There are very few potential sequels that I would pledge my unborn future child to Mephistopheles for. A box-fresh RollerGames side-scroller would be one of them, a sequel to Sky Odyssey would be another, and a sequel to Zettai Zetsumei Toshi would be yet another.

I would also do this for a new Parodius.

While it's unlikely the world will be getting any of these games soon, for this last series - Konami's Parodius - there's at least a substitute in the form of Flying Hamster HD.

A niche, within a niche, within a niche ...

A fantastically compulsive, very pretty shoot-'em-up - fans of Parodius (and shooters in general) should make a TwinBee-line for this

RATINGS
Audio/visual: 8
Gameplay: 8
Value: 7
Innovation: 7
Overall: 8