Prerelease:Parodius (NES)

This page details prerelease information and/or media for Parodius (NES).

EGM Issue 13

An early screenshot with a different background and HUD than the final game.

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Konami New Games (Advertisement, Japan, 1990)

Shows the early screenshot mentioned above with more to see at its top. And another with the mid boss "Undersea Kitty-Achako" with passing by land pieces (islands) on top and bottom not seen in the final game, but present in other versions, like on the SNES. Also Kitty-Achako has only two paws here, in final game there are three.

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Game T-V 1990 Autumn Ascii Video Magazine (for rental only)

VHS footage shows an three frame intro that is not in the final game.

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The menu for manual or auto weapon update has the gold bell as select cursor on top of the description boxes. This is not in final game where the boxes only highlight when selected, left and right, by player without the bell beeing there to see. The bell is used to select up and down between the "Easy, Normal, Hard" mode in the final.

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