Publisher: Ocean
Released: 1991
Rainbow Islands: Bubble Bobble 2 is based on the 1987 Arcade game and was only released in Europe and Australia.
+ Bonus items scattered around the playfield are a tantalising risk-reward tease for high score chasers.
+ The scoring system is deceptively deep and mastering advanced rainbow attacks can net you huge scores.
+ Gameplay runs at a much more consistent speed than the Sega Master System version (1993), and has smooth scrolling.
- However, colours are more muted than Sega's 8-bit offering, and enemies / projectiles tend to blend into the background.
- Controls have a slippery and overly-sensitive feeling to them compared to other ports which can cause annoyance.
- End of level collectable fruit takes forever to appear and it tediously always launches in the same pattern.
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