Rainbow Islands (2002)

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For the DOS port with Bubble Bobble included, see Bubble Bobble (also featuring Rainbow Islands).

Bubble Bobble
Bubble Bobble	1989
Bubble Bobble (also featuring Rainbow Islands)	1996
Rainbow Islands (2002)	2002
Bubble Bobble 4 Friends: The Baron's Workshop	2021
Puzzle Bobble (series)

Key points

Emulated version of the original arcade version of Rainbow Islands.

Standalone release is exclusive to Japan.

Released in a bundle in Europe with a similarly emulated version of Bubble Bobble by Empire Interactive.

Is slightly inaccurate due to improper emulation.

Has the original music, as well as the secret islands that were both missing in the DOS port.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

This game is not available digitally.

Japan and Europe only.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>/rainbow.cfg^{[Note 1]}

This game does not save any data besides configuration files.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Japanese				Japan release only.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).