Rainbow Islands WIP

(c) 1987 Taito Corp. & 2002 Ian Price - iprice@supanet.com



Welcome to my (very unfinished) WIP of Rainbow Islands - The story of Bubble Bobble 2.

This WIP is based on the arcade game "Rainbow Islands" It was written in less than six weeks. I worked on this game as and when I could, not on a full time basis. This WIP contains four stages and a boss from the first Island of the arcade game.

I have to thank Taito for making such a great game, and for the graphics (I didn't have time to update them in any way - what you see are the actual graphics from the arcade game).

The game revolves around the character Bub, who must rescue the people of the Rainbow Islands. 
Bub must move to the goal at the top of each stage.

To help him in his quest, Bub can make rainbows. These are not ordinary rainbows, however, as Bub can use them in a variety of ways. Bub can actually walk up the rainbows, jump on them or even use them to kill the many hostiles creatures that inhabit the Rainbow Islands.

Each Island consists of four themed stages - with a large Boss at the top of the last stage.

The Islands also have many bonuses hidden throughout them to assist Bub on his quest. Although this WIP is not complete, some of these bonuses ARE included - you'll just have to find them!!

Most of the bonuses are found by killing the monsters throughout the game, however some are obtained by doing certain things at certain times or in certain places. 

For instance, Bub can collect 7 rainbow coloured gems. To get a gem to appear you need to drop a rainbow onto a monster. The monster will bounce up, then fall. Once it has landed it will turn into a gem. However, the position of the monster when it landed will determine the colour of the gem.

If you collect all 7 gems, you can collect a big gem once you defeat the boss on the last stage of each island. However, if you manage to collect all 7 gems in order RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, VIOLET a secret door will appear on the Boss screen. You can then either defeat the boss or enter the door to skip it. 

Anyway, you'll have the most fun just experimenting and trying to find the bonuses.

To play the game use the CURSOR keys:-

UP               - Jump up 
LEFT             - Move left
RIGHT            - Move right
SPACE or CONTROL - Fire a rainbow

Once Bub has created a rainbow, he can walk up it, jump on it, or break it so that it falls.

Remember, the bonuses are the key to completing the game. The more you get, the easier life will be...

If you happen to spot any bugs or discrepencies, not mentioned below, please report them to me - iprice@supanet.com and I will endevour to correct them prior to releasing the full game.

Well, have fun.


 
Ian Price



KNOWN BUGS/UNFINISHED STUFF
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+ Can't use rainbow to jump up

+ Walking up rainbows (can't fall off of them - walk in mid-air)

+ If you break a rainbow before it has "built" you can't fire another rainbow

+ You can sometimes end up inside a platform (not stuck)

+ Sometimes you can't jump after walking on rainbow (create another, then walk up it to fix)

+ Bug bonus counter not completed

+ Beating Boss does not end level/game

+ Probably loads of other stuff, which I haven't discovered yet!!




