Critical Reaction
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Computer and Video Games | 96% |
| CRASH | 94% |
| Sinclair User | 94% |
| Your Sinclair | 94% |
| Zzap!64 | 96% |
| Micro Hobby | 89% |
| The Games Machine | 93% |
| ACE | 875 |
| MegaTech | 86% |
| Mean Machines | 92% |
The Amiga version of Rainbow Islands was the first game to make #1 on Amiga Power's annual All Time Top 100 list, and held the spot for years until losing to Sensible Soccer, which retained the title for the rest of the magazine's run.
The ZX Spectrum port of the game was awarded 94% in the April 1990 issue of Your Sinclair and was placed at number 8 in the Your Sinclair official top 100. In issue 93 of the same magazine, the readers voted it the 2nd best game of all time. It was also awarded 94% score in Crash.
UK magazine C&VG gave the ST version a score of 93%, praising the graphics and calling the game addictive and "tremendous fun".
The Mega Drive version was the 9th best game of all time, according to Mega Magazine MegaTech magazine said it was "virtually arcade perfect, with only flickery sprites letting the side down".
Edge stated that, "Taito's Rainbow Islands has all the ingredients for a superb videogame – incentives, copious rewards and bonuses, and intelligent bosses".
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