Game-Art-HQ

~Art Challenge Submission #16~

Drawn by long time GA-HQ Member Mike “Sarrus” Williams

Your eyes are not betraying you, this is the famous Cat Battleship MK 1 Boss from the first stage in the cult classic shoot’em up by Konami, Parodius.

It was part of our villains art challenge to let a community member choose between three completely different game characters and, more for fun than to expect he would really take it, Mike took the Cat Battleship MK 1 as his art challenge and personally I think he absolutely mastered it.

From the facial expression of the Pirate Cat to the stage background and the perspective he managed it give the Cat Battleship MK 1 a great spotlight. Probably the biggest one for many years since the Parodius games are almost forgotten and the last part was released over 15 years ago.

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The Parodius games were really full with fun enemies and bosses like this one, if you are familiar with emulators or you still have a Super Nintendo or a Playstation, grab these games somewhere and have a lot of fun with them.

They were true gems of their time (early-mid nineties) and nothing really comparable was ever released later.