Parodius: Fantastic Journey - PSX Complete Playthrough

Fantastic Parodius - Pursue the Glory of the Past (極上パロディウス ～過去の栄光を求めて～ Gokujō Parodiusu - Kako no Eikō o Motomete), known outside Japan as Fantastic Journey, is a scrolling shooter arcade game and the third title in the Parodius series produced by Konami. Like the rest of the series, it is a parody of the Gradius series and other Konami games.
Overall, the gameplay is identical to that of its predecessor, Parodius! From Myth to Laughter, with several new characters to choose from. Also new, if you play a two-player game, the second player will have a different set of characters to select. They are clones of the first player characters, except with different names and slightly altered sprites or changed color palettes. These characters include: Vic Viper/Lord British, Pentaro/Hanako, Twinbee/Winbee, Takosuke/Belial, Hikaru/Akane, Mambo/Samba, Michael/Gabriel and Koitsu/Aitsu.
In the Parodius series, starting with Gokujō Parodius, the Power Meter was changed from a bar with the weapon names as text to a bar with pictures indicating the powerups. The borders of each icon determine the gameplay type chosen, red for auto, yellow for semi-auto and blue for manual. As this kind of power meter is shorter, two separate power meters appear on screen on a two player game.
Fantastic Parodius was ported to the Super Famicom months after its arcade release. Two significant differences between the console and arcade version were added characters: Goemon/Ebisumaru from Ganbare Goemon, Dracula-Kun/Kid-D from Kid Dracula and Upa/Rupa from Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa and the alternating two player mode.
In addition, Hikaru and Akane gets a Tailgun, Boomerang Shot from Thunder Cross, another shooter game by Konami, and a Shield instead of the Spread Bomb, the Carrot Shot and a force field (named "Star") that they get in the arcade version (as well as on the Deluxe Pack released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn). Similarly, Mambo and Samba are given Homing Missiles, the Reflect Shot (which gives them two options when chosen), Grade Up and a Shield instead of the Bubble Missile, the Control Laser, Search Laser and a force-field (named "Barrier").
Fantastic #Parodius! was also ported along with Parodius! From Myth to Laughter on Gokujō Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack for PlayStation in 1994 and Sega Saturn in 1995. This compilation was released in Japan and Europe. The European release was released as Parodius, with Parodius Da! simply titled Parodius and Gokujō Parodius as Fantastic Journey. In addition, it had English text when the Megaphone is used and re-colored the mini Eagle Sabu enemies to green (as opposed to Brown in the Japanese version).
It was also released for mobile phones and included in Parodius Portable on the PlayStation Portable, with some songs replaced by classical/folk songs. The Mobile Phone contain as Three Parts to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Parodius series.
On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the PlayStation version's Deluxe Pack a 32 out of 40, and the Sega Saturn's Deluxe Pack a 31 out of 40. Maximum gave the Saturn Deluxe Pack three out of five stars, saying that it is virtually identical to the arcade and PlayStation versions and has very pleasing gameplay, visuals, and music, but is outdated compared to contemporary Saturn games. They summarized, "Konami's first effort [at a Saturn game] has a lot to commend it, but when there are epics such as Panzer Dragoon stretching the shooting genre, it's clear that Parodius is not in the same league.

[@FloatingSunfish]

Man, this game was pure unadulterated fun. Many thanks for the longplay!

[@henrykaung9064]

Wow! The sound effect came form this game!😲🤯

[@christianrussell8293]

When I worked at Gremlin Interactive here in the U.K. in 1996, we bought a Japanese imported PSX which came with Parodius and TEKKEN. I recall how vibrant Parodius looked and how amazing it sounded with it’s quirky soundtrack.

[@cris2k344]

Thanks for your games!. hope zool2 comes out on steam

[@Sun_Mi]

Yo I've seen this when I was very young and I was trying to find this again and I finally found it! I'm so happy aaaaa!

[@HIDEFACES]

I know that feeling! Glad you've finally found it

[@grozmeistere7504]

Same thing happens to me right now !

[@kaeyaalberich3597]

I remember playing this as a kid, brings back so many memories :')

[@lydiajulianprower8356]

Predictable according to UK Playstation Magazine. ... They thought this game was predictable.

[@cameronknapp7315]

I’m glad that you played as hikaru. She is my favourite character.

[@salt3956]

Oh I wonder why......

[@SakuraSchoolFairy]

​@@salt3956you dont need to

[@VividLus]

dude i was trying to find this game for 20 years.... T_T thank you I finally found it....

[@DeltaSergeant]

For anybody looking for the meme, 20:00 has the wow sound.

