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Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2

System(s): Sega Master System

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Taito, I.T.L

Licensor: Taito

Original system(s): Taito 68000

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	Code
EU	1993-05^[2]	7117
DE	1993-06^[3]	7117
PT	199x
UK	1993-05^[2]	7117
AU	199x
BR	1995-10^[4]	026360

Non-Sega versions
Amiga Amstrad CPC Arcade Atari ST CD-ROM² Commodore 64 Game Boy Color Nintendo Entertainment System ZX Spectrum

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Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 is a sequel to Bubble Bobble, originally released in arcades by Taito in 1987. It was ported to the Sega Master System six years later and released only in Europe and Brazil. It is seen as a fairly late conversion, as an update to Rainbow Islands, Rainbow Islands Extra had been released for Japanese Sega Mega Drive consoles in 1990, and many older consoles and computers received this game earlier.

Gameplay

Rainbow Islands sees the two dragons from Bubble Bobble, Bub and Bob, in human form (as Bubby and Bobby), attempting to rid the rainbow islands of monsters. Rather than creating bubbles, the pair use rainbows, which can be used to defeat enemies, obtain items and be used as temporary platforms. While the arcade version and many home ports are two-player games, this Master System version is single player only, thus only Bubby is playable.

This version of the game changes the melody of the first stage theme, something only also done to the US release of the NES version of the game. It also seems to borrow some aspects from the NES version (for instance, the "world map" screen before stages being just a plain text screen, with identical layout in both versions).

Rainbow Worlds

	World 1: Insect World

	World 2: Combat World

	World 3: Monster World

	World 4: Robot World

	World 5: Alcanoid World

	World 6: Kiki-Kaikai World

	World 7: Daralus World

	World 8: Bubble Bobble World

Magazine articles

Main article: Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2/Magazine articles.

Production credits

Producer: T.Shiokawa
Programmer: Y.Sugihara, Okazaru
Graphics: Ha.Ha.Ha.
Sound: K.Asakura
Special Thanks: H.Kusa, Gara‑P, A.Yoshimi, T.Nagayama

Source:

In-game credits

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

83

^[5]

Consoles + (FR)

80

^[6]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

84

^[7]

Gamer (GR)

79

^[8]

Joypad (FR)

71

^[9]

Mega Action (UK)

PAL

81

^[10]

Mega Force (FR)

72

^[11]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

78

^[12]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

84

^[13]

Player One (FR)

PAL

74

^[14]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

74

^[15]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

79

^[16]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

80

^[17]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

91

^[18]

Sega Master Force (UK)

PAL

91

^[19]

	80
Based on 15 reviews

Master System, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, PT
Cover

Master System, AU

Cart Manual

Master System, AU (Classics)
Cover

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	00ec173a
MD5	e80ae00d8924f2bada5949bf75995d87
SHA-1	a3958277129916a4fd32f3d5f2345b8d0fc23faf

256kB

Cartridge (BR)

?

CRC32	c172a22c
MD5	ffba9869948e2cef2bda6f805cc72087
SHA-1	acff4b6175aaaed9075f6e41cf387cbfd03eb330

256kB

Cartridge (EU)

References

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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)

[:File:RainbowIslands_SMS_EU_Box.jpg_p-1] File:RainbowIslands SMS EU Box.jpg

[:File:SegaPro_UK_20.pdf_p20-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Sega Pro, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-13), page 20

[:File:SegaPro_DE_08.pdf_p49-3] Sega Pro, "Juni 1993" (DE; 1993-05-28), page 49

[:File:SuperGamePower_BR_019.pdf_p13-4] SuperGamePower, "Outubro 1995" (BR; 1995-xx-xx), page 13

[:File:ASM_DE_1993-08.pdf_p134-5] Aktueller Software Markt, "August 1993" (DE; 1993-07-12), page 134

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_021.pdf_p140-6] Consoles +, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 140

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p151-7] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 151

[8] Gamer, "Októvrios 1993" (GR; 1993-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Joypad_FR_021.pdf_p148-9] Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 148

[:File:MegaAction_UK_01.pdf_p65-10] Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 65

[:File:MegaForce_FR_17.pdf_p98-11] Mega Force, "Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 98

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-05.pdf_p80-12] Mega Fun, "05/93" (DE; 1993-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf_p54-13] Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 54

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_032.pdf_p104-14] Player One, "Juin/Juillet 1993" (FR; 1993-06-10), page 104

[:File:SegaPower_UK_42.pdf_p48-15] Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 48

[:File:SegaPro_UK_19.pdf_p50-16] Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 50

[:File:SegaZone_UK_06.pdf_p24-17] Sega Zone, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 24

[:File:SegaForce_UK_16.pdf_p80-18] Sega Force, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 80

[:File:SegaMasterForce_UK_02.pdf_p13-19] Sega Master Force, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-22), page 13

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+==Gameplay==
+''Rainbow Islands'' sees the two dragons from ''Bubble Bobble'', Bub and Bob, in human form (as Bubby and Bobby), attempting to rid the rainbow islands of monsters. Rather than creating bubbles, the pair use rainbows, which can be used to defeat enemies, obtain items and be used as temporary platforms. While the arcade version and many home ports are two-player games, this Master System version is single player only, thus only Bubby is playable.
 This version of the game changes the melody of the first stage theme, something only also done to the US release of the NES version of the game. It also seems to borrow some aspects from the NES version (for instance, the "world map" screen before stages being just a plain text screen, with identical layout in both versions).
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+==Magazine articles==
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 *'''Graphics:''' Ha.Ha.Ha.
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