Comment on Trying and failing to like Conkers Bad Fur Day

• Skyline969@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hell, Leisure Suit Larry came out in ‘87.

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  • JDPoZ@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Leisure suit Larry is not really a parody like Conker was though, was it? I thought it was just a point and click adventure game with dirty jokes.

    Forgive me, if I’m wrong on that. I actually have not really played the leisure suit Larry games. 

    I think, Conker not only makes fun of platformer games and game mechanics in general, but directly references movies like Saving Private Ryan, the Alien franchise, and the Matrix. 

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    • Skyline969@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think it had a mix of dirty jokes and parodies. It’s been ages since I’ve played it.

      Hopefully someone who remembers it better can chime in, otherwise I guess I know what my weekend downtime plans are.

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• DarthBueller@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Parodius to me isn’t a parody, but maybe I’m missing the references. It’s a shmup with funny sprites, innit? How does funny sprites equal a parody? (And for fucks sake, don’t downvote me—I’m actually asking to be convinced that it’s a parody. I’ve had enough negativity for a year on here from a mentally ill person that equates discourse with nazism.)

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  • Davel23@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Parodius is a parody of Gradius (hence the name).

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    • DarthBueller@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      is it just wordplay or is it a straight up parody?

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      • Davel23@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It's a "silly" version of Gradius. Wikipedia can explain it better than I can: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius:_The_Octopus_Saves_the_Earth

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• JDPoZ@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I guess it should have qualified it as a “major console release.”

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