If it wasn’t for the engaging gameplay, then this title might not have had made this list at all. The characters don’t have any colour to them and the levels are mainly block colour backgrounds. Fail to move quickly enough and you die!Ĭompared to the arcade version, Rainbow Islands on the ZX Spectrum is very spartan. In terms of gameplay, it’s a little like a version of Mario Bros where instead of just defeating enemies on a screen, players also have to jump up levels to avoid the rising sea level. Players play as Bubby and then Bobby alternately in this game. Yeah I know it’s hard to get your head around, but stick with us.īub and Bob, the main characters of Bubble Bobble, are actually humans that have been transformed into dragons by an evil sorcerer. Well, Rainbow Islands is where that part of the Bubble Bobble story starts, and it features everyone’s favourite shape-busting dragons in their human forms. Some of you might recognise the guy on the front cover from Parasol stars, one of the best PC Engine games. I`d risk saying probably on auction could get 70-120 quid, but don`t quote me on that :) It`s a rare thing, but will anybody buy it? It`s not Nintendo.just an old Speccy.Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2 kickstarts this list of the best ZX Spectrum games of all time! The games on the 180 quid ebay one don`t look like worth anything significant and those Buy It Now prices are fairly meaningless. If you`re collector then I suppose so, why not. You can also buy even cheaper, older ZX, like I said above you won`t miss the extra features that much. You can get a +2 and a joystick separately and spend the rest on DivIDE or other flash solution. Should you get it? Not sure, if you want to play ZX games on original hardware then there are cheaper options. There were not that many games utilising the extra ram and you could get the AY chip separately. My rich pal had one - it was fun, but not THAT much better than my simple-peasant Timex. It has more RAM, AY music chip which is vastly superior and that built in tape deck. ZX Spectrum +2 was one of the upmarket versions of the standard ones (looks like a CPC because Amstrad bought Sinclair out).
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