SNES

Parodius

Description

This is mostly the parody of Gradius (Nemesis on some systems), with some flavor from other shoot-em-ups, like Twinbee. The series is available on numerous platforms.

The game is a right-to-left scrolling shoot-em-up. You can choose from 4 different flying creatures, with different weapons. You must finish 7 stages, each having a boss at the end. You may start at either one, but must complete every level to advance to the final stage.

Alternate Titles

• "パロディウスだ!　神話からお笑いへ" -- Japanese SNES spelling
• "Parodius: Tako ga chikyuu o sukuu" -- MSX Japanese title
• "Parodius: Non-Sense Fantasy" -- European SNES title
• "Parodius Da!" -- Alternate title
• "Parodius 1" -- Informal title

Part of the Following Groups

• Animals: Penguins
• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up
• Parodius series

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The Press Says

Joystick (French)	Sep, 1992	94 out of 100	94
Nintendo Land	2003	93 out of 100	93
Power Play	Sep, 1992	90 out of 100	90
Super Play Magazine UK	Mar, 1993	86 out of 100	86
Power Unlimited	Nov, 1993	8.2 out of 10	82
GameFan Magazine	Oct, 1992	79.5 out of 100	80
Nintendo Life	Aug 07, 2010		80
Jeuxvideo.com	Sep 29, 2009	16 out of 20	80

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Isn't the MSX version a different game?	2	Terok Nor (15629) Nov 19, 2010

Trivia

European version

There are a few changes in the European SNES version:

• During the intro, a cigarette was removed
• In the Japanese version, the clown enemies in stage two have a Christian cross. This was changed to a wind-up key.
• A background picture of a naked woman in level three, a parody of The Birth of Venus, was removed.
• The licking animations of the stage three bosses were removed.
• The bunny costumes and ears of female enemies in stage seven were removed.

A detailed list of changes can be found on schnittberichte.com (German).