Parodius misinformation is driving me nuts.

[ReyVGM]

*This is strickly about the Arcade versions*

The internet is such a big place and misinformation runs rampant in huge quantities.

So, the Parodius games released on the Arcades are:
Parodius Da!
Gokujo Parodius!
Sexy Parodius

Parodius Da! only came out in Japan as far as I know, but MAME lists the game as having a 'world' release, yet it is in Japanese too.

I thought Gokujo Parodius!stayed in Japan too, but looking at the Parodius article here I noticed it was released in Europe as "Fantastic Journey". Pity MAME doesn't play it yet, I would love to see if the endings are translated (they probably butchered them).
I also wonder why is system16 (www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=574&page=1#851) calling the game Gokujyou Parodius / Fantastic Journey / Parodius 2 / Parodius Excellent?
Did this game have a limited release in the USA or other parts of the world to have those "parodius 2 & Parodius Excellent" names?
System16 wouldn't make up those names, so they must have come from somewhere.

Sexy parodius, a Japan only release too? Why does KLOV list it as "also called Fantastic journey 2"?
Was it released in Europe?
I heard that PSX Parodius Collection was released in Europe too, maybe Sexy Parodius was called Fantastic journey 2 there and KLOV used it as if the Arcade release had the same fate?

Another thing, system16 lists Twin Bee Yahhoo! as: "Twin Bee Yahhoo! / Magical Twin Bee"
Where was the game called Magical Twin Bee? Did it have an European release?
As far as I know the only Arcade TwinBee released outside Japan was Detana twinbee and it was called Bells & Whistles.

Anyone know wtf is up with all that?

[recap]

I believe Parodius Da! had indeed a "world" (European) arcade version. Gokujou most likely didn't, but, since it appears on the Euro release of Gokujou Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack (PS/SS) as "Fantastic Journey" some people believe, wrongly, the opposite.

"Magical Twin Bee", "Parodius 2" and "Excellent Parodius" are absolutely nothing. System 16 has lots of errors/mistranslations like this (as does MAME, BTW). I myself have corrected many of them via the System 16 forum but seems there are many more. Lazy now.

KLOV is retardedly crappy as a DB. Don't rely on it either.

So there you have it all.

[ReyVGM]

If Parodius Da have a world release then why is it in Japanese too? Weird.
Gokujou Parodius was released in Europe for arcades but MAME doesn't emulate it yet

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reyvgm said:

Gokujou Parodius was released in Europe for arcades but MAME doesn't emulate it yet

....... actually, Rey, it does! However, you need the Konami GX BIOS for it to work.

[ReyVGM]

I have the bios of course but the Euro version doesn't work, just the japanese one.
I'm still using 0.105 version though, maybe 0.106 plays it but I doubt it.

[Discoalucard]

Sotenga, which MAME does it work on? Even the most recent one I have, it's listed as "not working". I believe the reason was encryption.

I wouldn't mind trying it, just to see the endings in English.

[ReyVGM]

Assuming they didn't cut the endings to avoid translating them.

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admin said:

Sotenga, which MAME does it work on? Even the most recent one I have, it's listed as "not working". I believe the reason was encryption.

I wouldn't mind trying it, just to see the endings in English.

... WTF?! Umm... well, I haven't updated in a bit, but the one I've got is .105, and it works just fine for me.

[YourAverageJoe]

I have a solution, but it requires an audit report pasted here.

[ReyVGM]

Sotenga, are you positive you can play FANTASTIC JOURNEY? In English? Are you sure you aren't just playing Gokujo Parodius! instead?
All MAME are the same, if one doesn't play a game the others won't either.

I mean, Fantastic Journey loads up, but you can't see the title screen and the gameplay is composed of silhouettes.
So if that's what you mean by 'playable' then ok, but the game can't really be played like that.

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reyvgm said:

Sotenga, are you positive you can play FANTASTIC JOURNEY? In English? Are you sure you aren't just playing Gokujo Parodius! instead?

.................................................... erm... yes, that's exactly it. Oh dear.

[ReyVGM]

Haha

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reyvgm said:

If Parodius Da have a world release then why is it in Japanese too? Weird.

Do you mean the logo on the title screen? That's just lazyness. It already had the romanji form saying "Parodius", so why redo it?

reyvgm said:

If Parodius Da have a world release then why is it in Japanese too? Weird.
Gokujou Parodius was released in Europe for arcades but MAME doesn't emulate it yet

Well, seems that MAME has a romset for the Euro version of Gokujou, although I don't think it's actually called "Fantastic Journey". It's indeed still unemulated, so we can't say for sure at the moment.

[ReyVGM]

Yes it's called Fantastic Journey, it's in the game index in MAME. I dunno if it was recently added because I never saw it there before learning about the Euro name.