Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2
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Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 is a sequel to Bubble Bobble, originally released in arcades by Taito in 1987. It was ported to the Sega Master System six years later and released only in Europe and Brazil. It is seen as a fairly late conversion, as an update to Rainbow Islands, Rainbow Islands Extra had been released for Japanese Sega Mega Drive consoles in 1990, and many older consoles and computers received this game earlier.
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Gameplay
Rainbow Islands sees the two dragons from Bubble Bobble, Bub and Bob, in human form (as Bubby and Bobby), attempting to rid the rainbow islands of monsters. Rather than creating bubbles, the pair use rainbows, which can be used to defeat enemies, obtain items and be used as temporary platforms. While the arcade version and many home ports are two-player games, this Master System version is single player only, thus only Bubby is playable.
This version of the game changes the melody of the first stage theme, something only also done to the US release of the NES version of the game. It also seems to borrow some aspects from the NES version (for instance, the "world map" screen before stages being just a plain text screen, with identical layout in both versions).
Rainbow Worlds
| World 1: Insect World | |
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| World 2: Combat World | |
| World 3: Monster World | |
| World 4: Robot World | |
| World 5: Alcanoid World | |
| World 6: Kiki-Kaikai World | |
| World 7: Daralus World | |
| World 8: Bubble Bobble World | |
Magazine articles
Production credits
- Producer: T.Shiokawa
- Programmer: Y.Sugihara, Okazaru
- Graphics: Ha.Ha.Ha.
- Sound: K.Asakura
- Special Thanks: H.Kusa, Gara‑P, A.Yoshimi, T.Nagayama
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
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- ↑ File:RainbowIslands SMS EU Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sega Pro, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-13), page 20
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Juni 1993" (DE; 1993-05-28), page 49
- ↑ SuperGamePower, "Outubro 1995" (BR; 1995-xx-xx), page 13
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "August 1993" (DE; 1993-07-12), page 134
- ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 140
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 151
- ↑ Gamer, "Októvrios 1993" (GR; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 148
- ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
- ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 98
- ↑ Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 80
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 54
- ↑ Player One, "Juin/Juillet 1993" (FR; 1993-06-10), page 104
- ↑ Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 48
- ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 50
- ↑ Sega Zone, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 24
- ↑ Sega Force, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 80
- ↑ Sega Master Force, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-22), page 13
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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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