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Main title
Bubble Bobble
Rainbow Islands

Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment

Developer: Probe Entertainment, Graftgold (Rainbow Islands)

Distributor: Arcadia Software (ES), Halifax (IT), Scanbox Danmark (DK), Roadshow Interactive (AU)

Licensor: Taito

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Developer(s) of original games: Taito

Game total: 2

Genre: Compilation, Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	Code
US	1996-08-30^[1]	T-8131H
EU	1996	T-8131H-50
DE	1996	T-8131H-50
UK	1996-09^[2]	T-8131H-50
IT	199x
PL	1996
AU	199x

Non-Sega versions
IBM PC PlayStation

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Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands (commonly shortened to just Bubble Bobble & Rainbow Islands) is a compilation of both Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands, two popular arcade games developed by Taito in the 1980s and early 1990s. It was released for the Sega Saturn (alongside PlayStation and PC versions) in 1996.

Games included

Bubble Bobble
Rainbow Islands (Original / Enhanced)

Gameplay

Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands is a curiously named game as despite suggesting Bubble Bobble is the main focus of this compilation, it is actually Rainbow Islands which receives the most treatment. Rainbow Islands exists in two forms, a largely unaltered arcade conversion and an enhanced mode, which updates the graphics to take advantage of the larger colour palette. Both share the same musical score and gameplay.

Bubble Bobble takes cues from both these versions of Rainbow Islands, being a faithful arcade conversion with some very minor graphical changes, effectively just giving the characters some shading (as opposed to Rainbow Islands which replaces backgrounds too).

Neither version of Rainbow Islands is entirely true to its arcade roots, as the theme of its first stage has been altered to sound less like Harold Arlen's "Over the Rainbow", most likely due to legal concerns which arose as the game became more popular. This altered theme was used in previous conversions for the Nintendo Entertainment System (1991) and the Sega Master System (1993).

History

Development

Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands was originally announced as Bubble Bobble Trilogy, in which Probe would develop both Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands, as well as the "third" game, Parasol Stars. Parsol Stars was dropped and Rainbow Islands development was outsourced to Graftgold, with the project being subsequently renamed.

According to Probe head Fergus McGovern, Taito had lost the original source code for Bubble Bobble, meaning developers Probe Entertainment had to resort to adapting the 1987 Atari ST version (also brought to the Amiga) instead^[3]. However this is not strictly accurate; David Broadhurst programmed both versions (the home computer one as part of Software Creations for Firebird Software), and claims Taito provided "the designs" for Bubble Bobble when developing the Saturn version^[4]. With the ST version, the team only had an arcade cabinet for reference^[4].

Production credits

Bubble Bobble

Probe Personnel

Executive Producer: Tony Beckwith
Associate Producer: James Stewart
Programmers: Dave Broadhurst, Mark Fisher
FMV Artwork & Design: Jason McDonald, Gary Noden, Charles Jackson, Paul Brierly, Frances Castle, Alex Lawrence
Artists: Mathew Cooling, Mark Frazer
Musicians: Andy Brock, Stuart McDonald
FMV Soundtrack: Steve Root
QA Manager: Clifford Ramsey
QA Testing: Mitchell Slater, Nick McGee, James Brown, Craig Kerrison, Tom Geddes

Acclaim Personnel

QA Senior Manager: Mike Weiner
QA Supervisors: Carol Caracciolo, Thomas Falzone
Lead Analyst: Eric Hendrickson
Technical Support Supervisor: Harry Reimer
Senior Technical Analysts: John Gonzales, Howard Perlman
Technical Support Technicians: Greg McGovern, Andrew Fullaytor
Project Lead: Kristian Telschow
Testers: Christian Moy, Michael Sterzel, Marty Glantz
Tester Training: Chris Shanley

Source:

In-game credits

Rainbow Islands

The Rainbow Project

Converted by Graftgold: Steve Turner, Julie Turner, Andrew Braybrook, Kevin Holloway
Programmers: Charles Knight, Jose Doran, Iain Wallington, Dan Leslie, Simon Clay
Artists: Colin Seaman, Jeffrey Miranda, Steve Wilkins, Mike McGregor
Musician: Lee Banyard

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Next Generation (US) #22: "October 1996" (1996-09-17)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #87: "October 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[5]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Digitiser (UK)

88

^[7]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

80

^[8]

Joypad (FR)

80

^[9]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

78

^[10]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

80

^[11]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

90

^[2]

Player One (FR)

81

^[12]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

56

^[13]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

92

^[14]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

89

^[15]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

81

^[16]

	81
Based on 11 reviews

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Saturn, IT

Saturn, AU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands/Technical information.

References

↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video.sega/c/nO_ENwGDTcM/m/NON-IdOShm8J
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Mean Machines Sega, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-03), page 60
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-06), page 12
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 https://www.lemonamiga.com/interviews/david_broadhurst/ (Wayback Machine: 2023-02-16 14:20)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 7
↑ GamesMaster, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-09-26), page 51
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1996-09-25)
↑ Fun Generation, "10/96" (DE; 1996-09-11), page 68
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 81
↑ MAN!AC, "10/96" (DE; 1996-09-11), page 62
↑ Mega Fun, "11/96" (DE; 1996-10-16), page 59
↑ Player One, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-08-29), page 114
↑ Sega Power, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-09-26), page 54
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-18), page 74
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 13
↑ Video Games, "9/96" (DE; 1996-08-28), page 92

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Unlicensed Bubble Bobble/Rainbow Islands games for Sega systems
Super Bubble Bobble MD (1995)

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[:File:MeanMachinesSega48UK.pdf_p60-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Mean Machines Sega, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-03), page 60

[:File:MeanMachinesSega51UK.pdf_p12-3] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-06), page 12

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20230216142001.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.lemonamiga.com.2Finterviews.2Fdavid_broadhurst.2F-4] 4.0 ^4.1 https://www.lemonamiga.com/interviews/david_broadhurst/ (Wayback Machine: 2023-02-16 14:20)

[:File:EGM_US_087.pdf_p7-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 7

[6] GamesMaster, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-09-26), page 51

[digitiser1996-09-25-7] Digitiser (UK) (1996-09-25)

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-10.pdf_p68-8] Fun Generation, "10/96" (DE; 1996-09-11), page 68

[:File:Joypad_FR_056.pdf_p81-9] Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 81

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-10.pdf_p62-10] MAN!AC, "10/96" (DE; 1996-09-11), page 62

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-11.pdf_p59-11] Mega Fun, "11/96" (DE; 1996-10-16), page 59

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_067.pdf_p114-12] Player One, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-08-29), page 114

[:File:SegaPower_UK_85.pdf_p54-13] Sega Power, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-09-26), page 54

[:File:SSM_UK_12.pdf_p74-14] Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-18), page 74

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p13-15] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 13

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-09.pdf_p92-16] Video Games, "9/96" (DE; 1996-08-28), page 92

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