/vr/ - Retro Games

Cowabunga?

I think of Konami in the good days, and I weep

>>6131427
Howatto? Yuu don raiku pachinko??

>>6131443
no i dont like pikachu

worse than gradius, but better than any other gradius spinoff

>>6131418
The Twinbee bell system pisses me off.

>>6131418
Based Shump series made when big developers had sense of humor and creativity.

>>6131418
Fun

>>6131418
It's sexy.

>>6131418
One of my favorite series. And one of the best Konami's franchises.

>>6131514
I miss the old Konami. Even with license games, they were so creative. And they kept making awesome games till Wii era.

>>6131418
Some of the best shit ever.

Released in the US alternate timeline.

>>6131418
Fun. I have the Parodius Portable collection on PSP, and it's just wacky as all hell.

>>6131418
i like the nerd and mike!

>>6131418
I'm really bad at the game and just cheese the continue system but it's so fun and the girls are hot but i gave up falling oh well

Fantastic soundtracks

The bunnies are cute.

>>6131418
I think I'll never be able to play them because I'll never be good enough at shmups to get anywhere in the Gradius series so I could get the jokes in the Parodius series.

>>6131418
Gradius, but fun

>>6131418
Everyone praises Sexy and all, but Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius ~Forever With Me~ is low key the best one. I think people play the relatively lacking SNES version and overlook how polished up the 32bit versions are.

>>6132169
TUSHY-romhack when?

>>6131418
They're more interesting than Gradius, but the gameplay still sucks. I hate the power up system in Gradius/Parodius, it's bullshit.

>>6136579
Mmmm, I like Oshaberi Parodius but I find it a bit less crazy and unispired than the rest, especially the bosses. The snes port has the japanese annoucer shouting which makes it a bit more awesome. My favourite Parodius is Gokujou Parodius. I believe it's like a perfect sequel: like the original but x100 times crazier, flashier and funnier (not that the origina lwas bad in any way).

>>6137368
Being able to choose the exact upgrade you want is a better power-up system than what most of the genre uses. Parodius fucks around with it a bit due to bells/roulettes, but the basic mechanics remain solid.

>>6137452
PS1/Saturn versions have the announcer as well, a female announcer for the 2nd player, cooperative play, more levels, higher resolution assets, and better audio/soundfonts It's clearly definitive and the best one.

>>6131418
I... like it. Sexy is the best.

>>6137540
What? I had no idea. Maybe I'm playing a game mode without announcer because all the options are in japanese and I'm not choosing it.

I'm very fond of them. Bit lukewarm on the MSX one and Da! but I really like Gokujou, Oshaberi and Sexy. You can just tell the devs loved working on them.
And after playing it, it's super obvious that Twinbee Yahho! was made by the Parodius team. Nice to see a shooter that wasn't just parody silliness.

>>6136579
I definitely only play Parodius now through their PS1 collections and releases. They're just completely the best ways to play them.

>>6131418
need more data on those fairies

>>6131418
I love this. It always cheers me up.

>>6137540
>higher resolution assets

This is false, they stretch the 256px assets to 320px and look really terrible at some parts.

>>6140447
>I love this. It always cheers me up.
For me it's Hikaru.

Anyone here actually cleared Sexy Parodius, arcade version? Including the SPECIAL STAGE? Without continues/cheats/etc?

It's tough lads, it's tough

Ordyne is awesome, not exactly parodius but similar enough.

How to access special stage in Sexy Paro?

>>6140709
beat the game and complete each mission challenge.

>>6131418
Love it, this collection is always inside my old PSP

>>6140571
It's like if Parodius had less polish and had a money/shop system.

>>6131418
For a parody game, the developers were more free to explore new gameplay ideas, do whatever they want, and mix all sorts of styles. I get a bit obsessive about juggling the Twinbee bells to the right colors for maximum benefit which clashes with the need to get the powerup chips to buy the right ones. It still seems to be going strong through the Otomedius series, burned a lot of Microsoft Rewards points for all the DLC.

>>6140854
going strong when last episode was released almost 9 years ago, yeah sure

>>6131418
The Parodius games are better than Gradius 1-4 funnily enough.
>>6140524
>they stretch the 256px assets to 320px
PS1/Saturn both have 256x240 modes so there's no need to stretch anything.

>>6137540
They are pretty great announcers.