title	Sexy Parodius (ver JAA)
set name	sexyparo
manufacturer	Konami
year	1996
genre	Shooter (hof)
category	Shooter / Flying Horizontal Mature (hof)
driver status	imperfect
driver source	konamigx.c
snapshots	MW: in game / CT: in game \| title \| select \| wallpaper / Mr. Do: artwork / Dany69: artwork / PS: in game \| title \| scores zoom
rating	61.3% after 302 votes
BIOS	konamigx

colour emulation	good
palette	8192
display type	raster
orientation	horizontal
resolution	288x224
frequency	59.185606Hz

players	4
nplayers	2P sim
controls	8 way joystick
buttons	3
coin slots	2

cpu	68EC020 @ 24MHz
cpu	68000 @ 8MHz
audio	K054539 @ 0.048MHz
audio	K054539 @ 0.048MHz

info	0.67 [R. Belmont, Phil Stroffolino, Olivier Galibert] WIP: 20th July 2003: Guru - Received Sexy Parodius (version JAB) from R. Belmont. 5th June 2003: R. Belmont fixed the scratchy reverb effect that was apparent in some songs in Gokujou Parodius and Sexy Parodius, and he corrected the sound chip internal timer frequency. 0.67: Added Sexy Parodius (Ver JAA) (Konami 1996). 16th March 2003: R. Belmont fixed the intro screen graphics glitches in Sexy Parodius and Gokujou Parodius. 11th March 2003: R. Belmont sent in a Konami System GX driver supporting Lethal Enforcers 2, Gokujou Parodius, Taisen Puzzle-Dama, Sexy Parodius, Daisu-Kiss and Taisen Tokkae-Dama. 10th March 2002: R. Belmont reported some more progress with the Konami GX system driver. Alpha blending is working fine and the priorities are sorted out. 17th August 2001: R. Belmont sent in some pictures of a work-in-progress Konami System GX driver. The sound is fully emulated but there are some graphics problems in the 3 games that are working (Gokujou Parodius, Twinbee Yahoo! and Sexy Parodius) and the rest of the games suffer from unemulated protection. LEVELS: 8 (7 + special stage, which can be played only if you get the good end) Recommended Games (Space Kids 2) Rabio Lepus Ordyne Parodius DA! Gokujyou Parodius Sexy Parodius Pistol Daimyo no Bouken Cotton Cotton 2 Cotton Boomerang Hacha Mecha Fighter Three Wonders - Chariot Mystic Riders Eco Fighters Pilot Kids Romset: 14080 kb / 11 files / 6.28 zip
history	Sexy Parodius (c) 1996 Konami. The 3rd sequel in a hugely successful series of games that was originally intended to be little more than a parody of Konami's own successful "Gradius" series. As the previous "Parodius" games, "Sexy Parodius" again gives the player a choice of increasingly bizarre ships to control; ranging from a sexy girl riding a missile, to a stick man on a paper aeroplane. The game plays much the same as its prequels, as well as the 'Gradius' series it sets out to parody. One new addition to the game-play is the introduction of branching paths through the game. Each level has a specific task, such as collecting the golden coins on the second level, the completion or failure of which dictates which level players will be faced with next. Due to the powerful Konami GX hardware the game runs on, Sexy Parodius's colorful and inventive visuals represent the pinnacle of the series. - TECHNICAL - Konami GX hardware Main CPU : 68EC020 Sound CPU : 68000 Sound Chips : (2x) K054539 Screen orientation : Horizontal Video resolution : 288 x 224 pixels Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz Palette colors : 8192 Players : 4 Control : 8-way joystick Buttons : 3 => POWER UP, FIRE, MISSILE - TRIVIA - World 3-A (get the 300 coins in World 2) will appeal to fans of Konami's classic game "Yie Ar Kung-Fu" (Oolong makes a guest appearance just before reaching the stage boss and you can even knock him out!). World 3-B (do not get the 300 coins in World 2) is a hilarious parody of Konami's "CastleVania" series (the well-known Medusa makes a guest appearance as the stage's boss!). The name of the fish character Mambo has a double meaning, he gets his name from the real life fish called Ocean Sunfish (or Mola Mola), but called Mambou in Japan. The other meaning is Mambo from the musical style, which is why the female partner