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Parasol Stars Parasol Stars - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

Following their previous adventure, Bub and Bob have been given parasols by the grateful inhabitants of the Rainbow Islands. Now they must travel through several different worlds, using their parasols to catch and throw enemies, in an attempt to save ten planets by defeating an evil wizard. Taito never released this game.

Parasol Stars was produced by Taito in 1990.

Taito released 487 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Parasol Stars was produced include: Twin Hawk, Flipull, Asuka Asuka, Nastar, WGP, Aa Eikou No Koushien, Air Inferno, American Horseshoes, Aqua Jack, and Double Axle

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Cabinet

Specs

Name Parasol Stars
Developer Taito
Year 1990
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8984
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Joint
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 2-way (left, right)
  • Buttons: 2 [Fire|Jump]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Parasol Stars KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.78 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.80

Overall Like 5.00
Fun (Social) 3.00
Fun (Solo) 4.00
Collector Desire 2.00

Technical Rating: 3.75

Gameplay 4.00
Graphics 4.00
Originality 3.00
Sound/Music 4.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Miscellaneous

This game was also released by Working Designs for the TurboGrafx 16 console, and by Ocean Software for the Commodore 64, Atari ST and Commodore Amiga.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Parasol Stars Census

There are 14,716 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,294 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by Parasol Stars collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Legacy

  1. Bubble Bobble
  2. Rainbow Islands The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2
  3. Rainbow Islands Extra Version
  4. Parasol Stars
  5. Bubble Symphony
  6. Bubble Memories The Story Of Bubble Bobble III

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