Now Taito claimed all rights, not only for publishing, but on all work done with the game, especially the conversion by Graftgold, which they refused. But as the production deadline passed, these rights were automatically reverted back to Taito. First, Telecomsoft acquired the rights from Taito and assigned Graftgold for the conversion. The reason was with the game, the conversions were finished, but confusions about the publishing rights, were suddenly three companies claimed to have the rights to publish the game. Publishing of finished Atari ST and Amiga conversions delayed for monthsĪlthough the press got review versions of Rainbow Islands for the Amiga and Atari ST in mid-1989, the game wasn't released until 1990. It also made the top 10 in the magazine's 19 lists, and #18 in the next Readers' top 100 vote in late 1994.

The magazine claimed to be surprised when Rainbow Islands was as high as #7 in the readers' Top 100 later that year (two of the games above it, Sensible Soccer and Monkey Island 2 were released in between the two lists). Ironically, Formula 1 Grand Prix was at #1 in the charts that month, and Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker had spent over 6 months in the top 5. Trivia 1001 Video Games Rainbow Islands appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Īmiga Power magazine declared this to be the greatest Amiga game of all time inġ991, and controversially repeated this in their list compiled in early 1992, suggesting that titles like Formula 1 Grand Prix, Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker and Populous 2 were too specialised in their appeal, whereas Rainbow Islands was an across-the-board title.

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