History VideoGame / Abadox

The story is a lot different and darker in the Japanese version, likely due to Milton Bradely toning it down for the American market. Earth was the planet that was eaten by Parasitis, and it turns out there is a whole race of them. The title name Abadox was a reference to [[TheLegionsOfHell Abaddon]], implying that Parasitis is the living embodiment of hell itself. Furthermore, Maria is not the Princess, but Nazal's [[ItsPersonal lover]].

* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: DownplayedTrope. The final stage has you making a hasty escape through Parasitis' innards, with the maze you must quickly navigate incrementally taking on the appearance of most of the previous areas you fought through.

* BittersweetEnding: Nazar beats the Parasitis core, rescues Maria, they make it out and the EldritchAbomination is annihilated but so is their home planet and now the surviving protagonist and the girl are stranded in space with no other world to settle down potentially doomed to starve to death. On top of that the Parasitis may have [[ParanoiaFuel secretly infected]] [[DefiledForever Maria]].

* CollapsingLair: The final stage has no enemies; you must instead navigate your way out of the alien before it blows up.
* [[DigitalBikini Digital Kimono]]: Maria is naked in the Japanese version. This obviously wasn'y the case 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]].
* EternalEngine: Stages 5 and 6 are what's left of the hospital vessel the Parasitis originally subsumed.

** The penultimate boss only attacks if it's flanking eyes are present. If the flanking eyes are destroyed, it's a sitting duck.

* HardLevelsEasyBosses: In almost any boss battle, there's one spot on the screen where you can sit and shoot all day without fear of getting hit yourself. The parts leading up to that fight are pure BulletHell.

* PlanetEater: Parasitis.

The game's plot involves the planet [[TitleDrop Abadox]] (Earth in the Japanese version) being attacked in the year 5012 by [[PlanetEater Parasitis]], a techno-organic horror (actually a whole race of them in Japan) that manages to obliterate nearly the entire defense fleet of Abadox, save for a single ship, piloted by Second Lieutenant Nazal (Nazar in Japan). Nazal goes ''[[FantasticVoyagePlot into]]'' Parasitis--not just to continue the attack, but to save [[SaveThePrincess Princess Maria]] (who in Japan is not a princess, but [[ItsPersonal his lover]]), who was swallowed whole by it.

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 organic theme and story. ''Abadox'' was also notorious for its [[NintendoHard horrendous difficulty]], even for a game of this genre.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Milton Bradley was actually pretty sparing about it. All they really censored was the reference 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 Nazar's lover. And, of course, the captive Maria (her clothes didn't survive the journey into Parasitis in the original, as seen when the final boss is slain).

* CollapsingLair: The final stage has no enemies; you must instead navigate your way out of the alien's rectum before it blows up.
* [[DigitalBikini Digital Kimono]]: Maria is actually naked in the Japanese version.
* EldritchAbomination: Parasitis qualifies. 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]].
* EternalEngine: Stages 5 and 6 are what's left of the vessel the Parasitis originally subsumed.

* {{Gorn}}: One of the goriest games on the NES. Even the logo is covered in blood.

* MeaninglessLives: Losing all your lives only results in your score being reset. You don't even lose your checkpoint. However, since this means you'll have to go through the second half of a stage with no power-ups, this actually adds to the game's difficulty.

* PlanetEater: Parasitis, yep.

* SaveThePrincess: Yup, as it ever was in old school gaming. And she's even FloatingInABubble!

* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: If the player is using the in-game invincibility cheat, and is latched onto by one of the grasping creatures that can attach to your ship in the second to last level, it becomes possible to get stuck at the boss fight. The player cannot position themselves high enough on the screen to shoot the boss, and cannot die or get rid of the creature limiting their movement.

* BraggingRightsReward: Sitting through the credits and starting a new game grants you invincibility. You know, after you've proven that you don't need it.

''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 Milton Bradley of all companies in 1990.

The game is notable for being really gruesome for NES standards, and it's often compared to ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Life Force]]'' due to its organic theme and story. ''Abadox'' was also notorious for its [[NintendoHard horrendous difficulty]], even for a game of this genre.

* EvolvingWeapon: Collecting powerups adds upgrades to the protagonists laser gun and rocket launcher.

* SaveThePrincess: Yup, as it ever was in oldschool gaming. And she's even FloatingInABubble!

* BittersweetEnding: Nazar beats the Parasitis core, rescues Maria, they make it out and the EldritchAbomination is annihilated but so is their home planet and now the surviving protagonist and the girl are stranded in space with no other world to settle down potentially doomed to starve to death. On top of that the Parasitis may have [[ParanoiaFuel secretly infected]] [[TaintedForever Maria]].

* WallMaster: During stage 2, hands will come out of the walls and attempt to kill you.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: Milton Bradley was actually pretty sparing about it. All they really censored was the reference 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 [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses erstwhile Princess of the place]], rather than just Nazar's lover. And, of course, the captive Maria (her clothes didn't survive the journey into Parasitis in the original, as seen when the final boss is slain).

* SaveThePrincess: Yup, as it ever was in oldschool gaming. And she's even FloatingInABubble! [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Not that she was a princess in the Japanese original...]]

The game is notable for being really gruesome for NES standards, and it's often compared to ''[[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Life Force]]'' due to its organic theme and story. ''Abadox'' was also notorious for it's [[NintendoHard horrendous difficulty]], even for a game of this genre.

* HardLevelsEasyBosses: In almost any boss battle, there's one spot on the screen where you can sit and shoot all day without fear of getting hit yourself.

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

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Milton Bradley was actually pretty sparing about it. All they really censored was the reference 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 [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses erstwhile Princess of the place]], rather than just Nazar's lover. And, of course, the captive Maria (her clothes didn't survive the journey into Parasitis in the original, as seen when the final boss is slain).

