Gokujou Parodius: Kako no Eikou wo Motomete (1994) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Gokujou Parodius: Kako no Eikou wo Motomete

Gokujou Parodius: Kako no Eikou wo Motomete, translated as Gokujo Parodius – Pursuing the Past Glory and also known as Fantastic Journey, is a 1994 side-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by…

25 November 1994

What Gokujou Parodius: Kako no Eikou wo Motomete is

Gokujou Parodius: Kako no Eikou wo Motomete is an arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1994. It is available on Super Famicom only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Gokujou Parodius: Kako no Eikou wo Motomete, translated as Gokujo Parodius – Pursuing the Past Glory and also known as Fantastic Journey, is a 1994 side-scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Konami. It is the third entry in their Parodius series, itself a parody spin-off of their Gradius series. This is the Super Famicom port, which added new 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.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Parodius series

Gokujou Parodius: Kako no Eikou wo Motomete is the ninth of 17 entries we hold in the Parodius series. It arrived 7 months after Fantastic Journey. The next entry was Parodius in 1994.

See all 17 Parodius games in release order →

What it launched against

Gokujou Parodius: Kako no Eikou wo Motomete launched on 25 November 1994, within three weeks of Donkey Kong Country, The Lion King, Tekken and Breath of Fire II.

Released around the same time: Donkey Kong Country, The Lion King, Tekken, Breath of Fire II.

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