The game that determines difficulty by how long you survive, a rank system, the longer you survive, the harder it gets. No home port of this game retained the original arcades difficulty as they used a different rank system from this one. Needless to say arcade operators had to be happy with this choice as it kicked people off the machines pretty quickly. This version also only gives out so many free lives, after you hit a quota, the game gives you no more.
Bloodreign1 Interesting! I guess all home versions use difficulties from 0(or was it 1?) to 9? What about the other Parodius games? Did they have this type of difficulty in the arcades?
No, they were a bit easier, looks like Konami used a different difficulty system for them. I do wish the PS1/Saturn ports of Parodius Da had the arcade difficulty as a hidden option, but alas, it wasn't meant to be.
Thank god I've read your comment. First I played Parodius on Game Boy (which was pretty possible even with the hardest difficulty). After that, I tried the Super Nintendo Version, which has few more stages than the Game Boy Version. I beated it on difficulty 7 (the highest difficulty you can configure. After you beat it on 7, you will unlock difficulty 8). Difficulty 8 I didn't try to be honest, because I saw the Arcade Version. So far, so good. Of course I do NOT use any savestates, when I play games! Now what, I tried the Arcade Version and at first, I thought: "when I beated the game on Super Nintendo on difficulty 7, the Arcade Version would be easier or at least not harder". Well, the first stages were like difficulty 2... after each stage I realized, that the enemies themselfes are shooting more often and move faster. I got until Stage 8 but than after so many Coins and tries (guess I tried over 3 hours), I gave up. Some scenes were just IMPOSSIBLE to beat, because the checkpoints were tricky. When you die, you will respawn in the last checkpoint with 0 weapon. So you are immediately in the chaos where all of the enemies come, and you don't have the time to collect Power Ups. Your first try is your only chance, to beat the hardest checkpoints, because you have all of these Power Ups. When you die, it's over because you respawn all the time in a bad checkpoint, where you are in middle of the stage and all of the Power Ups are gone. You can not start over the Stage itself, you are just stuck in that checkpoint. I gave up, this is where the challenge ended and the unfairness began, which will make frustration.
When some people misunderstood that this sound effect came first from Fairy Tail And some of them can't accept the fact that there lovable WOW from Fairy Tail is originated from this
I spent a summer with a broken leg as a teenager basically doing nothing but playing this game. All these years later it still stands up as the best and most batshit shooter I’ve ever played
Metal Boss; now I know that this VG (video game)📹 💀 🎮, is strictly made for adults. In spite of the fact that I see 👀 a naked woman, that clearly reveals it so.
Holy shit this took me back to my childhood. Wish my reaction times were as good as they were in those days..😢 good choice Vic Viper appreciate the upload thanks 🙏
+CapnE625 lol. it looks developer team of Gladius had drug. 90% of total amount of the drug was taken by chief designer of creature and designers of worlds.
Freerk Bethlehem If you want to play these games without Slowdowns try the PS1 Games...^^ Remakes of all (except GB and MSX Parts) Parts of the Series are available for PS1... And trust me... they get really difficult without Slowdown...^^ (especially if you play it on 7)
Interstellar is based on this game. Even Christopher Nolan talked about making a second movie in which we would see the giant women moving their asses (played by Susan Sarandon and Naomi Watts).
Sorry for the reply after 9 months, but that song is based on Warship March (軍艦行進曲, gunkan koushinkyoku) AKA The Gunkan March. It was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII, and later re-adopted by IJN's successor, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. In recent times, it has been, as you said, been used in mahjong games, pachinko games, and video games. Listen to the original Warship March here: th-cam.com/video/4viyTPzzzxI/w-d-xo.html
Habe ich als Kind gernw mit meiner Familie gespielt. 😊 In der europäischen Version hat man bei den Clowns in Level 2 Drehschlüssel aus den Kreuzen gemacht, in Level 3 das Porträt im Hintergrund entfernt und außerdem die Lippen verändert; sie fahren sich nicht mit der Zunge über den Mund, sondern machen den Anschein, als würden sie singen. Es gibt noch weitere Veränderungen.
I have this game, and the others in the series in a few formats, just missing MSX Parodius on PS1 (got it on Saturn and PSP), Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius SFC (got it on PS1, PSP, and Saturn), and Sexy Parodius PS1 (got it on Saturn and PSP). Got this one here on PS1, Saturn, PSP, and SFC, Gokujou on those same formats as well. One can never own too much Parodius.
Try looking for Hikaru / Akane, a twin bunny girls that just an ordinary enemies in here, but in later Parodius game, they become a playable character... At last I found them at around 20:25, lol...
