Rainbow Islands
Welcome to Rainbow Islands, play this classic retro game directly in your browser! Enjoy the nostalgic experience.
About Rainbow Islands
Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 began as a 1987 Taito arcade game and sequel to the original Bubble Bobble, later arriving on the Sega Mega Drive as an enhanced port subtitled ‘Extra’ with a new Extra Mode. Players control Bubby and Bobby (human forms of Bubble Bobble’s Bub and Bob) as they climb seven colorful islands, defeating enemies by shooting rainbows at them instead of trapping them in bubbles like the original game. The story sees the pair rescuing islanders who’ve been imprisoned and transformed into Bubble Dragons by an evil villain.
Controls are usually keyboard based natively or touch if on mobile. No download required.
Why Play Rainbow Islands on CraazyGames?
Rainbow Islands swaps Bubble Bobble’s bubble-trapping for rainbow-shooting platforming, making it a fresh spin on a genre classic. Play it free on CraazyGames, right in your browser, with no download or emulator setup required.
How to Play Rainbow Islands Online
Click inside the game window and press Start to boot the Mega Drive emulator. You climb each island upward, using rainbows as both weapons and platforms. By default the arrow keys move and the Z, X and A keys act as the Genesis buttons, with Enter as Start; open Control Settings in the emulator menu to see or remap them.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| D-pad | Walk left or right |
| Rainbow button | Shoot a rainbow in the direction you face |
| Jump button | Jump; jump onto a rainbow to break it |
| Start | Pause |
How Rainbows Work
A rainbow arcs out in front of Bubby and hurts any enemy it touches. Rainbows also act as bridges: you can walk up them to reach higher platforms. Jumping onto a rainbow makes it collapse and fall, crushing every enemy below and dropping bonus fruit or gems.
Tips
- Keep climbing. If you take too long, a warning appears and water starts rising from the bottom of the stage.
- Break rainbows on groups of enemies for more points than hitting them one by one.
- Pick up power-ups. Shoes make you faster and potions improve your rainbows, giving you more or faster arcs. You lose them when you lose a life.
- Collect all seven diamond colours on an island. Enemies crushed by falling rainbows drop diamonds whose colour depends on where they land; a full set rewards you with a secret bonus.
- Use rainbows as stairs under bosses to reach their weak points from below.
About This Version
Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 started in arcades in 1987 as Taito’s sequel to Bubble Bobble. The Mega Drive version adds an Extra mode with rearranged enemies for experienced players. If you like cute puzzle-platforming, also try Snow Bros. and Puzzle Bobble.
