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{{GameInfobox
| bordercolor = #df002a
| innerbordercolor = #df002a
| title = {{PAGENAME}}
| background = #ffffff
| image = Gokujou Parodius Title Screen.png
| width = 324px;
| imagecaption = Title screen
| imagescalepx = 180px

|developer = [[Konami]]
|music = Seiichi Fukami Satoko Miyawaki Kazuhiro Senoo
|program = Tokuda Tsukasa Yasuyuki Moritome
|art = Shūjirō Hamakawa Chiyoko Hanano Taro Matsuishi Rika Ishimaru Natsumi Bouike
|releasedate = '''Arcade:''' April 1994 ''''Super Famicom:''' November 25, 1994 '''PlayStation:''' December 3, 1994 '''Sega Saturn:''' May 19, 1995
|previousgame = [[Pop’n TwinBee]]
|nextgame = [[TwinBee Yahhoo!]]
}}

'''Gokujō Parodius ～Kako no Eikō o Motomete～''' (Japanese: ''極上パロディウス～過去の栄光を求めて～'' "Gokujou Parodius – Pursuing the Past Glory") is a shmup developed and published by [[Konami]] in 1994. It is the third installment in the Parodius series succeeding [[Parodius Da!]] (Konami 1990). It is the second of the three arcade games from the series followed by [[Sexy Parodius]] (Konami 1996).

'''Gokujou Parodius''' received ports on the Super Nintendo, PlayStation, and Saturn.

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== Gameplay Overview ==

=== Controls ===
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The game offers three different control styles which can be selected at the start of the game: '''Auto Power-Up''' (uses one button), '''Semi-Auto Power-Up''' (uses two buttons), and '''Manual Power-Up''' (uses three buttons).

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! !! Auto Power-Up !! Semi-Auto Power-Up !! Manual Power-Up
|-
| A button || || Select Power-Up || Select Power-Up
|-
| B button || Primary weapon (shot/double/laser) Secondary weapon (missile) Bell power || Primary weapon (shot/double/laser) Secondary weapon (missile) Bell power || Primary weapon (shot/double/laser)
|-
| C button || || || Secondary weapon (missile) Bell power
|}
When Auto Power-Up is selected, the ship will automatically power up when enough capsules are collected. Roulette Capsules will count as regular capsules.

=== Characters ===
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There are eight characters to choose from: Vic Viper, Takosuke, Twin Bee, Pentarou, Hikaru, Mambo, Michael, and Koitsu. Every character has individual strengths and weaknesses.

=== Power Meter ===
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[[File:Gokujou Parodius Power Meter.png|600px|center]]
Instead of words, the Power Meter system in '''Gokujou Parodius''' uses icons for each upgrade. When the player picks up a red capsule, the next box in the Power Meter sequence will be highlighted; when a red capsule is picked up at position 7, it will jump back to position 1.

Although the Power Meter has certain general properties (Speed Up, Missile, and Shield), all eight characters have an individual set of upgrades.

[[File:Gokujou Parodius Select.png|500px]]

=== Items ===
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An item will pop up either if the player destroys certain waves of enemies fully or when a red enemy is destroyed.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]] || '''Red Capsule''' Advances the Power Meter by 1.
|-
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]] || '''Roulette Capsule''' Starts roulette mode in the Power Meter. Visually indistinguishable from regular Red Capsules. Found in fixed locations.
|-
| [[File:Goku Paro blue capsule.png|50px|center]] || '''Blue Capsule''' Clears the screen from all enemies (no points are awarded for these).
|-
| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Yellow Bell''' Score item. Value increases with subsequent collection: 500 > 1000 > 2,500 > 5,000 > 10,000. Value resets when a Yellow Bell goes off screen or upon death.
|-
| [[File:Goku Paro blue bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Blue Bell''' Adds a screen clearing bomb to the player's bell stock. Additional bombs can be picked up for a maximum of three.
|-
| [[File:Paro Da white bell.png|50px|center]] || '''White Bell''' When picked up, all regular weapons are disabled for a certain amount of time and a megaphone shouts out text that has great coverage and also cancels all bullets.
|-
| [[File:Goku Paro green bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Green Bell''' When picked up, all regular weapons are disabled for a certain amount of time and the player sprite increases in size granting invincibility and extra speed.
|-
| [[File:Goku Paro red bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Red Bell''' Adds 3 laser barriers to the player's bell stock. These barriers cover almost the whole screen vertically and destroy all enemies and bullets touching them.
|-
| [[File:Goku Paro purple bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Purple Bell''' When picked up, all enemies are turned into regular items.
|}

