Rainbow Islands
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The Game
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Bub and Bob, the heroes from Bubble Bobble, are back! This time negotiating the hazards of the Rainbow Islands.

Myriad creatures conspire to impede your progress at every fun-filled level until you face the "Guardian", the ultimate test of advancement... Good luck.



Basic Movement
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Rainbow Climbing: Make Rainbows on each level of the floor and walk up them. It is possible to stand on the top of a Rainbow.

Rainbow Attack: Hit your enemies with a new Rainbow to kill them.

Rainbow Breaking: By jumping onto a Rainbow, you can break it.

This causes the Rainbow to drop down the screen, killing anything in its path.



Picking Up Objects
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You can pick up objects by either walking into them or by hitting them with a Rainbow. Also, running a Rainbow along the ground may reveal hidden objects. These can be collected by breaking the Rainbow above them.



Three Important Pickups
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Magic Shoes: Picking up the magic shoes will give you greater speed.

Red Potions: Collection a red potion will add one to the number of Rainbows that you can throw, up to a maximum of three.

Yellow Potions: Collecting a yellow potion will speed up your Rainbow throws.



Hints And Tips
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1. There is a secret room on each island - how to access it is confidential!
2. Master the use of the Rainbows.
3. When the 'hurry' message appears, get to the top of the screen as quickly as possible.



The Seven Islands
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Insect Island ... Caterpillars, spiders, crows.
Combat Island ... Tanks, planes, helicopters.
Monster Island ... Bats, werewolves, ghosts.
Toy Island ... Water-pistols, deadly disks, teddy bears.
Doh's Island ... Balls, spheres, capsules.
Robot Island ... Spanners, robots, bolts.
Dragon Island ... Cyclops, dragons, spirits



Game Controls
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K - Left, L - Right, A - Jump, SPACE - Fire Rainbow
P/SPACE - Pause/Resume, Q - Quit (When paused), S - Turn off music (128K version only)



Joystick Controls
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Push up to increase credits during the title screen.
Press fire button to start one player game.
Press fire button to throw Rainbows.
Push left and right to move left and right.
Push up to jump.



Loading
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On 48K Spectrums, type LOAD"" (ENTER).
On 128K Spectrums, use Loader.