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Parasol Stars (Megadrive / Genesis)

Parasol Stars: The Story of Rainbow Islands II arrives on the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis! This is an unofficial fan port of the 1992 Amiga version by Ocean, the third game in the Bubble Bobble saga, featuring Bubby and Bobby and their magic parasols. This is not a remake. The original Amiga game code runs natively on the Mega Drive's 68000 CPU. Only the hardware is replaced: graphics are redrawn by the Mega Drive VDP, the disk loader is gone, and the sound has a brand-new engine. The game logic is checked to behave exactly like the Amiga original, frame after frame. Features The complete game: all worlds, bosses, the hidden world, the ending and the credits. The original Amiga soundtrack. Every tune is rendered from the game's own music player, with the Amiga's sound chip and filter reproduced, then streamed at 15.7 kHz. Sound effects are rendered the same way. Runs at the original Amiga speed (25 game updates per second), even in the busiest scenes. Options menu at startup: choose your starting world and round, and switch infinite lives and invincibility on or off. 2-player mode: player 2 uses the second controller. Controls (3-button pad) A or C: jump B: attack (open / throw the parasol) Start: start the game, skip screens D-pad: move. In-game, Up does not jump, so you can't jump by accident. Options menu: Up / Down picks a line, Left / Right changes the value, Start plays. With no input, the game starts by itself after 10 seconds. Compatibility The ROM is 8 MB and uses the "SEGA SSF" (SSF2) bank mapper. Recommended: Genesis Plus GX (RetroArch, RetroBat). This is the tested emulator. Flash carts and other emulators that support the SSF2 mapper should work, but they have not been tested yet, and neither has real hardware. MAME: the game runs, but the music is wrong. MAME does not support this mapper for this ROM. An NTSC (60 Hz) console or setting is recommended. On PAL (50 Hz), the music plays about 1% slower. Beta notes This is the first beta. The game can be played from start to finish, but bugs are expected. Please report anything strange: graphics, sound, slowdowns or crashes. Tell me the emulator or hardware you used, and the world and round. Unofficial, non-commercial fan project. Parasol Stars © 1991 Taito Corp., Amiga version © 1992 Ocean Software Ltd. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Taito or Ocean. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.