Retronauts Micro 010: Parodius

Retronauts

Games, Leisure, Technology, Video Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2015

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Remember Konami? They might not put out many games these days, but back in the '90s they were an absolute powerhouse, with their work dipping into just about every genre known to humankind. In fact, they were so prolific, a parody of one of their famous shoot-em-ups even made for a viable franchise! On this week's edition of Retronauts Micro, learn all about Parodius, the classic Konami shooter series that made us believe penguins could fly. Be sure to visit our blog at Retronauts.com, and check out our partner site, USgamer, for more great stuff. And if you'd like to send a few bucks our way, head on over to our Patreon page!

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0:00.0	This entire season of RetroNots is fully funded by listeners like you thanks to Patreon.
0:05.6	If you'd like to find out how you can help and get episodes a week in advance, head
0:09.3	on over to patreon.com slash RetroNots.
0:12.0	Thanks and enjoy the show!
0:22.3	Hello and welcome back to a brand new episode of RetroNots Micro.
0:26.2	I'm your host Bob Mackie and just like with the last episode, this one is just going
0:30.3	to be you and me together.
0:32.1	Talking about a fairly limited subject, the one that still is very, very meaningful to
0:36.0	me.
0:37.1	And I will try to talk a little slower as always RetroNots is fuel purely by caffeine,
0:42.0	so I'd like to thank our sponsors, the Colombians and those wonderful magical beans they
0:46.2	grow.
0:47.2	So to begin, I have a question for you.
0:50.2	Remember Konami?
0:51.2	Okay, I'm being a little mean.
0:54.8	In a few years, we might be saying that I don't mean to date this podcast, but I'm
0:58.5	recording this shortly after it was announced, Hideo Kojima is leaving possibly or they're
1:04.9	erasing all memory of him from existence.
1:07.1	I'm not sure how it works in business terms, but Konami is not really the company they
1:12.2	used to be.
1:14.0	Prior to this generation and really even before that, they were very prolific.
1:18.4	They operated across all genres from RPGs like Sweet Coden to Survival Horror like Silent
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