Parasol Stars
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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 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.
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
Specs
| Name | Parasol Stars |
|---|---|
| Developer | Taito (Japan) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 8984 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Platform |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | JAMMA |
| # Simultaneous Players | 2 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Joint |
| Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
| Cabinet Styles |
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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 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 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]
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