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	Re: Rainbow Islands or Macross 2036?
	Re: Rainbow Islands or Macross 2036?
	Re: Rainbow Islands or Macross 2036?

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From: Grant428@aol.com
Date: Fri Nov 16 09:56:09 EST 2001
Subject: Re: Rainbow Islands or Macross 2036?


As Paul said, Rainbow Islands is a pretty difficult find...and it was kinda 
overlooked by many when it was released back in 1993 due to higher profile 
releases...like Akumajo Dracula X.  However, I was one of the ones who bought 
it back then, and it's still one of my most played PC Engine games, even 
eight years later.  Sure, there are some minor technical problems with the 
game (none that affect gameplay); however, the control is spot-on and the 
game plays infinitely better than the ports which went to the Saturn and 
PlayStation.  I almost opted for one of those...until my ex-wife brought them 
home for me to try out from her game store part-timer.  Maybe it's just the 
fact that I was "raised" on the PC Engine rev, but I really couldn't get into 
them at all (it was the control that sunk it for me).  Although there is 
nothing wrong with Macross 2036 (it's a somewhat solid, average shooter), 
Rainbow, in my opinion, has the most play value...unless you don't like 
perceived "kiddie" games, which, in that case, you may wish to opt for 
Macross.  Like many Nintendo titles, though, you cannot judge a game on its 
look (the wonderful Earthbound for SNES is a classic example); I think this 
is something that many folks can't get through their thick heads.  I don't 
know if anyone else has noticed, but people always tend to whine about 
Nintendo consoles having too many supposedly juvenile games; however, nobody 
ever raises the same points about the various GameBoy libraries...which have 
the same sort of first-party games.  Eh...maybe it's a portable thing.  But 
the point is that sometimes those "kiddie" games have infinitely more play 
value and technique over the more adult, better looking titles.  Rainbow 
Islands is a great example of this.


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From: kris@squareonepublishing.co.uk
Date: Fri Nov 16 10:28:53 EST 2001
Subject: Re: Rainbow Islands or Macross 2036?


Well that's it settled then. Rainbow Islands it is. I'd kind of rather get
that anyway, the Bubble Bobble games are some of my favourites. The old
Taito stuff is one of the main reasons that I got a PC Engine again. Love
New Zealand Story, Don Doko Don etc. It's a bummer that the original Bubble
Bobble wasn't ever released for the PCE. Oh well.

on 16/11/01 2:56 pm, Grant428@aol.com at Grant428@aol.com wrote:



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From: Wedgerog1@aol.com
Date: Fri Nov 16 12:35:40 EST 2001
Subject: Re: Rainbow Islands or Macross 2036?


I have Rainbow Islands for the NES... I'm not sure how similar it is to the 
Turbo CD version, but personally I HATE it compared to Bubble Bobble or 
Parasol Stars.  There wasn't a two player version, and the actual gameplay 
mechanics weren't very good.  Maybe if the Turbo version's actually decent, 
though, I'd consider picking it up too.

-Joe R.


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