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Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2

Port of "Parasol Stars - The Story of Rainbow Islands II" (also known as Bubble Bobble 3) was published by Ocean and Graftgold for Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, and Atari ST. This sequel to…

31 December 1989

Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2 is an arcade developed by Taito, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2 is

Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2 is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1989. It was published by Ocean Software. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Bubby and Bobby set off to rescue the inhabitants of the Rainbow Islands, who have been turned into Bubble Dragons by the evil Boss of Shadow. They must collect the big gems and mirrors on the ten Rainbow Islands and defeat the Boss of Shadow to return the islanders to normal.
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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

Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2 is the 14th of 95 entries we hold in the Bubble Bobble series. It arrived 6 months after Bubble Bobble. The next entry was Bubble Bobble in 1990.

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What it launched against

Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2 launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.

Official trailer

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When did Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2 come out?
Parasol Stars: Rainbow Islands 2 was released on 31 December 1989 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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