I love this game and the Parodius series to bits! This was one of my favourite and most played SuFami games I owned back in the day, it still is one of the most played. Just as I put sooooo many hours into the Gokujou Parodius Da!! Deluxe Pack on the Saturn in 1995. I still play that game all the time too! Strange thing though, I could swear that the Fugu boss stage was not in the Deluxe Pack. I thought it was a SuFami exclusive stage, I guess not! The music in Gokujou is some of the best ever made! It's a shame this series died with 32-BIT. Those games on the 360 are fucking shit compared to the Parodious games and it is an insult for them to be called "spiritual successors", bah!
A Shaw Screw anyone who calls Otomedius a successor to Parodius. One is a funny and colorful tribute to Gradius. The other is a boring otaku cashgrab trying to be nostalgic.
Okay boomers Willing to bet you never played Otomedius and you guys are shitting on it because it doesn’t appeal to you personally. Also, imagine unironically ending your own sentence with "bah"
It is interesting that this Version Misses a Stage! The second to last Stage (Bathing Area) is missing here. Instead you get directly to the last stage... :-( I assume it was added later...
+TheMarkus1204 Only available in the SFC version sadly, no other version has that particular stage. The main reason despite having it on PS1, PSP, and Saturn, I went out of my way and got the SFC version as well.
I have finished it right now... but the last 10 minutes of the above video, in my real game, i had to slow motion the gameplay, otherwise it would be impossible
OMG I just found out that if you finish the game it starts again in hard mode!!! All powerups gone and the enemys shoot more than ever. I think they dont want the game ever played through. Or does anyone have a video of the arcade version played in hardmode?
From the video it looks like that the arcade version of this game is literally harder than gradius 3. Double is a must during stage, and laser is a must during air battle. Man the ps/ss version never gets this high difficulty even on level 7, guess Konami disabled higher ranks when ported this to the home console
In my humble opinion, this was the O.G in BulletHell games. Playfully throws so much shit at you, all the while stealing your powerups when you really need them (come on peeps, you ALL know what I am talking about! :-D), and kicking your ass to a killer soundtrack! Absolutely spectacular. and totally nostalgic.
Was this game actually localized for US arcades or just released with the Japanese ROM? I'm having a difficult time locating footage of the US version (if one exists).
It was released worldwide, hence being the World set. most likely in Europe, as they got the series on NES, SNES and later on the Saturn and PS1. I'm not sure this game was ever in American arcades.
This must be one of the first 'bullet' games. I remember playing this on hard and dying alot by the sheer speed and frequency of the enemies and their projectiles...
![Arcade Longplay [472] Gradius II: GOFER no Yabou](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/h1kF4k3xUW4/mqdefault.jpg)
![Arcade Longplay [472] Gradius II: GOFER no Yabou](/img/tr.png)
23:09 this is what you came for. The meme
Thank you.
my life is complete. i can now die happy.
@@despairwaffle6798 your profile pic is killing me 🤣🤣
are you call me an idiot? i came for the game.
nice
30 years has passed and it still looks GORGEOUS!
And now it's been 31 years. Still looks gorgeous. Check back next year
@@hairyasstruman2257 right
30 years *have* passed
Sprites do age like fine wine.
Some of the best sounds and pixel art visuals ever created, and just a very creative way to design a game with humor.
I like how they use classical musics in a fun way in parodius series. So good
the graphic is just gorgeous...
Which one?
@@petefury94pretty much all the stages!!
@@petefury94 gorgeous... but not as the one in Gradius Gaiden and Gradius V.
yeah, I'm surprised by the quality of the sprites and animation! this is from 1990 after all
Yeah that _one_ graphic. So goods.
Ik everyone came for the “ Wow ”
SO YOU MESSED MY CAR WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!
No, I came here because it's a Parodius game
?@@Supertitancameramanhatesb1896
No, I coomed for the "Wow"
@@JemZard "Well, actually..."
The game that determines difficulty by how long you survive, a rank system, the longer you survive, the harder it gets. No home port of this game retained the original arcades difficulty as they used a different rank system from this one. Needless to say arcade operators had to be happy with this choice as it kicked people off the machines pretty quickly. This version also only gives out so many free lives, after you hit a quota, the game gives you no more.
Bloodreign1 Interesting! I guess all home versions use difficulties from 0(or was it 1?) to 9?
What about the other Parodius games? Did they have this type of difficulty in the arcades?
