Ludography
Parodius cover

1990 · Port · Konami · Shooter · Arcade

Parodius

Port

Parodius is a side-scrolling shoot ’em up developed and published by Konami. It is the home port of the arcade game Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai e, a parody of the Gradius series. Players choose from a roster of characters and progress through stages filled with enemies, obstacles, and bosses.

Released
30 November 1990
Platforms
MSXPlayStationSNES
Genres
ShooterArcade
Developers
Konami
Publishers
Konami
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionComedy

About

Parodius is a series of cute 'em ups developed and published by Konami. The games are tongue-in-cheek parodies of Gradius, and also feature characters from many other Konami franchises.

Keywords

  • parody
  • game reference
  • octopus
  • absurd
  • power-ups

Media

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
SNES30 November 1990Japan · Japan 3 July 1992 · Europe 31 December 1992 · Europe 31 December 1992

Editions and related releases

Part of
Parodius da!: Shinwa kara Owarai he

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