History VideoGame / Abadox

** Changing "Nazar" to "Nazal" may also be a case of this. [[spoiler:"Nazar" is how you start the word "Nazareth", as in the hometown of [[{{Christianity}} Saint Joseph]]. Maria is a variant of Miriam/Mary. Yeah, it looks like you're fighting [[TheAntichrist the Antichrist]]--originally Nazar and Maria's unborn child that Parasite X possessed.]]

* PlanetEater: Parasitis in the Milton Bradley version. It's more of a GenericDoomsdayVillain in the Japanese, [[spoiler: although potentially also [[TheAntichrist the Antichrist]].]]

** AnuscapePlan: It's not obvious unless you're paying attention, but one might notice your final escape is through a winding, vaguely intestinal-looking path and an orifice that doesn't look like the mouth you came in through.

** AnuscapePlan: It's not obvious unless you're paying attention, but one might notice your ultimate escape is through an orifice that doesn't look like the mouth you came in through.

** AnuscapePlan: It's not obvious unless you're paying attention, but one might notice your ultimate escape is through an orifice that doesn't look the mouth you came in through.

''Abadox: The Deadly Inner War'' is a ShootEmUp developed (in part) by Creator/{{Natsume}} for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1989 and published in the US by Creator/MiltonBradley of all companies in 1990.

The game is notable for being really gruesome for UsefulNotes/{{NES}} standards, and it's often compared to ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Life Force]]'' due to its similar organic themes and story (well, the American version as least, the story is very different in the Japanese original, which was called ''Salamander''). ''Abadox'' was also notorious for its [[NintendoHard horrendous difficulty]], even for a game of this genre.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Milton Bradley censored references to [[TheLegionsOfHell Abaddon]], and instead justified the title (originally an XtremeKoolLetterz tweak of that demon's name) by making Parasitis's first victim a small planet [[TitleDrop named Abadox]], with Maria the erstwhile Princess of the place, rather than just Nazal's lover. [[spoiler: The Abaddon reference makes ''a lot'' of sense once you realize Parasitis [[TheLegionsOfHell is demonic in nature]], no less--probably something else Milton Bradley didn't want to get into a scandal with.]] And, of course, the captive Maria was nude in the Japanese version, in which she was clothed in the American version.

* EldritchAbomination: Parasitis qualifies as it. Sure, it's primarily a PlanetEater, but speaking biologically, this thing '''''should not be'''''. It doesn't help that in the original Japanese story, the attack on the mother Parasitis is likened to attacking [[LegionsOfHell Abaddon, the destroyer of worlds]]. And the final boss is emblazoned with [[RuleOfSymbolism the picture of a horned humanoid torso]]. The Japanese story even alleges that Parasitis [[WasOnceAMan used to be]] ''[[WasOnceAMan human]]''. [[spoiler: In which case, Nazar and Maria's [[EnfantTerrible unborn child]] was the most likely template.]]

* EvilIsVisceral: The game is full of this trope.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Milton Bradley censored references to [[TheLegionsOfHell Abaddon]], and instead justified the title (originally an XtremeKoolLetterz tweak of that demon's name) by making Parasitis's first victim a small planet [[TitleDrop named Abadox]], with Maria the erstwhile Princess of the place, rather than just Nazal's lover. And, of course, the captive Maria was nude in the Japanese version, in which she was clothed in the American version.

** Changing "Nazar" to "Nazal" may also be a case of this. [[spoiler:"Nazar" is how you start the word "Nazareth", as in the hometown of [[UsefulNotes/Christianity Saint Joseph]]. Maria is a variant of Miriam/Mary. Yeah, it looks like you're fighting [[TheAntichrist the Antichrist]]--originally Nazar and Maria's unborn child that Parasite X possessed.]]