Rainbow Islands

Top 100 Game

Licensed from TAITO

Rainbow Islands

( February 1990 to January 1991 )

Top 100 Release

OCEAN

ALL 1 MAR 90

ZX 1 FEB 90

C64 4 MAR 90

CPC 16 MAY 90

Sources

All Formats (Gallup)

5	MONTH to c.90/03/15	Computer & Video GamesCVG #102 May 90 (90/04/16) p57
5	WEEK to c.90/04/07	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/04/21 p2 South Wales EchoSWE 90/04/21 p2
4	MONTH to c.90/04/15	Computer & Video GamesCVG #103 Jun 90 (90/05/16) p61
17	MONTH to c.90/05/15	Computer & Video GamesCVG #104 Jul 90 (90/06/16) p57
20	MONTH to c.90/06/15	Computer & Video GamesCVG #105 Aug 90 (90/07/16) p49

All Formats Full Price (Gallup)

8	WEEK to 90/02/24	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/03/14 p2 RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/03/10 p36
1	WEEK to c.90/03/03	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/03/16 p2
1	WEEK to 90/03/03	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/03/17 p36
2	WEEK to 90/03/10	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/03/24 p39
1	WEEK to 90/03/17	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/03/30 p2 RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/03/31 p27
1	WEEK to c.90/03/24	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/04/19 p2
1	WEEK to 90/03/24	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/04/07 p38
1	WEEK to 90/03/31	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/04/14 p38
2	WEEK to 90/04/07	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) ( South Wales EchoSWE 90/04/28 p40 )
1	WEEK to c.90/04/14	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/04/26 p2
1	WEEK to 90/04/14	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/04/28 p40
4	WEEK to 90/04/21	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/05/05 p38
3	WEEK to c.90/04/28	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/05/18 p2
3	WEEK to 90/04/28	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/05/12 p38
1	WEEK to c.90/05/05	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/05/25 p2
1	WEEK to 90/05/05	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/05/19 p38
2	WEEK to 90/05/12	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/05/26 p34
4	WEEK to 90/05/19	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/06/02 p34
4	WEEK to c.90/05/26	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/06/12 p2
4	WEEK to 90/05/26	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) ( South Wales EchoSWE 90/06/16 p32 )
5	WEEK to c.90/06/02	South Wales EchoSWE 90/06/16 p32
5	WEEK to 90/06/02	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC )
8	WEEK to 90/06/09	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/06/23 p32
16	WEEK to c.90/06/16	( South Wales EchoSWE 90/07/07 p28 )
16	WEEK to 90/06/16	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC )
7	WEEK to 90/06/23	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC ) South Wales EchoSWE 90/07/07 p28
10	WEEK to 90/06/30	RetroGameChartsRGC South Wales EchoSWE 90/07/14 p30
10	WEEK to 90/07/21	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/08/01 p2 RetroGameChartsRGC South Wales EchoSWE 90/08/04 p28
13	WEEK to 90/08/04	( RetroGameChartsRGC )
11	WEEK to 90/08/11	RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC )
9	WEEK to 90/08/18	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/08/30 p2 ( New Computer ExpressNCE 90/09/15 p70 ) RetroGameChartsRGC ( RetroGameChartsRGC )
10	WEEK to c.90/08/25	Derby Evening TelegraphDET 90/09/05 p2 New Computer ExpressNCE 90/09/15 p70 South Wales EchoSWE 90/09/08 p12
10	WEEK to 90/08/25	RetroGameChartsRGC

Amstrad (Gallup)

17	4 WEEKS to c.90/03/31	Amstrad Computer UserAmCU #67 Jun 90 (90/05/02) p27
16	4 WEEKS to c.90/05/05	Amstrad Computer UserAmCU #68 Jul 90 (90/06/06) p27
20	4 WEEKS to c.90/06/02	Amstrad Computer UserAmCU #69 Aug 90 (90/07/04) p27

C64 (Gallup)

