Friday, 12 July 2024

Rainbow Islands (NES review)

Developer: Taito
Publisher: Taito
Released: 1991

Rainbow Islands is a 1987 Arcade game that additionally saw a European exclusive NES port by Ocean (1991).

+ Bite-sized levels encourage you to keep trying and there's a real satisfaction to conquering a tough stage.

+ 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.

+ Controls feel tighter and more precise than the Ocean release, particularly when attempting to adjust in mid-air.

- However, this port is less faithful to the Arcade original in terms of level design and intermission screens. 

- Screen doesn't continually scroll as you advance upwards as it pauses a few times per level which breaks immersion.

- SFX are ear-piercingly shrill and the graphics feature less-detailed sprites than the European NES version.


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