Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 cover

Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 1987

Released
1987
Genres
Platform · Puzzle · Arcade
Platforms
Arcade · Commodore C64/128/MAX · ZX Spectrum · Atari ST/STE · PC · TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine · Amiga · Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD · Amstrad CPC
Developer
Taito
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Bubby and Bobby set out to defeat the Dark Shadow and rescue the Rainbow Islands in this 1987 platform game for Japanese arcades, better known as Rainbow Islands. Ten themed islands with four rounds each are shown on a map screen before every island starts. In each round you have to climb to the top before the rising sea reaches you, and enemies move much faster on the later islands. The rainbows you release work as weapons, makeshift platforms and item collectors: one damages any enemy it touches, and when jumped on it falls and beats enemies below. The rising sea is a clock that keeps every climb tense, and it still does today.

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