No, they were a bit easier, looks like Konami used a different difficulty system for them. I do wish the PS1/Saturn ports of Parodius Da had the arcade difficulty as a hidden option, but alas, it wasn't meant to be.
yeah and its so damn tricky some hit boxes are just too wack its just a hardcore spaceship games or a beautifull pachinko coin eater
Thank god I've read your comment. First I played Parodius on Game Boy (which was pretty possible even with the hardest difficulty). After that, I tried the Super Nintendo Version, which has few more stages than the Game Boy Version. I beated it on difficulty 7 (the highest difficulty you can configure. After you beat it on 7, you will unlock difficulty 8). Difficulty 8 I didn't try to be honest, because I saw the Arcade Version. So far, so good. Of course I do NOT use any savestates, when I play games!
Now what, I tried the Arcade Version and at first, I thought: "when I beated the game on Super Nintendo on difficulty 7, the Arcade Version would be easier or at least not harder". Well, the first stages were like difficulty 2... after each stage I realized, that the enemies themselfes are shooting more often and move faster. I got until Stage 8 but than after so many Coins and tries (guess I tried over 3 hours), I gave up. Some scenes were just IMPOSSIBLE to beat, because the checkpoints were tricky. When you die, you will respawn in the last checkpoint with 0 weapon. So you are immediately in the chaos where all of the enemies come, and you don't have the time to collect Power Ups. Your first try is your only chance, to beat the hardest checkpoints, because you have all of these Power Ups. When you die, it's over because you respawn all the time in a bad checkpoint, where you are in middle of the stage and all of the Power Ups are gone. You can not start over the Stage itself, you are just stuck in that checkpoint. I gave up, this is where the challenge ended and the unfairness began, which will make frustration.
And when the game was too difficult, no one wanted to play it and the machine only used electricity. Finally, the salon owner changed the game.
28:39 that umbrella coming out of the spaceship LOL I dont want my cabin to get wet
cute!
23:10 wow anime source
When some people misunderstood that this sound effect came first from Fairy Tail
And some of them can't accept the fact that there lovable WOW from Fairy Tail is originated from this
Bloody normies.
23:10 That "Wow!" audio clip! 😳
32:35 One of the most horrible things, followed by one of the most cute things 32:50 Penguins taking a shower.
Seriously one of my favorite games ever - so f-ing weird. The music is amazing. Miss this!!!
7:20
that's what i call freedom fighting
+Macho Pony Oh my gosh! it's Gradius 3 and Spanky quest SuperNintendo
Cho Aniki: Manliest game
Sexy Parodius: Girliest game
This: Kiddiest game
God damn it Japan, you deserve more fans!!!
More like Cho Aniki: Gayest game
This game is far from "kiddiest", this son of a bitch will eat you alive. As for Sexy Parodius, it is the sexiest.
23:09 wow sound effect
That's from Fairy tail!!!
Correction: This is where it originated.
Just no
@@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 bruh moment
@@burymyreflection ?
The Nutcracker by Tjajkovskij. Great music choice lol
So weird to see his surname spelled like that :D But probably this would be weirder for you if I spell it in russian :)
This game is perfection
I spent a summer with a broken leg as a teenager basically doing nothing but playing this game. All these years later it still stands up as the best and most batshit shooter I’ve ever played
I love the Parodius games...so much detail & insanity
Alot of the Japanese arcade shooters where like this. Weird but entertaining at the same time.
So that where they got that sound effect from 23:10 for Fairy Tail.
25:49 I just noticed the brain golem from salamander/life force
The Japanese are genius!
Why Konami, Oh Why did you change :(
Metal Boss; now I know that this VG (video game)📹 💀 🎮, is strictly made for adults. In spite of the fact that I see 👀 a naked woman, that clearly reveals it so.
@@georgeshelton6281 The game is good. Its Konami that has changes. They are no longer making quality games like they used to.
Music by:
Johann Strauss II
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Jacques Offenbach
Aram Khachaturian
Georges Bizet
i dont know how i got to play this game as a child in america... but damn im glad it happened.
Holy shit this took me back to my childhood. Wish my reaction times were as good as they were in those days..😢 good choice Vic Viper appreciate the upload thanks 🙏
What a genuinely awesome shmup. They just don't make stuff like this nowadays. Everything about this is magical.
0:28 the snakes face made me lol. 😂
Wow I thought that "wow" was from MJ in Jackson 5 of their track "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause."
Lucky enough to have an original JAMMA board of this.
Well done! That was some fancy action. I'm currently working on clearing the PC Engine port.
I absolutely adore this game, can’t believe the wow meme came from Parodius
They don't make em like they used to.
Isn't wonderful when your shooting 'power ups' and the enemies bullets are the same color and shape?
that’s why i allways set powerups to automatic
*you're
23:10 "waaaaaaooww"
the game that made broke the internet because of that one sound effect
i was 9 when this came out and got it for christmass for the Snes, i have lovely memories of playing for hours with my sister.
best side scrolling shooter ever. Whoever created this game was on some good shit.
remixes of classical music as the tracks? Nice touch, wish I played these.
