MSX Parodius Manual

...AD 1988, middle of the school entry exam season, people were losing their dreams by global scale.

The youths were being tortured by the exam hell, the children claimed they value the game PC more than their parents, the adults were after their daily lives, all countries were ridden with espionage and endless conflicts, the concussions between democracy and communism heightened the scare of World War III outbreak, so far people were gradually losing sight of their dreams.........

In such time, there was one programmer, "Tako" the octopus who traveled the universe and gave the dreams and hopes to the people of the stars he met. He had been a comedy artist wannabe since he was young, and his first supposed marine movie appearance was Octopus-Sea but he was rejected due to failure to obtain the License to Chill the aquarium set, so he placed his second hope in Monsters, Ink. But his career ended when he spewed his Monstrous Ink into the faces of the critics during preview, and since then his whereabouts were unheard. He found his place of excursion in the universe, and matured as a new entertainer, the "Dream Programmer". His ultimate art was to bring dreams and hopes to the entire universe and plant the seedlings of peace.

Err, something queasy? sleazy? or was it Lizzy Borden? ...wrong, something not so easy was there.

Bug devoured and corroded the dreams and hopes that Tako programmed and gave to the people. And, his appearance was always sudden. As soon as Tako finished programming, departed the start and started having a break, a Bug report arrived. By the time Tako arrived in a flight, Bug was nowhere to be seen. Such cat-and-bat? gnat? wrong, rat chase repeated all the time.
Tako thought. Even an octopus thinks. To defeat Bug, Tako needed to visit again the Earth he once made his debut, and a rookie would win the team (what??).
When Tako visited the Earth for such stupid reason that wouldn't solve anything, he doubted his own eyes. The earthlings of the past were filled with the dreams and hopes, people trusted each other, paid respect to each other, harmonized, made company, once upon a time it was a fantastic planet.
Now the situation was as described in beginning of this text. Tako swallowed his saliva and a bell was rung. Bug is definitely behind this. Bug was approaching the Earth!
Bug should be defeated before the Earth situation go worse, and the earthlings' dreams should be recovered!
Concurrently, coincidentally, Big Viper, who was on a moon trip during his retired life, found Bug chanting his dinner prayer in front of a main course made of the earthling's dream near the asteroids.

Tako stood up. Even an octopus stands up. Eight legs afford well balance. And, he set out to the asteroid belt with his partners he Cameled? Zippoed? Lucky Struck? wrong, Marlborrowed - Big Viper who entered the scene by unreasonable reason, along with almost press-ganged Penguin, Goemon and Popolon.

What kind of fate waits their destination!
U canna tell it unless u do it, man.

Go fishy!