Parodius (1990 video game)

Parodius! From Myth to Laughter
European NES box art
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)Konami
SeriesParodius
Platform(s)
Arcade
Release
February 1990
  • Arcade
    Famicom/NES
    Game Boy
    • JP: April 5, 1991
    • EU: 1992
    X68000
    • JP: April 19, 1991
    PC Engine
    • JP: February 21, 1992
    Super Famicom/SNES
    • JP: July 3, 1992
    • EU: 1992
    • JP: September 30, 1997 (Nintendo Power)
    PlayStation
    • JP: December 3, 1994
    • EU: 1996
    • JP: March 20, 1997 (PlayStation the Best)
    • JP: November 20, 2003 (PSone Books)
    Sega Saturn
    • JP: May 19, 1995
    • EU: 1996
    Mobile Phones
    • JP: February 18, 2004 (Vodafone)[4]
    • JP: 2004 (Konami Net DX, as Parodius Da! DX (パロディウスだ! 豪華版, Parodiusu da! Gōka-ban))
    PlayStation Portable
    • JP: January 25, 2007
Genre(s)Horizontal scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Parodius! From Myth to Laughter, released in Japan as Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai e[a] and outside Japan as Parodius (from "Parody Gradius"), is a shoot 'em up arcade video game and the second title in the Parodius series produced by Konami. The European SNES, Sega Saturn and PlayStation versions are also known as Parodius: Non-Sense Fantasy. The gameplay is stylistically very similar to the Gradius series, but the graphics and music are intentionally absurd.

As a result of its localised title, From Myth to Laughter is often mistaken as the original game of the series. The lesser known original game, Parodius: The Octopus Saves the Earth, was released for the MSX computer in Japan.

  1. ^ "Overseas Readers Column: Many Videos Unveiled At AOU Expo '90 Chiba" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 377. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 April 1990. p. 26.
  2. ^ https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/20130/
  3. ^ "コナミ、伝説のお笑いSTGが携帯に iモード「パロディウスだ!」". GAME Watch (in Japanese). February 19, 2003. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
  4. ^ 2004年2月の配信ニュース一覧：コナミの携帯電話コンテンツ. Konami.net (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 4, 2004. Retrieved April 7, 2013.


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