I can't go after 24:51.
Pure madness!
30:20 remind me the title of this classical theme, please! Can anyone of you do that?
William tell overture - the storm
@@julianraver4765 Thank you!
The amount of drugs used to create this game could kill 10 Rick James clones... DEAR GOD, that's a lot of drugs! XD
That's not drugs. It's just parody
+CapnE625 lol. it looks developer team of Gladius had drug.
90% of total amount of the drug was taken by chief designer of creature and designers of worlds.
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Prot07ype (\ Oh hey, I remember you...
(Looks around) You, uh...you got any more of that old Konami?
whats the name of this song from 27:39 to 30:53 after or before boss? that music so good!
fearmonster13
Looks an arrangement of ...
"In the hall of the Mountain King" from "Peer Gynt" by Edward Grieg
If only would make a remake of this with current gen tech, that way it wont have slowdowns and updated graphics.
Freerk Bethlehem If you want to play these games without Slowdowns try the PS1 Games...^^ Remakes of all (except GB and MSX Parts) Parts of the Series are available for PS1...
And trust me... they get really difficult without Slowdown...^^ (especially if you play it on 7)
TheMarkus1204 I have the GB, NES, SNES and PS1 version, i only want a remake with current gen graphics.
Freerk Bethlehem
Honestly, I'd like to see what it would look like, too. But I don't believe it's going to happen :-(
@@TheMarkus1204 Some games don't need remakes, the pixel art in this game has stood the test of time and is still a marvel to look at today.
@@Bloodreign1 it definitely is! I love the series. ^^
I used to play this in the arcade, and I forgot the title
And I just discovered it here lol
And they came the MEME of anime
I played the gameboy colour version of this.. It brings back my childhood.
No human can play like this o.O
That's why it's tool assisted.
BEST. GAME. EVER.
OK.
Interstellar is based on this game. Even Christopher Nolan talked about making a second movie in which we would see the giant women moving their asses (played by Susan Sarandon and Naomi Watts).
*I love my Super Nintendo or Famicom!* ⭐️
That music though LOL
Parodius was the only game that rivals Gradius...
That's because it is a parody of Gradius, but is just as hard.
What's that song at 18:03 through 18:12?? I swear, I've heard it in Japanese mahjong games, and I've heard some of this at stadiums!
Sorry for the reply after 9 months, but that song is based on Warship March (軍艦行進曲, gunkan koushinkyoku) AKA The Gunkan March. It was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII, and later re-adopted by IJN's successor, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. In recent times, it has been, as you said, been used in mahjong games, pachinko games, and video games.
Listen to the original Warship March here: th-cam.com/video/4viyTPzzzxI/w-d-xo.html
I know the GameBoy Version of this game. I see many same stages, but also different things, but the grafic is amazing with this colors. :3
Habe ich als Kind gernw mit meiner Familie gespielt. 😊
In der europäischen Version hat man bei den Clowns in Level 2 Drehschlüssel aus den Kreuzen gemacht, in Level 3 das Porträt im Hintergrund entfernt und außerdem die Lippen verändert; sie fahren sich nicht mit der Zunge über den Mund, sondern machen den Anschein, als würden sie singen. Es gibt noch weitere Veränderungen.
La parte de los moais de isla de pascua en chile es lo mejor🇨🇱🗿, el creador era un fanático de este lugar
What the heck is this? Looks like Nemesis with an overdose of magic mushrooms, lol
I have this game, and the others in the series in a few formats, just missing MSX Parodius on PS1 (got it on Saturn and PSP), Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius SFC (got it on PS1, PSP, and Saturn), and Sexy Parodius PS1 (got it on Saturn and PSP). Got this one here on PS1, Saturn, PSP, and SFC, Gokujou on those same formats as well. One can never own too much Parodius.
Looks like great grandfather of Touhou project. Love Gradius games but didn't know this one.
I can't work out where the theme from 14:28 comes from, it's driving me nuts...
"L'Arlesienne Suite No 2, Farandole" by Georges Bizet
th-cam.com/video/2y09pD1r-Qs/w-d-xo.html
I know I'm curious too, and it's such a kickass tune!
18:30
lol at the Pig Sumo wrestler
if only they would make this availalable on modern systems hey Hamster I'm looking at you bring this to arcade archives
Try looking for Hikaru / Akane, a twin bunny girls that just an ordinary enemies in here, but in later Parodius game, they become a playable character... At last I found them at around 20:25, lol...
