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Rainbow Islands Extra (Japan)

also known as CrossFire
Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
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1993
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A top-down two-ship Micronet shooter, pleasant for a few rounds. Short, lacking strong personality, but fine for sessions with friends.

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Category
Shooter 1 player 12+
Description
The player's ship battles colourful enemy formations in this Taito extra horizontal shoot'em up for Mega Drive. Published by Taito, released in Japan in June 1993. Taito horizontal shoot'em up with colourful ships and fun enemies in the Rainbow Islands universe.

Rainbow Islands Extra review

4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,21 MB 📅18/06/1993
Published by Sega

Rainbow Islands Extra (Mega Drive) price, value & rarity

Highly sought-after
Q1 loose
 $60 Q6 complete
 $232 Q10 new
 $580 !
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Other versions
CrossFire
USA
26/10/1990
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Collector interest

Rainbow Islands Extra is the Japan-exclusive edition of Taito's game on Megadrive, an extended version with additional levels specific to this release.

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