Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 (NES, USA, Japan)
Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 (NES, USA, Japan)
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| Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 |
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This game has hidden development-related text.
This game has a hidden sound test.
This game has a hidden level select.
This game has regional differences.A severely cut down port of the original, although with alternate level designs, cutscenes, and "KiKi KaiKai Island", which replaces Magical Island in whole.
Contents
1 Unused Text
2 Sound Select
3 World Select
4 Regional Differences
4.1 Title Screen
4.2 Islands 1-4
4.3 Bubble Island
Unused Text
The Japanese version of this game contains leftovers from an early development stage. The string "SAMPLE VERSION" still exists among other strings in the game.
0001DAF0: 1B 18 10 1B 0A 16 16 0E 0D 26 0B 22 26 0D 12 1C ROGRAMMED]BY]DIS
0001DB00: 0C 18 1C 0A 16 19 15 0E 26 1F 0E 1B 1C 12 18 17 COSAMPLE]VERSION
0001DB10: A5 20 29 18 AA A0 00 BD 2A DB 99 E4 07 E8 C8 C0 .W`O..7.a...>...
Sound Select
Press Up, Left, Right, Down, A, B, A, Up when the word "START" begins flashing on the title screen. Press A or B to select a melody, then press Start to play it.
World Select
Press Left, B, Right, Up, Down, Left, Right, B when the word "START" begins flashing on the title screen. Press A or B to select a world, then press Start to play it.
Regional Differences
Title Screen
| Japan | USA |
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The US version added a trademark symbol to the title screen and changed some copyright information. The US title screen continues to animate after the sound test or stage select codes are entered, while the Japanese version stops animating instead.
| Japan | USA |
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The title screen theme was also changed.
Islands 1-4
| Japan | USA |
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The first four islands have all had their music changed from a very "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"-ish motif to something a bit less infringing. Only the parts of the music that could have gotten Taito in legal trouble were changed; the bridges and bass line remain unaltered.
Bubble Island
| Japan | USA |
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Due to an oversight in the sound code, the music for this stage was broken! The triangle channel in the US version breaks and starts playing garbage shortly after the song begins.
When loading song pointers, a value of 00 is treated as "end of data", which means that no part of a song may start at address $xx00. In the US version, the broken part of this track starts at $8E00, which causes the game to lose its place in the song data and play garbage.
| The Bubble Bobble series | |
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| Arcade | Bubble Bobble (Prototype) • Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 • Bubble Symphony • Bubble Memories |
| NES | Bubble Bobble • Bubble Bobble Part 2 • Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 (US/Japan, Europe) Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III |
| Sega Master System | Bubble Bobble • Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2 |
| DOS | Bubble Bobble • Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands |
| Sharp X68000 | Bubble Bobble |
| TurboGrafx-16 | Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III |
| TurboGrafx-CD | Rainbow Islands |
| Genesis | Rainbow Islands Extra |
| FM Towns | Bubble Bobble • Rainbow Islands Extra |
| Game Gear | Bubble Bobble |
| Game Boy (Color) | Bubble Bobble • Bubble Bobble Part 2 |
| Sega Saturn | Bubble Bobble also featuring Rainbow Islands |
| Game Boy Advance | Bubble Bobble: Old & New |
| Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move | |
| Arcade | Puzzle Bobble 2X |
| SNES | Bust-A-Move |
| PlayStation | Bust-A-Move 4 (Prototype) |
| Nintendo 64 | Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition • Bust-A-Move '99 |
| Game Boy (Color) | Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition • Bust-A-Move 3 DX • Bust-A-Move Millennium |
| PlayStation 2 | Super Bust-A-Move • Super Bust-A-Move 2 |
| Nintendo DS | Bust-A-Move DS |
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- Games developed by Disco
- Games published by Taito
- NES games
- Games released in 1988
- Games with hidden development-related text
- Games with hidden sound tests
- Games with hidden level selects
- Games with regional differences
- Bubble Bobble series
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