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Gokujō Parodius

極上パロディウス ~過去の栄光を求めて~
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PlatformSuper FamicomYear1994
PublisherKonamiDeveloperKonami
RegionJPLanguageJapanese
TagsAction, Shoot'em up, Two Player, Arcade Conversion, Japan Only, Penguins
PlatformSuper Famicom
Year1994
PublisherKonami
DeveloperKonami
RegionJP
LanguageJapanese
TagsAction, Shoot'em up, Two Player, Arcade Conversion, Japan Only, Penguins

Pilot your ship through seven levels in a Gradius style shoot'em up. The ships are modeled after other Konami games including Gradius, Twin Bee, Kid Dracula, Goemon, and Upa.
 
GoodBad
  • Fun colorful visuals
  • Adjustable difficulty
  • Eleven unique ships
  • Ships have unique upgrades
  • Gradius style upgrades
  • Music is remixed versions of classic songs
  • Major slowdown throughout
  • TwinBee style bonus weapons
  • Dying makes it difficult to recover
  • Revive option is bad
Good
  • Fun colorful visuals
  • Adjustable difficulty
  • Eleven unique ships
  • Ships have unique upgrades
  • Gradius style upgrades
  • Music is remixed versions of classic songs
 
Bad
  • Major slowdown throughout
  • TwinBee style bonus weapons
  • Dying makes it difficult to recover
  • Revive option is bad
 
9A great mix of unique characters, upgrades, and levels make this a fun shoot'em up worth putting up with terrible slowdown. Has the common problem of dying resulting in making the level significantly more difficult without powerups. Avoid the revive option as it makes that problem worse.

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