[mattrixdesign2]

I only ever played this on my Amiga but I loved it... What is the best version (Console/Arcade/Amiga etc). I want to be able to play it on my hacked PSP

[Razor]

Arcade I would of thought.

[mattrixdesign2]

Originally Posted by Razor

Arcade I would of thought.

hmmm, well I do have SNES and MEGA DRIVE emulation, was it our on either of these?

[Razor]

You will need mame for true arcade games. SNES and Megadrive are console versions of the game. The arcade is the original version.

[Haggler]

Originally Posted by mattrixdesign2

hmmm, well I do have SNES and MEGA DRIVE emulation, was it our on either of these?

Defo on the megadrive though i don't think they made a snes conversion.

*Edit quick comparison for you*

amiga

YouTube - Amiga Longplay [037] Rainbow Islands

megadrive

YouTube - MD Rainbow Island SPEED RUN1/2 レインボーアイランド 最速クリア1/2

arcade

YouTube - Rainbow Islands 74,009,330 Pts All Clear By Essekappa 1/7

Pc engine

YouTube - Rainbow island pc engin

There's also a crappy looking (in comparison) nes version you don't want and obviously the 8 bit c64, amstrad etc versions.

[RottenFox]

and dont forget the utterly **** version that was on the DS...utter garbage it was..

for me, original arcade/mame version.

[pault2007]

I bought Rainbow Island Evolution for my PSP a couple of months ago and found the game so boring and different from the arcade version that I turned it off after 15 minutes and haven't played it since.

The game is just loads of boring mini games.

[andrewrunagall]

Personally, I've only played two versions, the arcade and Commodore 64 versions.

I'm not saying the C64 one is better, but I spent many hours playing it as a kid.

[CAS FAN]

I had the Megadrive & Amiga versions and have the arcade version on my Jamma/MAME cab. I also had the Speccy version which was OK, but (just as with the other 8 bit versions) doesn't compare to the others. The PCE version is highly regarded though and as you can tell from the above comparison from Haggler, it's a good conversion.

All 3 versions I had are decent but to put them in order (best to worst) it's pretty much as you'd expect...

1) Arcade
2) Megadrive
3) Amiga

[mattrixdesign2]

I may look for the MD version.

PCE was a console I was interested in buy never actually played on one, any classics I may have missed?

[buzlightyear]

This game used to annoy me so much, could get to the Vampire level without losing a life, then lose everything trying to defeat the vampire boss.
That was the Atari ST version, broke many a joystick. Great game though.

[Haggler]

Originally Posted by mattrixdesign2

PCE was a console I was interested in buy never actually played on one, any classics I may have missed?

R-Type

YouTube - PC Engine R-TYPE I

GunHed

YouTube - PC Engine Gaming: Gunhed

Air Zonk

YouTube - pc denjin/Air Zonk - pc engine (1992)

[jedial]

The Saturn version is pretty good, it came with Bubble Bobble.

[davyK]

The Saturn version is very good. It does indeed come with Bubble Bobble (with slightly retouched graphics) - and it also features an enhanced version of Rainbow Islands which has the graphics updated in line with the 32-bit era.

One problem with this game is that your progress, high scores etc. are not saved to backup memory. Bit of a shame really.

[pRot3us]

The Amiga version was the first game I ever played that I considered to be an arcade perfect conversion.

Programmed by Andrew Braybrook IIRC

[RetroReunited]

The Spectrum has a surprisingly good conversion. Very colourful.

[ukbootlegs]

The Amiga version is in my top 10 ever favourite games.

I'd love this to come to XBLA

[Haggler]

Originally Posted by RetroReunited

The Spectrum has a surprisingly good conversion. Very colourful.

Hmm just had a nose at it, i never knew the speccy was capable of so many colours, gotta love that transparent guy though.