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The series is a series of horizontally scrolling shooters developed by Konami. The games are tongue-in-cheek parodies of ''Gradius'', hence the name (''Parodius'' is a portmanteau of ''Parody'' and ''Gradius''). It also parodies many other Konami franchises, including ''Antarctic Adventure'', ''Castlevania'', ''Xexex'', ''Axelay'', ''Thunder Cross'', ''Taisen Puzzle-Dama'', ''Space Manbow'', ''Ganbare Goemon'', ''Lethal Enforcers'', ''R-Type'', ''Tokimeki Memorial'' and ''TwinBee''. ==Games== ImageSize = width:300 height:300 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:10 top:10 right:0 DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1988 till:2010 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1988 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:1 start:1988 Colors = id:blue value:rgb(0,0,0) id:red value:rgb(0.9,0.05,0.05) # there is no automatic collision detection, # so shift texts up or down manually to avoid overlap Define $dx = 25 # shift text to right side of bar # shift texts up or down when two have same year Define $up = shift:($dx,1) Define $dw = shift:($dx,-8) PlotData= bar:Games color:red width:15 textcolor:blue align:left fontsize:S mark:(line,white) shift:($dx,-4) from:1988 till:2010 at:1988 text:The Octopus Saves the Earth at:1990 text:From Myth to Laughter at:1994 text:Fantastic Parodius at:1995 text:Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius at:1996 text:Sexy Parodius at:1997 text:Paro Wars at:1998 text:Little Pirates at:2000 text:CR Parodius Da! at:2004 text:CR Saikoro Tin Douty at:2006 text:CR Gokujyou Parodius! at:2010 text:Gokuraku Parodius There are Six games in the Parodius series (arranged by title, year of its debut and original platform) In addition, three Pachislot games based on the characters were released in 1998 and 2010.: * ''Parodius: The Octopus Saves the Earth'' (1988, MSX) * ''Parodius! From Myth to Laughter'' (1990, arcade) * * ''Parodius! Deluxe Edition'' (2004, Mobile Phone, for ''Konami Net DX'') * ''Fantastic Parodius - Pursue the Glory of the Past'' (1994, arcade) * ''Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius'' (1995, Super Famicom) * ''Sexy Parodius'' (1996, arcade) * ''Paro Wars'' (1997, PlayStation) * ''Little Pirates'' (1998, Pachislot) * ''CR Parodius Da! EX'' (2000, Pachinko) * ''CR Parodius Da! ZE'' (2000, Pachinko) * ''CR Parodius Da! 2'' (2000, Pachinko) * ''CR Saikoro Tin Douty'' (2004, Pachinko) * ''CR Gokujō Parodius!'' (2006, Pachinko) * ''Gokuraku Parodius'' (2010, Pachislot) * ''Gokuraku Parodius A'' (2010, Pachislot) Numerous ports have been created. ''The Octopus Saves the Earth'' was converted to mobile phones, to Virtual Console of the Wii and Wii U and to EGG Project from Windows Store. ''Parodius Da! －Shinwa kara Owarai e－'' was ported to the Game Boy, Famicom (NES), Super Famicom (SNES), PC Engine, PlayStation and Sega Saturn. ''Gokujō Parodius!'' was ported to the Super Famicom, PlayStation and Saturn. The PlayStation and Saturn versions were a combined release of ''Parodius Da! －Shinwa kara Owarai e－'' and ''Gokujō Parodius!'' called ''Gokujō Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack''. The last two titles were also released on both the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. A compilation of all Parodius games (with the exception of ''Paro Wars'') titled ''Parodius Portable'' have been released for the Sony PSP as a UMD release on January 2007 in Japan. A digital version for the PSP Go (a version of the PSP that lacks the UMD drive) was also made available worldwide for the PlayStation Network. The first three episodes of the series were released in Japan for cell phones. Only a few of the games were released outside Japan: ''Parodius Da! －Shinwa kara Owarai e－'' and ''Gokujō Parodius!'' were released in Europe (as ''Parodius'' and ''Fantastic Journey'' respectively), but none of the games were released in the United States. There is also a spin-off named ''Paro Wars''. This game is a turn-based strategy game based on ''Cosmic Wars'', which plays similar to the ''Nintendo Wars'' series. Aside from Pentarou, only some of the Parodius-native characters (Octopus and the like) appear in this game. In July 1998, it was released a Parodius themed pachislot machine named . Finally, two pachislot machines, ''Gokuraku Parodius'' and ''Gokuraku Parodius A'', were released in September 2010. In addition, several pachinko machines based on Parodius universe were released in Japan, such as ''CR Parodius Da'' in 2000, ''CR Saikoro Tin Douty'' in 2004 and ''CR Gokujō Parodius'' in 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parodius (series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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