Rainbow Islands New Version is the celebrated 1987 arcade platformer by Taito, serving as the official sequel to the hit Bubble Bobble. Instead of blowing bubbles, players guide the human forms of Bubby and Bobby through vertical stages, using the power of rainbows to traverse the environment and defeat enemies. This “New Version” is the standard, bug-fixed arcade release that features refined mechanics and secrets as you climb through the game’s challenging, colorfully themed islands.
How to Play
The objective is to climb to the top of each island before the water level rises from below. Your primary tool is the rainbow: you can cast rainbows to trap enemies, walk on them as platforms, or jump on them to make them crash down on foes. In the browser, the standard arcade controls apply: insert a coin using Shift or Select, press Enter to Start, move left and right with the Arrow Keys, and use Z and X for jumping and casting rainbows.
Tips
- Chain Reactions: Collapsing a rainbow so that it drops onto multiple enemies at once is the key to earning valuable score items and power-ups.
- Watch the Water: Do not linger too long on any single screen. Once the “Hurry!” warning appears, the water will quickly begin to rise, and touching it results in a lost life.
- Collect the Gems: Defeated enemies drop colorful gems. Collecting all seven different colors in a world will grant you an extra life, which is essential for reaching the later islands.
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