4	MONTH to c.90/03/15	Computer & Video GamesCVG #102 May 90 (90/04/16) p58
8	MONTH to c.90/04/15	Computer & Video GamesCVG #103 Jun 90 (90/05/16) p62
19	MONTH to c.90/06/15	Computer & Video GamesCVG #105 Aug 90 (90/07/16) p50

C64 Full Price (Gallup)

MONTH to c.91/01/03

Commodore FormatCFmat #6 Mar 91 (91/02/21) p10

Spectrum Full Price (Gallup)

8	MONTH to c.90/07/21	Sinclair UserSU #104 Oct 90 (90/09/14) p61
7	MONTH to c.90/08/09	Your SinclairYS #59 Nov 90 (90/10/06) p45
9	MONTH to c.90/08/25	Sinclair UserSU #105 Nov 90 (90/10/18) p65
19	MONTH to c.90/09/06	Your SinclairYS #60 Dec 90 (90/11/01) p21
12	MONTH to c.90/09/29	Sinclair UserSU #106 Dec 90 (90/11/18) p81
8	MONTH to c.90/10/06	Your SinclairYS #61 Jan 91 (90/12/06) p33
12	MONTH to c.90/10/27	Sinclair UserSU #107 Jan 91 (90/12/18) p62 Your SinclairYS #62 Feb 91 (91/01/03) p23
17	MONTH to c.90/11/24	Sinclair UserSU #108 Feb 91 (91/01/18) p62
14	MONTH to c.90/12/01	Your SinclairYS #63 Mar 91 (91/02/07) p16

Spectrum Full Price (Virgin)

1	MONTH to c.90/02/10	Your SinclairYS #53 May 90 (90/04/12) p8
1	MONTH to c.90/03/10	Your SinclairYS #54 Jun 90 (90/05/12) p7
7	MONTH to c.90/04/14	Your SinclairYS #55 Jul 90 (90/06/07) p5
10	MONTH to c.90/05/12	Your SinclairYS #56 Aug 90 (90/07/07) p7
9	MONTH to c.90/07/14	Your SinclairYS #58 Oct 90 (90/09/06) p11

Rainbow Islands

( February 1992 to November 1993 )

All Time Commodore 64 Hit

OCEAN / THE HIT SQUAD

ALL 1 FEB 92

ZX 1 JUN 92

C64 1 MAY 92

CPC 3 MAY 92

Sources

All Formats Budget (Gallup)

9	WEEK to 92/02/01	Games-XGX 92/02/13 p6
2	WEEK to 92/02/08	Games-XGX 92/02/20 p6
1	WEEK to 92/02/15	Games-XGX 92/02/27 p7
4	WEEK to 92/02/29	Games-XGX 92/03/12 p6
1	WEEK to 92/03/07	Games-XGX 92/03/19 p7
1	WEEK to 92/03/14	Games-XGX 92/03/26 p4

Amstrad (Gallup)

4 WEEKS to c.92/03/07

Amstrad Computer UserAmCU #90 May 92 (92/04/01) p27

Amstrad Budget (Gallup)

10	4 WEEKS to c.92/04/04	CPC AttackCPC #1 Jun 92 (92/05/07) p31
5	4 WEEKS to c.92/05/02	CPC AttackCPC #2 Jul 92 (92/06/04) p31
3	4 WEEKS to c.92/05/30	CPC AttackCPC #3 Aug 92 (92/07/04) p31

C64 (Gallup)