character in this game is called Samba, yet another musical style. Character selection screen music is a remix of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star', by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The music theme of Shooting Star comes from "Twin Bee Yahhoo! Fushigi no Kuni de Oo-Abare!!" (1995, Konami). Stage 1 music is a megamix of : 'Hokkaido wa Dokoni Aru?' by Gonchichi, 'American Patrol' by Frank W. Meacham, and 'My Old Kentuchy Home' by Stephen C. Foster. Stage 1 boss music is a remix of 'Summ, Summ, Summ, Bienchen' by Hoffmann V. Fallersleben Stage 2 music is a remix of a music from "Yi Ar Kung-Fu" (1985, Konami). Stage 2 boss music is a megamix of : a music from "Yi Ar Kung-Fu" and "Maim Maim" (an Israeli folksong). Stage 3 music is a megamix of : a music from "Castlevania" and 'Clarinet Polka" (a Polish folksong). Stage 3 boss music is a megamix of : a music from "Castlevania" and 'Hungarian Dance No. 5' by Brahms. Stage 4 music is a remix of 'Csikos Post' by Hermann Necke. Stage 4 boss music is a megamix of : 'Bienchen Summ Herum!' (a Bohemian folksong) and 'Einzug der Gladiatoren' by Julius Fucik. Stage 5 music is a megamix of : 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' by William Steffe and 'J'ai Perdu le Do de Ma Clarinette' (a French folksong). Stage 5 boss music is a remix of the Aircraft Carrier music from "Gradius". Stage 6 music is a megamix of : 'Tankoubushi' (A Japanese folksong) and 'Hokkai Bon'uta' (Japanese Bon Festival Song) Stage 6 boss music is a megamix of : 'Symphony No. 5 in C, Op. 67' by Ludwig Beethoven, and 'Genkotsuyama no Tanukisan' (A Japanese children's song). Stage 7 music is a remix of 'El Bimbo' by Claude Morgan. Stage 7 boss music is a remix of 'Habanera - From Carmen' by Georges Bizet. Stage 8 sub-boss 1 music is a remix of 'Piano Sontata K.331, 3rd : Rondo Alla Turca' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Stage 8 sub-boss 2 music is a remix of 'Flight of the Bumblebee' by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Stage 8 sub-boss 3 music comes from "Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou" (1988, Konami). Stage 8 sub-boss 4 music is a remix of 'Orphee Aux Enfers' by Jacques Offenbach. Stage 8 final boss music is a megamix of : 'Prelude Op.28 #7' by Frederic Chopin, and 'Scene From Swan Lake' by Piotr Tchaikovsky. Stage 9 music is a megamix of 'Hornpipe from Water Music' and 'Hallelujah Chorus' by George F. Handel. Stage 9 boss music comes from "Gradius III" (1989, Konami). Special stage music is a megamix of musics from "Gradius", "Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou", "Gradius III", "MX5000", and "Lightning Fighters". Special stage boss music is a remix of 'Fur Elise' by Beethoven. Soundtrack releases : Sexy Parodius / Original Game Soundtrack [King Records - KICA-7703 - May 22, 1996] - TIPS AND TRICKS - * Special team attack : in two-player games, get both ships close to each other in order to use a special team attack! * Secret stage : successfully complete all stage's additional objectives in order to unlock the secret stage! - SERIES - Parodius - Tako wa Chikyuu o Sukuu (1988, MSX) Parodius Da! - Shinwa kara Owarai e (1990) Gokujyou Parodius! - Kako no Eikou wo Motomete (1994) Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius (1995, Nintendo Super Famicom) Sexy Parodius (1996) - STAFF - Programmers : Chichibinta Tsukasa, Ohji, Paiman Character designers : Shuzilow.Ha, Magrou, Natsumi Bouike, Misugi Inagaki, Kaori Nishimura, Galaxy Namikoshi Music composers : Mayuko Kageshita, Ary Music advisers : Izumi, Sita-Ru Senoo Sound effects : Ary Hard designer : Yoshikazu Matsui Product designer : Poper Takashi Radio actors : Joshua Popenoe, Kumike Watanabe, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Yuko Nagashima - PORTS - * Consoles : Sega Saturn (1996) Sony PlayStation (1996) Sony PSP (2007, "Parodius Portable") - SOURCES - Game's rom. 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