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Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands

Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands (commonly shortened to just Bubble Bobble & Rainbow Islands) is a compilation of both Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands, two popular arcade games developed by Taito…

2 September 1996

Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands is an arcade developed by Taito, released 2 September 1996 on PlayStation, Sega Saturn, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands is

Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1996. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation, Sega Saturn, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands (commonly shortened to just Bubble Bobble & Rainbow Islands) is a compilation of both Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands, two popular arcade games developed by Taito in the 1980s and early 1990s. It was released for the Sega Saturn (alongside PlayStation and PC versions) in 1996.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Bubble Bobble series

Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands is the 32nd of 95 entries we hold in the Bubble Bobble series. The next entry was Bust-A-Move 3 in 1997.

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What it launched against

Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands launched on 2 September 1996, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Die Hard Trilogy and Death Rally.

Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Die Hard Trilogy, Death Rally.

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When did Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands come out?
Bubble Bobble Also Featuring Rainbow Islands was released on 2 September 1996 for PlayStation, Sega Saturn, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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