Darius Arcade Retro Review – Epic Triple-Screen Shooter
0🕹 Game Name: Darius
📛 Alternate Names: Daraiasu
📅 Release Date: February 1987 (Japan 1986)
🔫 Genre: Horizontal shoot‑’em‑up
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Taito
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Taito
🔢 Max Players: 2
⁉ Cooperative: Yes
🕹 Game Introduction:
Darius places you in control of the Silver Hawk ship, battling aquatic-themed alien forces with explosive side-scrolling action.
🕹 Game Description:
Set aboard a panoramic three-screen arcade cabinet, the game immerses players in a branching-level, sea-creature shooter experience.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Navigate scrolling stages piloting Silver Hawk
👉 🏻 Collect red/green/blue orbs to upgrade gun, bombs, shields
👉 🏻 Choose paths at end of zones for varied progression
👉 🏻 Face gigantic, mechanical-boss creatures like Alloy Lantern
📕 Background & History:
Developed by Taito in 1986–87 to showcase hardware innovation, it featured triple-screen visuals, ambient music from Zuntata, and spawned numerous ports and sequels.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 No formal cheat codes, but mastering branching routes unlocks different endings
👉 🏻 Certain enemy patterns allow farming of upgrades
🐱 💻 Hacks:
👉 🏻 Fan-made ROM hacks now emulate the three-screen cabinet on modern systems
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 First arcade shooter with a triple-monitor setup
👉 🏻 Inspired enemy design with mechanical sea-life
👉 🏻 Home consoles received ports as “Darius Plus,” “Super Darius,” and others
👓 Lonster's Review:
A boldly ambitious classic—brilliant visuals, layered gameplay, and replayability keep it relevant even today.
🌟 Legacy:
Spawned a franchise (Darius II, Gaiden, G-Darius), inspired hardware standards, and influenced modern indie shoot‑’em‑ups.
✨ Cultural Impact:
Set a benchmark for immersive arcade design; its triple-screen format becomes a hall-of-fame exhibit of ‘hardware as art’.
💭 Lonster's Final Thoughts:
Darius remains a technical marvel with deep mechanics—essential for any retro aficionados.
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