This is great stuff. Wish I could play it.
I wish you know retrogames cc
22:50 ohhh, woww
Why does some of the background music sound familiar? Haha like at 23:20
The entire series mixes classical music with zaniness.
Japaneses are crasy! I love them!
Parodius... I miss that serie
The thumbnail...
You have chosen... wisely.
It's still up lmao
so beautifully exquisite
I love this game and the Parodius series to bits! This was one of my favourite and most played SuFami games I owned back in the day, it still is one of the most played. Just as I put sooooo many hours into the Gokujou Parodius Da!! Deluxe Pack on the Saturn in 1995. I still play that game all the time too!
Strange thing though, I could swear that the Fugu boss stage was not in the Deluxe Pack. I thought it was a SuFami exclusive stage, I guess not! The music in Gokujou is some of the best ever made! It's a shame this series died with 32-BIT. Those games on the 360 are fucking shit compared to the Parodious games and it is an insult for them to be called "spiritual successors", bah!
A Shaw Screw anyone who calls Otomedius a successor to Parodius.
One is a funny and colorful tribute to Gradius.
The other is a boring otaku cashgrab trying to be nostalgic.
XelchanTheBrave Well said!
Okay boomers
Willing to bet you never played Otomedius and you guys are shitting on it because it doesn’t appeal to you personally.
Also, imagine unironically ending your own sentence with "bah"
Magnífico eres un experto 😮
6:16...what the hell is that thing lol
+JC Malone It's supposed to be a parody of Gradius. Same gameplay, but the enemies are silly cartoons.
Chichibinta Rika
It is interesting that this Version Misses a Stage! The second to last Stage (Bathing Area) is missing here. Instead you get directly to the last stage... :-(
I assume it was added later...
+TheMarkus1204 Only available in the SFC version sadly, no other version has that particular stage. The main reason despite having it on PS1, PSP, and Saturn, I went out of my way and got the SFC version as well.
I have finished it right now... but the last 10 minutes of the above video, in my real game, i had to slow motion the gameplay, otherwise it would be impossible
wait, is Gradius III just a reskin of this game??? or maybe it's the other way around?
The penguin reminds me of Don Quixote Store Mascot in Japan lol.
There is only one explanation for this:
Japan.
At least this VG (video game) respects Batman, Robin, Batgirl and Batmite.
OMG I just found out that if you finish the game it starts again in hard mode!!! All powerups gone and the enemys shoot more than ever.
I think they dont want the game ever played through. Or does anyone have a video of the arcade version played in hardmode?
This game is pretty much endless, but stops getting any harder after loop 8.
From the video it looks like that the arcade version of this game is literally harder than gradius 3. Double is a must during stage, and laser is a must during air battle. Man the ps/ss version never gets this high difficulty even on level 7, guess Konami disabled higher ranks when ported this to the home console
None of the home versions retain the difficulty from the arcade, and the PS1/Saturn Deluxe Packs have broken scoring for the bells.
I’ve never seen someone use double over laser
I don't know why any game of Parodius never released on America
... Even nowadays no one released here
A lot of the injokes would fly over your average American's heads.
Eagle Sabu seems to definitely be the cause.
Wtf this music is really good
Anyone know what the ship message sign said when it was using the loud speaker to fight US Bald eagle?
"Honest accounting with a snap for 3,000 yen!"
"Rose colored life"
"Absurd!"
A Gradius cute em' up
In my humble opinion, this was the O.G in BulletHell games. Playfully throws so much shit at you, all the while stealing your powerups when you really need them (come on peeps, you ALL know what I am talking about! :-D), and kicking your ass to a killer soundtrack!
Absolutely spectacular.
and totally nostalgic.
Is it me or the Saturn versions didn't have this slowdown?
PS1, Saturn, and PSP (which uses the PS1 versions anyway), had no slowdown in them.
Fantástico, que bien juegas very good 👍
Parody of Gradius....I get it.
Playing through this for the first time on the Super Famicom... Holy moly I want to throw my controller.
While still a hard game, it is far easier than the arcade games insanity.
*HIGHWAY THROUGH THE DANGER ZONE*
Was this game actually localized for US arcades or just released with the Japanese ROM?
I'm having a difficult time locating footage of the US version (if one exists).
It was released worldwide, hence being the World set. most likely in Europe, as they got the series on NES, SNES and later on the Saturn and PS1. I'm not sure this game was ever in American arcades.
amazing game
This must be one of the first 'bullet' games. I remember playing this on hard and dying alot by the sheer speed and frequency of the enemies and their projectiles...
6:05-7:07 Behold, the Invincible Chichibinta Rika!!
23:09 WOW!