Parodius Da! - Revision history

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Plasmo: /* Loops */

2024-01-10T07:50:25Z

Loops

JSAV2006STG(ABC) at 04:58, 10 January 2024

2024-01-10T04:58:43Z

Trap15: Video index link

2023-11-20T08:35:05Z

Video index link

Plasmo: /* Controls */

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Controls

Plasmo: /* Controls */

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Controls

Plasmo: /* Controls */

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Controls

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 To put this into perspective, the main counter of the Frame Rank increases by +1 every 136 seconds with a 32f increase rate. In contrast, it increases every 17 seconds with a 4f increase rate.
-For every death, the main counter of the Frame Rank decreases by -2 and the incremental counter resets to 0. This means that dying with a high incremental counter can make the main counter decrease by almost -3 at times. If Frame Rank reaches 12 or higher, revenge bullets will appear on the first loop, and a second delayed revenge bullet will appear in loop 2.
+For every death, the main counter of the Frame Rank decreases by -2 and the incremental counter resets to 0. This means that dying with a high incremental counter can make the main counter decrease by almost -3 at times. If Frame Rank reaches 12 or higher, revenge bullets will appear on the first loop, and a second delayed revenge bullet will appear in loop 2. Frame rank will be set to 0 upon continuing.
 === Loops ===

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 ! Base Rank
 |-
-| Minimum Rank (difficulty: 0 to 6 + stage: 0 to 15) + Power Ups (0 to 5) + Bell Stock (0 to 3) + Frame Rank (0 to n)
+| Minimum Rank (difficulty: 0 to 6 + stage: 0 to 15) + Power Ups (0 to 5) + Bell Stock (0 to 3) + Frame Rank (0 to 15)
 |}
-How the values of these factors are calculated is explained in the following four sections.
+Base Rank is capped at 31. How the values of these factors are calculated is explained in the following four sections.
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 # <li value="2"> Power Ups</li>
 ----
-Depending on the power ups equipped, the following rank increase is added to the Base Rank. If the setup changes, so does the rank increase. Note that an equipped shield affects the rank in two ways. First, the Base Rank directly increases when an active shield is equipped according to the table below (this number will decrease again when the shield is lost). Moreover, an active shield affects the Frame Rank (see below).
+Depending on the power ups equipped, the following rank increase is added to the Base Rank. If the setup changes, so does the rank increase. Note that an equipped shield or active bell affects the rank in two ways. First, the Base Rank directly increases when an active shield/bell is used according to the table below (this number will decrease again when the shield/bell is lost). Moreover, an active shield/bell affects the Frame Rank (see below).
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
 ! rowspan="3" |
-! colspan="6" | No Shield
+! colspan="6" | No Shield/Bell Power
-! colspan="6" | Shield
+! colspan="6" | Shield/Bell Power
 |-
 ! rowspan="2" | Shot
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 To put this into perspective, the main counter of the Frame Rank increases by +1 every 136 seconds with a 32f increase rate. In contrast, it increases every 17 seconds with a 4f increase rate.
-For every death, the main counter of the Frame Rank decreases by -2 and the incremental counter resets to 0. This means that dying with a high incremental counter can make the main counter decrease by almost -3 at times.
+For every death, the main counter of the Frame Rank decreases by -2 and the incremental counter resets to 0. This means that dying with a high incremental counter can make the main counter decrease by almost -3 at times. If Frame Rank reaches 12 or higher, revenge bullets will appear on the first loop, and a second delayed revenge bullet will appear in loop 2.
 === Loops ===

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 |-
 ! 1 Option
-| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2
+| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2
 |-
 ! 2 Options
-| 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 3
+| 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 3
 |-
 ! 3 Options
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 |-
 ! 4 Options
-| 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 5
+| 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 5
 |}

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 }}
-'''Parodius Da!''' (Japanese: ''Parodiusu Da!'' パロディウスだ！) is a shmup developed and published by [[Konami]] in 1990. It is the second installment in the Parodius series succeeding the least popular [[Parodius]] (Konami 1988) released on the MSX system. It is the first of the three arcade games from the series followed by [[Gokujou Parodius]] (Konami 1994) and [[Sexy Parodius]] (Konami 1996).
+'''Parodius Da!''' (Japanese: ''Parodiusu Da!'' パロディウスだ！) is a shmup developed and published by [[Konami]] in 1990. It is the second installment in the Parodius series succeeding the lesser-known [[Parodius]] (Konami 1988) released on the MSX system. It is the first of the three arcade games from the series followed by [[Gokujou Parodius]] (Konami 1994) and [[Sexy Parodius]] (Konami 1996).
 '''Parodius Da!''' has received several console ports over the years, e.g. for the Super Nintendo, Sega Saturn or PlayStation - all of which differ significantly from the arcade original as well as from each other.

