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Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code

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.

Rainbow Islands sees the two dragons from Bubble Bobble, Bub and Bob, in human form, 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.

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).

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
84 №7, p54/55/56
91 №2, p13
74 №42, p48/49
79 №19, p50/51
Sega Master System
 82
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
83
[1]
Consoles + (FR)
80
[2]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
84
[3]
Gamer (GR)
79
[4]
Joypad (FR)
71
[5]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
81
[6]
Mega Force (FR)
72
[7]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
78
[8]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
84
[9]
Player One (FR) PAL
74
[10]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
74
[11]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
79
[12]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
80
[13]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
91
[14]
Sega Master Force (UK) PAL
91
[15]
Sega Master System
 80
Based on
15 reviews

Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2

Master System, EU
RainbowIslands SMS EU Box.jpg
Cover
Master System, BR
RainbowIslands SMS BR Box.jpg
Cover



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)
  1. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "August 1993" (DE; 1993-07-12), page 134
  2. ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 140
  3. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 151
  4. ↑ Gamer, "Októvrios 1993" (GR; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
  5. ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 148
  6. ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
  7. ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 98
  8. ↑ Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 80
  9. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 54
  10. ↑ Player One, "Juin/Juillet 1993" (FR; 1993-06-10), page 104
  11. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 48
  12. ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 50
  13. ↑ Sega Zone, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 24
  14. ↑ Sega Force, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 80
  15. ↑ Sega Master Force, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-22), page 13
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