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Milton Bradley was actually pretty sparing about it. All they really censored was the reference to [[LegionsOfHell 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 [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses erstwhile Princess of the place]], rather than just Nazar's lover. And, of course, the captive Maria (her clothes didn't survive the journey into Parasitis in the original, as seen when the final boss is slain).

* CollapsingLair: The final stage has no enemies; you must instead navigate your way out of [[{{Squick}} the alien's rectum]] before it blows up.

The game is notable for being really gruesome for NES standards, and it's often compared to ''[[{{Gradius}} Life Force]]'' due to its organic theme and story. ''Abadox'' was also notorious for it's [[NintendoHard horrendous difficulty]], even for a game of this genre.

The game is notable for being really gruesome for NES standards, and it's often compared to ''[[{{Gradius}} Life Force]]'' due to its organic theme and story. Abadox was also notorious for it's [[NintendoHard horrendous difficulty]], even for a game of this genre.

The game is notable for being a really gruesome for NES standards, and it's often compared to ''[[{{Gradius}} Life Force]]'' due to its organic theme and story. Abadox was also notorious for it's [[NintendoHard horrendous difficulty]], even for a game of this genre.

''Abadox: The Deadly Inner War'' is a ShootEmUp developed (in part) by Creator/{{Natsume}} for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1989 and published in the US by Milton Bradley of all companies in 1990. The game's plot involves the planet [[TitleDrop Abadox]] (Earth in the Japanese version) being attacked in the year 5012 by [[PlanetEater Parasitis]], a techno-organic horror (actually a whole race of them in Japan) that manages to obliterate nearly the entire defense fleet of Abadox, save for a single ship, piloted by Second Lieutenant Nazal (Nazar in Japan). Nazal goes ''[[FantasticVoyagePlot into]]'' Parasitis--not just to continue the attack, but to save [[SaveThePrincess Princess Maria]] (who in Japan is not a princess, but [[ItsPersonal his lover]]), who was swallowed whole by it. The game is most often compared to ''[[{{Gradius}} Life Force]]'' due to its organic theme, and is notorious for its [[NintendoHard horrendous difficulty]].

''Abadox: The Deadly Inner War'' is a ShootEmUp developed (in part) by Creator/{{Natsume}} for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1989 and published in the US by Milton Bradley of all companies in 1990. The game's plot involves Earth being attacked in the year 5012 by the [[PlanetEater Parasitis]], a race of techno-organic horrors that manages to obliterate nearly the entire defense fleet of Earth, save for the ship of [[SoleSurvivor Nazar]]. Nazar himself finds himself having to go ''[[FantasticVoyagePlot into]]'' the mother Parasitis--not just to continue the attack, but to [[ItsPersonal save his lover Maria, who was swallowed whole by it]]. The game is most often compared to ''[[{{Gradius}} Life Force]]'' due to its organic theme, and is notorious for its [[NintendoHard horrendous difficulty]].

* CollapsingLair: The final stage has no enemies; you must instead navigate your way out of [[{{Squick}} the mother Parasitis's rectum]] before the alien blows up.
* [[DigitalBikini Digital Kimono]]: Maria, the woman you have to save? She's naked in the Japanese version.

''Abadox: The Deadly Inner War'' is a ShootEmUp developed (in part) by Creator/{{Natsume}} for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1989 and published in the US by Milton Bradley of all companies in 1990. The game's plot involves a galactic soldier's mission to SaveThePrincess, who was eaten by a PlanetEater named Parasitis. The game is most often compared to ''[[{{Gradius}} Life Force]]'' due to its organic theme, and is notorious for its [[NintendoHard horrendous difficulty]].

* CollapsingLair: The final stage has no enemies; you must instead navigate your way out of [[{{Squick}} Parasitis' rectum]] before the alien blows up.
* DigitalBikini: That Princess you have to save? She's naked in the Japanese version.
* EldritchAbomination: Parasitis qualifies. Sure, it's primarily a PlanetEater, but speaking biologically this thing SHOULD NOT BE.
* EternalEngine: Stages 5 and 6 are what's left of the ship the Princess was on.

* PlanetEater: Parasitis, yep. The plot (or at least the Japanese original) even suggests that it intends to ultimately devour and absorb ''the entire universe''; Abadox is just its starting point.
* SaveThePrincess: Yup, as it ever was in oldschool gaming. And she's even FloatingInABubble!

''Abadox: The Deadly Inner War'' is a ShootEmUp developed by {{Natsume}} for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem in 1989 and published in the US by Milton Bradley of all companies in 1990. The game's plot involves a galactic soldier's mission to SaveThePrincess, who was eaten by a PlanetEater named Parasitis. The game is most often compared to ''[[{{Gradius}} Life Force]]'' due to its organic theme, and is notorious for its [[NintendoHard horrendous difficulty]].

* SaveThePrincess: Yup, as it ever was in oldschool gaming.

NeedsABetterDescription.

* GiantEnemyCrab: The miniboss of stage 4.* HardLevelsEasyBosses: In almost any boss battle, there's one spot on the screen where you can sit and shoot all day without fear of getting hit yourself.

* NintendoHard: The last few stages dip into BulletHell territory; ''without the tiny hitbox that makes most BulletHell games easier than they look.''
* PlanetEater: Parasitis, yep. The plot (or at least the Japanese original) even suggests that it intends to ultimately devour and adsorb ''the entire universe''; Abadox is just its starting point.

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* GiantEnemyCrab: The miniboss of stage 4.
* HardLevelsEasyBosses: In almost any boss battle, there's one spot on the screen where you can sit and shoot all day without fear of getting hit yourself.

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