Rainbow Islands Extra

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Rainbow Islands Extra
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Taito
Developer:
Developer(s) of original games: Taito
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,8006,800 T-11073

Rainbow Islands Extra (レインボーアイランド エキストラ) is an update version of Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2, extra version was released by Taito for arcades in 1988. It was ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1990 exclusively in Japan.

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" version 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.

Left and Right moves, A makes rainbows and B jumps.

Stages

Notavailable.svg World 1: Insect island
Extra version enemies Darius island.
Notavailable.svg World 2: Combat island
Extra version enemies Magical island
Notavailable.svg World 3: Monster island
Extra version enemies Dragon island
Notavailable.svg World 4: Toys island
Extra version enemies Doh's island
Notavailable.svg World 5: Doh's island
Extra version enemies Insect island
Notavailable.svg World 6: Robot island
Extra version enemies Monster island
Notavailable.svg World 7: Dragon island
Extra version enemies Toys island
Notavailable.svg World 8: Magical island
Extra version enemies Robot island
Notavailable.svg World 9: Darius island
Extra version enemies Combat island
Notavailable.svg World 10: Bubble island

Magazine articles

Main article: Rainbow Islands Extra/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
78 №1990-11, p20[1]
68 №, p85[2]
63 №111, [1]
50 №1990-20_21, p16
81 №10, p99[3]
83 №2, p79[4]
86 №1, p79[5]
92 №2, p70-72[6]
100 №23, p54
89 №5, p33[7]
92 №18, p66
Sega Mega Drive
 80
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[8]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
78
[9]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
90
[10]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
84
[11]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[12]
Famicom Hisshoubon (JP) NTSC-J
50
[13]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
81
[3]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
83
[4]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
83
[14]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
73
[15]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC
81
[16]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
86
[5]
Mean Machines (UK) NTSC-J
92
[17]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
86
[18]
Power Play (DE)
84
[19]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
100
[20]
Sega Pro (UK)
89
[7]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
92
[21]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
68
[22]
Tilt (FR)
90
[23]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
50
[24]
Sega Mega Drive
 78
Based on
21 reviews

Rainbow Islands Extra

Mega Drive, JP
RainbowIslandsExtra MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart

References

  1. ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1990-11.pdf, page 22
  2. ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:Joystick FR 010.pdf, page 99 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 010.pdf_p99" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:MDAG UK 02.pdf, page 79 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MDAG UK 02.pdf_p79" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 79 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p79" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ File:MeanMachines UK 02.pdf, page 70
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:SegaPro UK 05.pdf, page 33 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 05.pdf_p33" defined multiple times with different content
  8. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 245
  9. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 22
  10. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133
  11. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 81
  12. ↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 1
  13. ↑ Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-20, 21 (1990-10-19, 11-02)" (JP; 1990-10-05), page 16
  14. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
  15. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "December 1990" (JP; 1990-11-08), page 79
  16. ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65
  17. ↑ Mean Machines, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-29), page 72
  18. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
  19. ↑ Power Play, "1/91" (DE; 1990-12-14), page 181
  20. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
  21. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
  22. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  23. ↑ Tilt, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 75
  24. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 140



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)
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