pro (UK)
89
[18]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
92
[19]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
68
[20]
Tilt (FR)
90
[21]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
50
[22]
Sega Mega Drive
78
Based on
21 reviews

Rainbow Islands Extra

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart



Bubble Bobble/Rainbow Islands games for Sega systems
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)