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'''''Parasol Stars''''' was a 1991 Arcade platformer originally released by Taito and later disturbed to the home computer market by Ocean Software in 1992. Most of the home computer ports saw release aside from the Commodore 64 conversation, programmed by Colin Porch and composed by Keith Tinman.  
In 1992, Ocean Software, a European game developer, acquired the license to release Taito's 1991 PC-Engine platformer '''''Parasol Stars''''' (the third in their ''Bubble Bobble'' series) for the European market. While most home computers in Europe saw a release of the game, the Commodore 64 version was never released.


During development of the port, Colin and his wife were going through a dispute in their marriage life, and after a fit of drunken rage, Colin’s wife smashed up all of the development currently done of the port, including backups. After Ocean got ahold of this information, they faked an alternate story that the game was snatched in a burglary to keep’s Colin’s personal life quiet to the public.
==Production and status==
 
The Commodore 64 port of the game was handled by Colin Porch and composed by Keith Tinman. During the game's development, Colin and his wife were in a dispute in their marriage, and in a fit of drunken rage, Colin's wife destroyed all work done for the port, including backups of the game. To keep Colin's personal life quiet, Ocean created a fake story claiming that the game was stolen in a burglary instead. Since all copies of the game were destroyed, the game is currently lost and no additional backups of the game have been found.
Sadly, as all the copies were destroyed and Keith Tinman didn't have C64 source disks for the music, this port will maybe never see the light of day.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 15:06, 8 September 2018

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Advertisement of Ocean’s Parasol Stars ports, mentioning the Commodore 64 port.

Status: Lost

In 1992, Ocean Software, a European game developer, acquired the license to release Taito's 1991 PC-Engine platformer Parasol Stars (the third in their Bubble Bobble series) for the European market. While most home computers in Europe saw a release of the game, the Commodore 64 version was never released.

Production and status

The Commodore 64 port of the game was handled by Colin Porch and composed by Keith Tinman. During the game's development, Colin and his wife were in a dispute in their marriage, and in a fit of drunken rage, Colin's wife destroyed all work done for the port, including backups of the game. To keep Colin's personal life quiet, Ocean created a fake story claiming that the game was stolen in a burglary instead. Since all copies of the game were destroyed, the game is currently lost and no additional backups of the game have been found.

Gallery

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