BundleTaito Memories II JoukanJul 28, 2005Multi-item package
Release
1987
Player score
78/100
Platform families
1
Editorial overview
What it is
Rainbow Islands is a 1987 arcade game developed and published by Taito. The arcade version was licensed to Romstar for North American manufacturing and distribution. The game is subtitled "The Story of Bubble Bobble 2" and is the sequel to Taito's hit game Bubble Bobble from the previous year. It is the second of four arcade games in the Bubble Bobble series. The game was ported for numerous home computers and game consoles.
The premise
Bubby and Bobby set off to rescue the inhabitants of the Rainbow Islands, who have been turned into Bubble Dragons by the evil Boss of Shadow. They must collect the big gems and mirrors on the ten Rainbow Islands and defeat the Boss of Shadow to return the islanders to normal.
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10
Game data from IGDB
Play styles
Single player · Multiplayer
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action · Fantasy
Languages
2 supported
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Arcade

Commodore C64/128/MAX

ZX Spectrum

Atari ST/STE

PC (Microsoft Windows)

TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
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