1	MONTH to c.92/05/07	Commodore FormatCFmat #22 Jul 92 (92/06/18) p13
2	MONTH to c.92/06/04	Commodore FormatCFmat #23 Aug 92 (92/07/16) p16
2	MONTH to c.92/07/02	Commodore FormatCFmat #24 Sep 92 (92/08/20) p14
3	MONTH to c.92/07/30	Commodore FormatCFmat #25 Oct 92 (92/09/17) p13
3	MONTH to c.92/09/03	Commodore FormatCFmat #26 Nov 92 (92/10/15) p17
4	MONTH to c.92/09/03	Zzap #90 Nov 92 (92/10/22) p9
5	MONTH to c.92/10/01	Commodore FormatCFmat #27 Dec 92 (92/11/15) p57
10	MONTH to c.92/10/08	Commodore ForceCFrc #1 Jan 93 (92/11/26) p45
8	MONTH to c.92/11/05	Commodore ForceCFrc #2 Feb 93 (92/12/24) p31
9	MONTH to c.92/11/05	Commodore FormatCFmat #28 Jan 93 (92/12/17) p65
12	MONTH to c.92/12/03	Commodore FormatCFmat #29 Feb 93 (93/01/26) p13
12	MONTH to c.92/12/10	Commodore ForceCFrc #3 Mar 93 (93/01/28) p59
7	MONTH to c.92/12/31	Commodore FormatCFmat #30 Mar 93 (93/02/23) p31
7	MONTH to c.93/01/07	Commodore ForceCFrc #4 Apr 93 (93/02/25) p32
4	MONTH to c.93/01/28	Commodore FormatCFmat #31 Apr 93 (93/03/23) p13
4	MONTH to c.93/02/04	Commodore ForceCFrc #5 May 93 (93/03/25) p8
18	MONTH to c.93/03/04	Commodore ForceCFrc #6 Jun 93 (93/04/22) p59 Commodore FormatCFmat #32 May 93 (93/04/27) p14
14	MONTH to c.93/04/08	Commodore ForceCFrc #7 Jul 93 (93/05/27) p13
10	MONTH to c.93/05/06	Commodore ForceCFrc #8 Aug 93 (93/06/24) p39
18	MONTH to c.93/06/10	Commodore ForceCFrc #9 Sep 93 (93/07/28) p52
8	MONTH to c.93/07/08	Commodore ForceCFrc #10 Oct 93 (93/08/26) p23
8	MONTH to c.93/08/05	Commodore ForceCFrc #11 (93/09/23) p17
6	MONTH to c.93/09/02	Commodore ForceCFrc #12 Nov 93 (93/10/21) p5
10	MONTH to c.93/09/30	Commodore ForceCFrc #13 Dec 93 (93/11/18) p5
9	MONTH to c.93/10/28	Commodore ForceCFrc #14 Jan 94 (93/12/16) p5
3	MONTH to c.93/11/25	Commodore ForceCFrc #15 Feb 94 (94/01/13) p9

C64 Budget (Gallup)

2	MONTH to c.92/06/04	Zzap #87 Aug 92 (92/07/23) p11
1	MONTH to c.92/07/09	Zzap #88 Sep 92 (92/08/27) p10
2	MONTH to c.92/08/06	Zzap #89 Sep 92 (92/09/24) p9

Spectrum (Gallup)

2	MONTH to c.92/04/25	Your SinclairYS #80 Aug 92 (92/07/02) p11
2	MONTH to c.92/05/30	Your SinclairYS #81 Sep 92 (92/08/06) p11
1	MONTH to c.92/06/27	Your SinclairYS #82 Oct 92 (92/09/03) p10
1	MONTH to c.92/07/25	Your SinclairYS #83 Nov 92 (92/10/01) p11
1	MONTH to c.92/08/29	Your SinclairYS #84 Dec 92 (92/11/05) p8
1	MONTH to c.92/09/26	Your SinclairYS #85 Jan 93 (92/12/03) p8
1	MONTH to c.92/10/31	Your SinclairYS #86 Feb 93 (93/01/05) p10
1	MONTH to c.92/11/28	Your SinclairYS #87 Mar 93 (93/02/02) p10
13	MONTH to c.92/12/26	Your SinclairYS #88 Apr 93 (93/03/02) p10

Compilation Appearances

	Months in Top 10	Months at No 1
Power Up OCEAN April to August 1991 34253 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0	2	0
The Rainbow Collection OCEAN July 1991 to July 1992 232112 Months in Top 10: 4 Months at No 1: 0	4	0

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