[@HeraldOD]

it doesn't sound the same tho

[@whats0my0agenda]

Thank you 😊

[@shomafire]

very good this game was very difficult for me, you managed to master it

[@cameronknapp7315]

I prefer this version to the SNES version. It’s the graphics I’m talking about.

[@HIDEFACES]

Me too. But i hate the bilinear filter i was using. What was i thinking? It looks like painting haha

[@kek-senpai243]

Same, I also prefer this version of the masterful OST.

[@Xbuster6]

I loved this game

[@mikeT576]

Caramba, eu jogava isso no Super Nintendo e nem imaginava como que teria para psx 😮😢❤

[@fernandoflores3220]

heh, I love how Parodius games are the result of Konami saying stuff like "Ballerina Panda? yeah, throw that in there".

[@FangMcFrost]

Sorry for being stupid here but I'm a bit unsure after reading your video description and I just want to make sure I understand it correctly. You say that the European release of the PSX game was released as Parodius, with Parodius Da! being simply titled as Parodius and Gokujō Parodius as Fantastic Journey. So is Parodius Da! that's titled as Parodius in the video, the same Parodius that was known as Parodius: Non-Sense Fantasy on the SNES in Europe?

[@fall0ut892]

We need a HD Remaster 4 Nintendo Switch 😯👍

[@alexistramirez]

I agree!

[@mceehammer4185]

I remember playing this on a neigbors arcase hahaha its so fun, i wamnted to play this one again!

[@Bloodreign1]

Only the Saturn port nailed the underwater waviness from the arcade, no other version does sadly. Likely the PSP version as well since it uses the PS1 version.

[@JohnSmithIlIlIlIl]

So, she gets blown up at the end?? O_o 32:18 That's terrible!

[@Fallen-Saint]

oh and he is a yugioh card btw 2:06 👍

[@Stinger-rq4gy]

love it

[@Brabbs]

20:41 Windows sound?

[@akaxjenkins]

1up(extra life) sound

[@cameronknapp7315]

Please play this game again. I love 💓 the wierdness!

[@HIDEFACES]

I've played so many shooters already, i don't want to play them twice lol

[@cameronknapp7315]

Oh. Well I just thought 💭 you could make another video of this game.

[@HIDEFACES]

@@cameronknapp7315 Maybe when i run out of shooters to play! Right now the backlog is huge

[@Israleche]

What is the song of the intro?

[@dantrix1193]

I wish I have the chance to play this game one more time without pay 150 $ for it

[@SakuraSchoolFairy]

Retro games cc 🙂

[@shadow.banned]

Look at the cute bunnies.

[@jhonnyribeiro321]

eu tava procurando onome desse jogo ha muito tempo

[@jorgewenceslau11th]

Please, in 03:15 what is the name of the original version of this song?

[@Noddite]

"In the Mood" by Joe Garland.

[@jorgewenceslau11th]

@@Noddite Thanks!

[@choglog]

@@jorgewenceslau11th @cuprum thanks both, This was bugging me too

[@cocosusprime]

damn you Minus8 :D

[@MackSackDaDomo]

does this have anything to do with that "penguins in 'nam" movie

[@OST1350]

The movie called Penguin's Memory was propably Konami's product. It had references to Twinbee at one part of the movie. Slot machines clearly have bells and fruit icons from Twinbee. Parodius might not be linked with the movie, but the penguins have always been present in the game series.

[@patriciozazzini3182]

can you play it on the ps5?

[@patriciozazzini3182]

Never knew psx had the port if this game.

[@POZZETTO-i1x]

Where I can download this game?

[@narcisoycaneloelduomonstru62]

First download PPSSPP now go to romsmode and download parodius portable

[@mjquintos02]

@@narcisoycaneloelduomonstru62 parodius portable is not like this game. Cheap game.

[@Fallen-Saint]

a Kirby enemy !? 2:12

[@AlpenroseShoujo]

Why does the snes ver look better 😅

[@cameronknapp7315]

I think 💭 this copy of the game is from the uk 🇬🇧.

[@shazmanbound1496]

Yes is from the UK. Only two versions were released physically. One in Japan and the other in Europe. The Japanese version for PSX is way cheaper on ebay

[@yenihayatisland]

TAS?

[@yenihayatisland]

30:47 bumped into the hand but still alive

[@cps1247]

@@yenihayatisland longplay runs are usually tool-assisted

[@patiencejohnson-reed6674]

That mean girl mermaid is blocking our way and she’s not letting us go pass there’s a big mermaid tale she’s making giant waves I am the evil mermaid and I live in the sea get past me you got to do the mermaid dance get past the mermaid we’re going to have to do the mermaid dance

[@user-nd4px9ht7t]

吼吼吼，靠腰靠腰靠腰。

[@user-sk3jz1gk2d]

What the hell is this