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RAINBOW ISLANDS
BEN DOLLEY
Well after a week of problems with my ST I have finally
decided to this review of the great new game Rainbow-Islands on
my freinds computer.So here we go...
It has been three years since you and your friend Bob had
banished evil from their lands.But as you dealt the killing
bubble evil said that it would return.You and Bob were now living
happily on the first of the seven islands as next door
neighbours.But on the day that you were remembering the time when
you killed the last monster a sudden blackness came and
overpowered all of the seven islands.After a quick think you
decided to try and rid evil once again...
This game is one of those games which being pretty cute and
cuddly would have a couple of years ago been put to the back of
the software shelves never to be touched again!But this game also
being very cute has one main advantage it is very,very
addictive,being one of those games you can play for hours and
love it.It`s not one of the games you play for an hour and never
touch it again.This is the follow-up to the very popular game
Bubble-Bobble realesed some years back.
You play a very cute character who`s aim is to rid seven
islands of the evil monsters that have taken them
over.The game scrolls vertically up with you starting at the
bottom and trying to reach the top.Fortunately our hero is not
completely defenceless against the oncoming monsters he
has the power to fire rainbows that can be used as bridges or
stepping-stones.You can also hit monsters directly or trap
them,traping them makes them very angry and it is advised for you
to quickly jump on the rainbow killing any monsters trap
inside.Some monsters can take 2 rainbows to destroy and after
taking 1 hit can get very annoyed so it is advised to trap them
under a rainbow and stamp on it killing it immediately.
Unfortunately the rainbow only has a limited time for you to
walk over it and then it will fade and vanish.At first you can
only fire 1 rainbow,but sometimes when you kill a monster a small
pot appears,collecting it means that you are able to fire up to
three rainbows which is very powerful.Every monster you kill
leaves an item which is usually fruit which give you varying
amounts of points.Other items include diamonds and emeralds which
also top up your points.
At the end of island you are faced with a huge monster which
include a helicopter and spider.The monsters hits are displayed
at the top of the screen which is useful.At the end of every
round which you have to complete in a certain time ( there are
five rounds to every island),you see a treasure box comes down
from the sky and opens spreading out vasts amounts of fruit which
if all collected can give you a lot of points.The only problem is
Çyou have a certain amount of time in which to complete the level
otherwise the island begins to fill the screen and you not the
best of swimmers so be careful not to take to much time
collecting fruit etc.
EFFECTS
The graphics in this game look are reminiscent to Bubble-
Bobble.But in this game the graphics are much better with cuter
sprites.Bub the hero looks very neat in his blue dunarees and red
trainers and the enemies look so nice it is a shame killing them
as they look so good.Even the back drops look very good and well
drawn with good colour use.The rainbows you fire are much better
animated than the bubbles you fired in the first game.The title
screen which was drawn in 16 colours looks very impressive with a
picture of Bub being chased away by an array of different
monsters.Things certainly don't deteriorate from there with
every monster superbly animated with very good detail.A superb
copy of the arcade even for the ST.
The sound is very good at the beginning but it can become a
bit tiresome so I would advise turning the sound down after the
first round or two.
DATA
GAME :RAINBOW ISLANDS
PRICED AT :19.99
REALISED BY :OCEAN A SMASH
GRAPHICS :92% HIT!
SOUND :72%
VALUE :87%
PLAYABILITY :90%
OVERALL :92%
RESULTS
A brilliant game in all respects.It has got every thing a good
computer game needs,the graphics are excellent the addictivness
is overpowering which makes it hard to leave it even after
playing it for hours.Overall a game worth buying immediately.BUY
IT!