All regular items except Roulette Capsules appear in the following item cycle. Roulette Capsules are always found in the same enemies and have no effect on the cycle.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Item Cycle
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro blue capsule.png|50px|center]]
|}

The bell cycle starts at yellow. Hitting a Yellow Bell five times will make it advance to the next color. Every other color takes a single hit to make the bell cycle go to the next yellow again. This is not affected by missing bells or picking them up.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Bell Cycle
| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro blue bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro white bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro green bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro red bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
| [[File:Goku Paro purple bell.png|50px|center]]
|}

=== Extra Lives ===
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On default settings, the player is awarded with two extra lives, one at 200,000 and the second at 500,000.

=== Loops ===
----

'''Gokujou Parodius''' ends after the second loop. There are no requirements, so the player will always enter 2-1 upon beating stage 1-7.

The player loses all 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 beginning with loop 2.

== Strategy ==
WIP

== Version Differences ==

== Video References ==

[[Gokujou Parodius/Video Index|Video index for Gokujou Parodius]]

[[Category:Horizontal orientation]]
[[Category:Option_mechanic]]
[[Category:Upgrade_bar_mechanic]]
[[Category:Environmental_hazard_mechanic]]

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 |releasedate = '''Arcade:''' April 1994 <br>'''Super Famicom:''' November 25, 1994 <br>'''PlayStation:''' December 3, 1994 <br>'''Sega Saturn:''' May 19, 1995 <br> '''PlayStation Portable:''' January 25, 2007
 |previousgame = [[Pop’n TwinBee]]
-|nextgame = [[TwinBee Yahhoo!]]
+|nextgame = [[TwinBee Yahho!]]
 }}

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 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]] || '''Red Capsule''' <br/>Advances the Power Meter by 1.
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]] || '''Red Capsule''' <br/>Advances the Power Meter by 1.
 |-
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]] || '''Roulette Capsule''' <br/>Starts roulette mode in the Power Meter. Visually indistinguishable from regular Red Capsules. Found in fixed locations.
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]] || '''Roulette Capsule''' <br/>Starts roulette mode in the Power Meter. Visually indistinguishable from regular Red Capsules. Found in fixed locations.
 |-
-| [[File:Goku Paro blue capsule.png|50px|center]] || '''Blue Capsule''' <br/>Clears the screen from all enemies (no points are awarded for these).
+| [[File:Goku Paro blue capsule.png|50px]] || '''Blue Capsule''' <br/>Clears the screen from all enemies (no points are awarded for these).
 |-
-| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Yellow Bell''' <br/>Score item. Value increases with subsequent collection: 500 > 1000 > 2,500 > 5,000 > 10,000. Value resets when a Yellow Bell goes off screen or upon death.
+| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px]] || '''Yellow Bell''' <br/>Score item. Value increases with subsequent collection: 500 > 1000 > 2,500 > 5,000 > 10,000. Value resets when a Yellow Bell goes off screen or upon death.
 |-
-| [[File:Goku Paro blue bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Blue Bell''' <br/>Adds a screen clearing bomb to the player's bell stock. Additional bombs can be picked up for a maximum of three.
+| [[File:Goku Paro blue bell.png|50px]] || '''Blue Bell''' <br/>Adds a screen clearing bomb to the player's bell stock. Additional bombs can be picked up for a maximum of three.
 |-
-| [[File:Paro Da white bell.png|50px|center]] || '''White Bell''' <br/>When picked up, all regular weapons are disabled for a certain amount of time and a megaphone shouts out text that has great coverage and also cancels all bullets.
+| [[File:Goku Paro white bell.png|50px]] || '''White Bell''' <br/>When picked up, all regular weapons are disabled for a certain amount of time and a megaphone shouts out text that has great coverage and also cancels all bullets.
 |-
-| [[File:Goku Paro green bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Green Bell''' <br/>When picked up, all regular weapons are disabled for a certain amount of time and the player sprite increases in size granting invincibility and extra speed.
+| [[File:Goku Paro green bell.png|50px]] || '''Green Bell''' <br/>When picked up, all regular weapons are disabled for a certain amount of time and the player sprite increases in size granting invincibility and extra speed.
 |-
-| [[File:Goku Paro red bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Red Bell''' <br/>Adds 3 laser barriers to the player's bell stock. These barriers cover almost the whole screen vertically and destroy all enemies and bullets touching them.
+| [[File:Goku Paro red bell.png|50px]] || '''Red Bell''' <br/>Adds 3 laser barriers to the player's bell stock. These barriers cover almost the whole screen vertically and destroy all enemies and bullets touching them.
 |-
-| [[File:Goku Paro purple bell.png|50px|center]] || '''Purple Bell''' <br/>When picked up, all enemies are turned into regular items.
+| [[File:Goku Paro purple bell.png|50px]] || '''Purple Bell''' <br/>When picked up, all enemies are turned into regular items.
 |}
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 ! Item Cycle
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red capsule.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro blue capsule.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro blue capsule.png|50px]]
 |}
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 |-
 ! Bell Cycle
-| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro blue bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro blue bell.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro white bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro white bell.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro green bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro green bell.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro red bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro red bell.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro yellow bell.png|50px]]
-| [[File:Goku Paro purple bell.png|50px|center]]
+| [[File:Goku Paro purple bell.png|50px]]
 |}

