1987's Rainbow Islands boasts more great ideas than most modern platform games

Past Perfect is a retrospective column in which we look back into gaming history to see whether old favourites are still worth playing today.

First and foremost, yes, Rainbow Islands absolutely did come out on PC. Taito’s 1987 sequel to the far more ubiquitous Bubble Bobble eventually reached our waters some 17 years later via Empire Interactive’s Xplosiv label. All but another 17 years later, I felt absolutely compelled to give it another play, driven by the fondest childhood memories of spending countless hours in its super-colourful world.

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