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Parodius
Genre(s)	Cute 'em up, turn-based strategy
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Platform(s)	Arcade, Famicom, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Mobile, MSX, PC Engine, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Sega Saturn, Super Famicom, X68000
First release	Parodius: The Octopus Saves the Earth April 28, 1988
Latest release	Paro Wars September 25, 1997

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.

Video games

There are six games in the Parodius series. The last of them, Paro Wars, is a spin-off strategy game.

The only games released outside Japan are From Myth to Laughter and Fantastic Journey, which received European localizations. None of them were released in the Americas.

Parodius games have been ported to several different platforms, including arcade machines, mobile phones, and home consoles.

Compilations

Pachinko machines

In addition to the video games, a number of Parodius-themed pachinko mechanical games have been released in Japan:

• Little Pirates (1998)
• CR Parodius Da! EX (2000)
• CR Parodius Da! ZE (2000)
• CR Parodius Da! 2 (2000)
• CR Saikoro Chindōchū (2004)
• CR Gokujō Parodius! (2006)
• Gokuraku Parodius (2010)
• Gokuraku Parodius A (2010)

See also

• Air Zonk and Super Air Zonk, colorful shooter games by Hudson Soft starring its mascot character
• Harmful Park, a PlayStation game inspired by Parodius
• Otomedius, another series of parody shooters by Konami
• Space Invaders '95, a cartoonish parody of Space Invaders
• Star Parodier, a game by Hudson Soft that follows a similar concept
• TwinBee, a cartoon-themed series of shooters by Konami

Notes

1. Japanese: パロディウス, Hepburn: Parodiusu

References

1. "Parodius". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
2. "Paro Wars". IGDB. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
3. Scullion, Chris (2019-03-30). The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Yorkshire: Pen and Sword. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-5267-3782-3.

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