<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Islands	I-Application
and	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bubby	O
and	O
Bobby	O
(	O
the	O
characters	O
 '	O
human	O
names	O
)	O
star	O
once	O
again	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
characters	O
,	O
retaining	O
their	O
human	O
forms	O
from	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Islands	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Parasol	B-Application
Stars	I-Application
is	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
take	O
on	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
than	O
it	O
is	O
on	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Islands	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
eight	O
main	O
worlds	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
game	O
properly	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
open	O
a	O
secret	O
door	O
on	O
the	O
final	O
world	O
by	O
collecting	O
three	O
of	O
the	O
Star	O
items	O
-	O
allowing	O
access	O
to	O
2	O
secret	O
worlds	O
,	O
themed	O
around	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
and	O
Chack'n	B-Application
Pop	I-Application
that	O
are	O
not	O
initially	O
visible	O
on	O
the	O
main	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
an	O
ACE	O
magazine	O
in-depth	O
preview	O
,	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
versions	O
also	O
contain	O
a	O
secret	O
"	O
Nightmare	O
"	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
four	O
different	O
kinds	O
of	O
droplets	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
mostly	O
elemental	O
theme	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
carried	O
over	O
from	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
many	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Parasol	B-Application
Stars	I-Application
was	O
never	O
released	O
to	O
arcades	O
-	O
it	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-General_Concept
PC	I-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
later	O
converted	O
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
home	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parasol	B-Application
Stars	I-Application
was	O
misreported	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
third	O
coin-op	O
in	O
the	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
series	O
by	O
many	O
magazines	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
are	O
rumours	O
about	O
prototypes	O
for	O
an	O
arcade	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mick	O
West	O
(	O
who	O
was	O
the	O
programmer	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
versions	O
)	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
ported	O
the	O
game	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
by	O
playing	O
it	O
and	O
that	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
know	O
anything	O
about	O
an	O
arcade	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
limited	O
quantities	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
for	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
by	O
Working	O
Designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
NES	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
versions	O
were	O
produced	O
by	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
port	O
was	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
compilation	O
release	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
featuring	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Islands	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
,	O
and	O
PC	O
was	O
originally	O
going	O
to	O
include	O
Parasol	B-Application
Stars	I-Application
as	O
well	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
dropped	O
from	O
the	O
lineup	O
mid-development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
subtitle	O
is	O
The	O
Story	O
of	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
III	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
subtitle	O
for	O
Bubble	B-Application
Memories	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bubble	B-Application
Memories	I-Application
is	O
a	O
prequel	O
(	O
given	O
the	O
"	O
Memories	O
"	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
)	O
to	O
the	O
1994	O
game	O
Bubble	B-Application
Symphony	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
some	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
,	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Islands	I-Application
is	O
indeed	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
,	O
even	O
though	O
said	O
sequel	O
does	O
n't	O
retain	O
the	O
gameplay	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Bubble	B-Application
Memories	I-Application
was	O
released	O
years	O
after	O
Parasol	B-Application
Stars	I-Application
,	O
it	O
may	O
be	O
a	O
retcon	O
in	O
which	O
Parasol	B-Application
Stars	I-Application
never	O
happened	O
,	O
whereby	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Islands	I-Application
,	O
the	O
humans	O
Bubby	O
and	O
Bobby	O
are	O
once	O
again	O
transformed	O
into	O
the	O
bubble	O
dragons	O
Bubblun	O
and	O
Bobblun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
also	O
possible	O
that	O
Parasol	B-Application
Stars	I-Application
could	O
be	O
a	O
side	O
story	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
gaiden	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
occurring	O
after	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Islands	I-Application
,	O
but	O
before	O
Bubble	B-Application
Memories	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
released	O
as	O
Parasol	B-Application
Stars	I-Application
:	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Islands	I-Application
II	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
on	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Islands	I-Application
used	O
The	O
Wizard	O
of	O
Ozs	O
song	O
"	O
Somewhere	O
Over	O
the	O
Rainbow	O
"	O
,	O
also	O
Parasol	B-Application
Stars	I-Application
made	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
a	O
well	O
known	O
song	O
in	O
its	O
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
praised	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
giving	O
it	O
95%	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
Super	O
Star	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
was	O
a	O
little	O
less	O
enthusiastic	O
,	O
giving	O
it	O
88%	O
.	O
</s>
