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Summary

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.

Storyline

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.

IGDB user rating

77.3

33 ratings

Combined rating

77.3

User + critics, 33 ratings

Releases

  • Arcade 1987
    Japan
  • Atari ST/STE 1989
    Worldwide
  • Amstrad CPC 1989
    Worldwide
  • Amiga 1990
    Worldwide
  • Commodore C64/128/MAX 1990
    Worldwide
  • ZX Spectrum 1990
    Worldwide
  • TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine Jun 30, 1993
    Japan
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Feb 19, 2004
    Japan

Languages

Interface

English (US)
日本語

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Collections

Alternative names

  • Bubble Bobble 2 (Alternative title)
  • Rainbow Islands (Japanese title - translated)
  • Rainbow Islands: Story of Bubble Bobble II (Alternative spelling)

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IGDB ID

4405

77

Combined rating

33 ratings

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