Rainbow Islands Extra
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||
| Publisher: Taito | ||||||||||
| Developer: Aisystem Tokyo | ||||||||||
| Original system(s): Taito 68000 | ||||||||||
| Developer(s) of original games: Taito | ||||||||||
| Genre: Action[1] | ||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||
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Rainbow Islands Extra (レインボーアイランド エキストラ) is an updated version of the 1988 arcade game, Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2. It was released on the Sega Mega Drive in 1990 exclusively in Japan (although a North American release was at one point planned).
Contents
Story
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.
Gameplay
Original and "Extra" versions are selectable in option menu. The rules are otherwise the same - create rainbows to defeat enemies and reach the top of the screen. The order of characters and music are interchanged in two versions.
and 
moves, 
makes rainbows and 
jumps.
Stages
| World 1: Insect island | |
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Extra version enemies: Darius island | |
| World 2: Combat island | |
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Extra version enemies: Magical island | |
| World 3: Monster island | |
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Extra version enemies: Dragon island | |
| World 4: Toys island | |
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Extra version enemies: Doh's island | |
| World 5: Doh's island | |
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Extra version enemies: Insect island | |
| World 6: Robot island | |
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Extra version enemies: Monster island | |
| World 7: Dragon island | |
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Extra version enemies: Toys island | |
| World 8: Magical island | |
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Extra version enemies: Robot island | |
| World 9: Darius island | |
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Extra version enemies: Combat island | |
| World 10: Bubble island | |
Production credits
- Software: Hyper Gen, Gamer Naoki
- Character: Mad Akasi, Danger Gochi
- Sound: Ninjya Odawara
- Supervisor: Ztt Ogr
- Directer: Ojamamusi Hatano
- Special Thanks: Y.Sato, Tommy, Talk Uchimura, Y.K, I.Fujisue, MTJ
- Game Design: Gochi Ogo
Digital manuals
Mega Drive Mini 2 US/EU manual
Magazine articles
- Main article: Rainbow Islands Extra/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Rainbow Islands Extra/Promotional material.
Physical scans
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  Cart  Manual |
Technical information
- Main article: Rainbow Islands Extra/Technical information.
ROM dump status
| System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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512kB | 1990-06 | Cartridge (JP) | ||||||||||
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Mega Drive Mini 2 (US/EU) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ File:Rainbow Islands Extra MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 245
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 22
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 81
- ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1
- ↑ Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-20, 21 (1990-10-19, 11-02)" (JP; 1990-10-05), page 16
- ↑ Joystick, "Novembre 1990" (FR; 1990-1x-xx), page 99
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 79
- ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
- ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 79
- ↑ Mean Machines, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-29), page 72
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
- ↑ Power Play, "1/91" (DE; 1990-12-14), page 181
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
- ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 33
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Tilt, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 75
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 140
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Main page | Comparisons | Maps | Hidden content | Magazine articles | Reception | Promotional material | Region coding | Bootlegs | |
| 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) |