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Parodius, also known as Parodius: The Octopus Saves the Earth, is the first title in the Parodius series. The name itself is a portmanteau of "Gradius" and "Parody" and, eponymously, the game is a parody of the Gradius series of space-based horizontally scrolling shooters. The gameplay is very similar to the Gradius games, with other aspects from games such as TwinBee. However, the characters are replaced with silly characters taken from either these or other Konami games, as well as Japanese culture. The player can play as either Tako (father of Takosuke), an octopus, the Penguin (father…
- Released
- 1988
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Wii, Wii U, MSX
- Game modes
- Single player
- Franchise
- Parodius
- Developer
- Konami
- Publisher
- Konami, Konami
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- publication date
- 1988-04-28
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Categories
1988 video gamesD4 Enterprise gamesHorizontally scrolling shootersJapan-exclusive video gamesMSX gamesMultiplayer and single-player video gamesMultiplayer hotseat gamesParodiusParody video gamesVideo games developed in JapanVideo games scored by Kinuyo YamashitaVideo games set in outer spaceVideo games set on fictional planetsVirtual Console gamesVirtual Console games for Wii UWindows games