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 | width = 324px;
 | imagecaption = Title screen
-| imagescalepx = 180px
+| imagescalepx = 220px
 |developer = [[Konami]]
-|music = Seiichi Fukami </br> Satoko Miyawaki </br> Kazuhiro Senoo
+|music = Seiichi Fukami <br> Satoko Miyawaki <br> Kazuhiro Senoo
-|program = Tokuda Tsukasa </br> Yasuyuki Moritome
+|program = Tokuda Tsukasa <br> Yasuyuki Moritome
-|art = Shūjirō Hamakawa  </br>  Chiyoko Hanano </br> Taro Matsuishi </br> Rika Ishimaru </br> Natsumi Bouike
+|art = Shūjirō Hamakawa  <br>  Chiyoko Hanano <br> Taro Matsuishi <br> Rika Ishimaru <br> Natsumi Bouike
-|releasedate = '''Arcade:''' April 1994 <br/>''''Super Famicom:''' November 25, 1994 <br/>'''PlayStation:''' December 3, 1994 <br/>'''Sega Saturn:''' May 19, 1995
+|releasedate = '''Arcade:''' April 1994 <br>'''Super Famicom:''' November 25, 1994 <br>'''PlayStation:''' December 3, 1994 <br>'''Sega Saturn:''' May 19, 1995 <br> '''PlayStation Portable:''' January 25, 2007
 |previousgame = [[Pop’n TwinBee]]
 |nextgame = [[TwinBee Yahhoo!]]
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 '''Gokujō Parodius ～Kako no Eikō o Motomete～''' (Japanese: ''極上パロディウス ～過去の栄光を求めて～'' "Gokujou Parodius – Pursuing the Past Glory") is a shmup developed and published by [[Konami]] in 1994. It is the third installment in the Parodius series succeeding [[Parodius Da!]] (Konami 1990). It is the second of the three arcade games from the series followed by [[Sexy Parodius]] (Konami 1996).
-'''Gokujou Parodius''' received ports on the Super Nintendo, PlayStation, and Saturn.
+'''Gokujou Parodius''' received ports on the Super Nintendo, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PlayStation Portable. It was localized overseas under the title '''Fantastic Journey'''.
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 '''Gokujou Parodius''' received ports on the Super Nintendo, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PlayStation Portable. It was localized overseas under the title '''Fantastic Journey'''.
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 == Version Differences ==
 [[Category:Horizontal orientation]]

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-There are eight characters to choose from: Vic Viper, Takosuke, Twin Bee, Pentarou, Hikaru, Mambo, Michael, and Koitsu. Every character has individual strengths and weaknesses.
+''Gokujou Parodius'' has 8 characters, 4 of them return from [[Parodius Da!]] while the others are completely new. Each character has a counterpart when using 2P side, but this is a purely cosmetic difference.
 === Power Meter ===

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-'''Gokujou Parodius''' ends after the second loop. There are no requirements, so the player will always enter 2-1 upon beating stage 1-7.
+By default, '''Gokujou Parodius''' does not loop, but an option to enable a second loop and even infinite loops can be set in the dipswitches (or going to the options menu in the ports). The loop has no requirements when enabled, so the player will always enter 2-1 upon beating stage 1-7.
 The player loses all 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 beginning with loop 2.