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 Unlike games of the [[Gradius]] series, the arcade version of '''Parodius Da!''' does not feature infinite loops and ends after Loop 2. There are no requirements for the second loop so that upon beating 1-10 the player will always enter 2-1.
-Upon entering 2-1, the player loses all of it`s Power Ups and starts in the default state again. If the Power Meter was highlighted at any position at the end of Loop 1, it will be highlighted on the first position "Speed Up" beginning with Loop 2. This is very helpful in order to quickly gain more upgrades again.
+Upon entering 2-1, the player loses all of their Power Ups and starts in the default state again. If the Power Meter was highlighted at any position at the end of Loop 1, it will be highlighted on the first position "Speed Up" beginning with Loop 2. This is very helpful in order to quickly gain more upgrades again.
 Minimum rank is much higher during the loop (see above). Moreover, there's a flag for Loop 2 that will always activate single revenge bullets. On higher rank, additional revenge bullets can spawn after the first revenge bullet. These additional revenge bullets often spawn with a significant delay which makes them particularly troublesome to dodge.

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 }}
-'''Parodius Da!''' (Japanese: ''Parodiusu Da!'' パロディウスだ！) is a shmup developed and published by [[Konami]] in 1990. It is the second installment in the Parodius series succeeding the less popular [[Parodius]] (Konami 1988) released on the MSX. It is the first of the three arcade games from the series followed by [[Gokujou Parodius]] (Konami 1994) and [[Sexy Parodius]] (Konami 1996).
+'''Parodius Da!''' (Japanese: ''Parodiusu Da!'' パロディウスだ！) is a shmup developed and published by [[Konami]] in 1990. It is the second installment in the Parodius series succeeding the least popular [[Parodius]] (Konami 1988) released on the MSX system. It is the first of the three arcade games from the series followed by [[Gokujou Parodius]] (Konami 1994) and [[Sexy Parodius]] (Konami 1996).
 '''Parodius Da!''' has received several console ports over the years, e.g. for the Super Nintendo, Sega Saturn or PlayStation - all of which differ significantly from the arcade original as well as from each other.
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-Unlike games of the [[Gradius]] series, the arcade version of '''Parodius Da!''' does not feature infinite loops and ends after the second loop. There are no requirements for the second loop so that upon beating stage 1-10 the player will always enter 2-1.
+Unlike games of the [[Gradius]] series, the arcade version of '''Parodius Da!''' does not feature infinite loops and ends after Loop 2. There are no requirements for the second loop so that upon beating 1-10 the player will always enter 2-1.
-The player loses all of his Power Ups and starts in the default state again. If the Power Meter was highlighted at any position at the end of loop 1, it will be highlighted on the first position "Speed Up" beginning with loop 2. This is very helpful in order to quickly gain more upgrades again.
+Upon entering 2-1, the player loses all of it`s Power Ups and starts in the default state again. If the Power Meter was highlighted at any position at the end of Loop 1, it will be highlighted on the first position "Speed Up" beginning with Loop 2. This is very helpful in order to quickly gain more upgrades again.
-Minimum rank is much higher during the loop (see above). Moreover, there's a flag for loop 2 that will always activate single revenge bullets. On higher rank, additional revenge bullets can spawn after the first revenge bullet. These additional revenge bullets often spawn with a significant delay which makes them particularly troublesome to dodge.
+Minimum rank is much higher during the loop (see above). Moreover, there's a flag for Loop 2 that will always activate single revenge bullets. On higher rank, additional revenge bullets can spawn after the first revenge bullet. These additional revenge bullets often spawn with a significant delay which makes them particularly troublesome to dodge.
 === Scoring ===
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 # <li value="3"> Double K.O. against the 1-10 boss</li>
-The double K.O. against the final boss of loop 1 has a twofold function: First, to decrease rank for the beginning of loop 2 and second, to gain an additional 100,000 points per double K.O. for a total maximum gain of 400,000 points when all extra lives are sacrificed this way. In order to perform the double K.O., the player simply has to steer into a wall after the eighth arm is destroyed. The timing for this is very lenient.
+The double K.O. against the Last Boss of Loop 1 has a twofold function: First, to decrease rank for the beginning of loop 2 and second, to gain an additional 100,000 points per double K.O. for a total maximum gain of 400,000 points when all extra lives are sacrificed this way. In order to perform the double K.O., the player simply has to steer into a wall after the eighth arm is destroyed. The timing for this is very lenient.
 == Strategy ==

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 '''Parodius Da!''' has received several console ports over the years, e.g. for the Super Nintendo, Sega Saturn or PlayStation - all of which differ significantly from the arcade original as well as from each other.
+{{VideoIndex}}
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 There are three different romsets for the arcade game: 1) Japan; 2) Asia; 3) World. No gameplay differences whatsoever have been reported.
 == Other ==

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 |}
-When Auto Power-Up is selected, the game will automatically power up the ship when enough capsules are collected. Moreover, Roulette Capsules (see [[Parodius Da!#items|Items]] below) just count as regular capsules.
+When Auto Power-Up is selected, the game will automatically power up the ship when enough capsules are collected. Moreover, Roulette Capsules (see [[Parodius Da!#Items|Items]] below) just count as regular capsules.
 === Characters ===