Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2

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Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Licensor: Taito
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
EU 		7117
Sega Master System
BR 		026360

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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.

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).

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
Source:
In-game credits


Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №21, p140[3]
81 №1, p65
84 №7, p54-56[4]
74 №32, p104
91 [5]
74 №42, p48/49
79 №19, p50/51
80 №6, p24/25
91 №16, p80/81[6]
Sega Master System
 82
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
83
[7]
Consoles + (FR)
80
[8]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
84
[9]
Gamer (GR)
79
[10]
Joypad (FR)
71
[11]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
81
[12]
Mega Force (FR)
72
[13]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
78
[14]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
84
[4]
Player One (FR) PAL
74
[15]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
74
[16]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
79
[17]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
80
[18]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
91
[6]
Sega Master Force (UK) PAL
91
[5]
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
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Cart
Rainbow Islands The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 SMS EU Manual.pdf
Manual
Master System, AU

RainbowIslands SMS AU Cart.jpg
Cart
RainbowIslandsSMSAUManual.pdf
Manual
Master System, BR
RainbowIslands SMS BR Box.jpg
Cover
RainbowIslandsSMSBrCart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 00ec173a
MD5 e80ae00d8924f2bada5949bf75995d87
SHA-1 a3958277129916a4fd32f3d5f2345b8d0fc23faf
256kB Cartridge (BR)
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 c172a22c
MD5 ffba9869948e2cef2bda6f805cc72087
SHA-1 acff4b6175aaaed9075f6e41cf387cbfd03eb330
256kB Cartridge (EU)

References

  1. ↑ Sega Pro, "Juni 1993" (DE; 1993-05-28), page 49
  2. ↑ File:SuperGamePower BR 019.pdf, page 13
  3. ↑ File:ConsolesPlus FR 021.pdf, page 128
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf, page 54 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf_p54" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sega Master Force, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-22), page 13
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:SegaForce UK 16.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 16.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "August 1993" (DE; 1993-07-12), page 134
  8. ↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 140
  9. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 151
  10. ↑ Gamer, "Októvrios 1993" (GR; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
  11. ↑ Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 148
  12. ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
  13. ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 98
  14. ↑ Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 80
  15. ↑ Player One, "Juin/Juillet 1993" (FR; 1993-06-10), page 104
  16. ↑ Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 48
  17. ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 50
  18. ↑ Sega Zone, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 24
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