Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai E (ARC)

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Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai E
Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai E - ARC - Cabinet - Japan.jpg
Platform: Arcade
Year: 1990
Developer: Konami Corporation

Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai E (It's Parodius! From Myth to Laughter) is a horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-up released by Konami in 1990. The sequel to Parodius: Tako wa Chikyuu o Sukuu (MSX), it continues and builds upon that game's foundation: taking Gradius and giving it an absurd, self-referential facelift. This includes having four playable characters, most of which originate from other Konami games (including TwinBee's titular aircraft and the son of Penta from Antarctic Adventure) and all of which have their own sets of weapons. Since Parodius Da! is on markedly more powerful hardware, though, it is far longer and flashier than its predecessor. Over the course of ten stages, you'll encounter everything from a battleship with a cat's head to sentient pairs of lips that send their teeth out to attack to cherry trees that spontaneously get up and walk around.

Screenshots

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The title screen.

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All four characters have unique loadouts.

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Every stage is preceded by a "dogfight" segment.

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The first (proper) stage.

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Just one of many unusual foes you'll fight.

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The first "real" boss.

Music

Much like its predecessor, arrangements of classical or otherwise public domain music makes up a significant portion of the game's soundtrack. However, Parodius Da! also features a number of songs taken from Nemesis (ARC) and Vulcan Venture (ARC), the first two Gradius games. Kazuki Muraoka's arrangements are almost uniformly uptempo and cheerful, sometimes to the point of absurdity - fitting for an unabashedly goofy game.

Recording

# Title ComposerArranger Length Listen Download
01 From Myth to Comedy Shinji Tasaka, Motoaki Furukawa, Kenichi Matsubara, Seiichi FukamiKazuki Muraoka 0:33
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02 Parodius Ondo Kazuki MuraokaKazuki Muraoka 0:08
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03 Credit Miki HigashinoKazuki Muraoka 0:01
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04 Hello, Paro-chan Kazuki MuraokaKazuki Muraoka 0:30
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05 Vic Viper's Theme Miki Higashino, Kazuki MuraokaKazuki Muraoka 0:47
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06 Octopus's Theme Kazuki MuraokaKazuki Muraoka 0:53
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07 TwinBee's Theme Shigeru Fukutake, Yoshinori Sasaki, Kazuki MuraokaKazuki Muraoka 0:53
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08 Pentarou's Theme Unknown, Kazuki MuraokaKazuki Muraoka 0:47
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09 Island of Pirates Johann Strauss IIKazuki Muraoka 1:37
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10 Crisis 4th Movement Ludwig van BeethovenKazuki Muraoka 0:51
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11 It's the Boss BGM! Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovKazuki Muraoka 0:47
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12 Even the Patience of a Pierrot Has Limits Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyKazuki Muraoka 1:46
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13 Chichibinta Rika's Theme Shinji Tasaka, Motoaki Furukawa, Kenichi Matsubara, Seiichi FukamiKazuki Muraoka 1:10
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14 Eagle Satake's Theme Shinji Tasaka, Motoaki Furukawa, Kenichi Matsubara, Seiichi FukamiKazuki Muraoka 0:48
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15 Labyrinth Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Gioachino RossiniKazuki Muraoka 1:14
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16 Hot Lips' Theme Jacques OffenbachKazuki Muraoka 1:01
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17 Oh! The Feeling of Traveling Japan Aram KhachaturianKazuki Muraoka 1:10
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18 Butashio's Theme TraditionalKazuki Muraoka 0:37
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19 Space Battleship Moai Georges Bizet, Shinji Tasaka, Motoaki Furukawa, Kenichi Matsubara, Seiichi FukamiKazuki Muraoka 0:57
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20 Fever Today with the Gunkan March Tokichi SetoguchiKazuki Muraoka 1:33
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21 Neon Core's Theme Miki HigashinoKazuki Muraoka 0:35
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22 Beautiful Gals Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyKazuki Muraoka 1:46
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23 From the Northernmost Land '90 Felix Mendelssohn, Josef Franz WagnerKazuki Muraoka 1:39
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24 Night of the Living Dead Edvard Grieg, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyKazuki Muraoka 1:56
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25 Yoshiwara Tayuu's Theme Gioachino RossiniKazuki Muraoka 1:15
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26 Octopus Fortress's Theme Miki HigashinoKazuki Muraoka 1:00
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27 Golgotha Octopus's Theme Miki HigashinoKazuki Muraoka 0:27
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28 It's the Ending! Kazuki MuraokaKazuki Muraoka 0:42
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29 It's Continue! Kazuki MuraokaKazuki Muraoka 0:13
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30 It's the Ranking! Kazuki MuraokaKazuki Muraoka 0:42
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31 It's Boss Out! Kazuki MuraokaKazuki Muraoka 0:05
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32 It's Player Out! Kazuki MuraokaKazuki Muraoka 0:03
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33 Game Over!! Hidenori MaezawaKazuki Muraoka 0:07
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Credits

(Source: Credits)

Kazuki Muraoka is credited as two separate people. No other composers are credited at all.

Some of the music originates from Nemesis (ARC) and Vulcan Venture (ARC); sources like this interview and the latter game's credits confirm that their respective composers are Miki Higashino and a group of four (Shinji Tasaka, Motoaki Furukawa, Kenichi Matsubara, and Seiichi Fukami). Likewise, other official albums credit the music from TwinBee (ARC) as the work of Shigeru Fukutake and Yoshinori Sasaki. The composer of Antarctic Adventure (MSX) is currently unknown.

Most of the classical composers have only been unofficially identified by comparing the game's music with their original works.

Finally, this archived interview with Hidenori Maezawa indicates that he composed Parodius: Tako wa Chikyuu o Sukuu (MSX), the origin of "Game Over!!"

Audio Devices

The game's hardware uses both a YM2151 and K053260 chip.

Albums

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Format

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Releases

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Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai E - ARC - Cabinet - Japan.jpg
Title: パロディウスだ! -神話からお笑いへ- (It's Parodius! -From Myth to Laughter-)
Platform: Arcade
Released: 1990-02-??
Publisher: Konami Corporation

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