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Of course, they are rather effective upgrades as well.

What makes this special is that these upgrades are permanent! And as such, not that easy to reach. (Further powerups include a grey point bonus and golden 'smart bomb', hidden on various locations in the levels) If you gather enough powerups in a single life, your weapon systems will be upgraded to a new level. Originally, you had 3 upgradeable weapons (in brackets are the corresponding powerup colors): a forward blast (red), a vertical angled bomb (green), and the ARM which is the name of your shield (blue).

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It did so in the arcades and it did on every following home release - all of which were arcade perfect conversions.Īnother Darius trademark is the weapon upgrade system. This feature was only prominent in the first two Darius games however Darius Gaiden uses a regular 4:3 screen. Way back in 1987, Darius already rivaled the width and detail of todays high definition sets.

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The original arcade cabinet of Darius and Darius II used 3 normal monitors, placed next to each other, to display the full playfield (Darius II had a dual monitor version as well). Let's start with the most obvious: the game runs in an ultra-widescreen mode.

So what are the key motifs of a Darius game? There are numerous that I can name, and I'll try my best to name all I can.

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Most if not all of these features appear in every game in the Gradius series, making any game in the series fully distinguishable from any other, seemingly generic shooter.ĭarius (also known as Sagaia on some consoles) is another legendary title like this, where you control the trademark Silver Hawk ship, piloted by Proco and Tiat (as P1 and P2 respectively - their name spell out 'TAITO CORP' backwards). Every Gradius title featured key elements: Vic Viper, the powerup system, infinite vertical looping, SHOOT THE CORE, endlessly looping gameplay at increased difficulties, and so on. Even more importantly, they retained and improved upon these features, evolving them from features to motifs, and thus created legacies. You can also choose from the classic Gradius shield, which protects the front part of the ship, or a larger Force Field, which is weaker but protects the entire ship.Darius is one of those legendary, old school shooting games with features so distinct, that it made them entirely unique and unparalleled in the 80s arcades. Amongst the new weapons are a Spread Bomb, which drops at an arc and causes a damaging explosion when it makes contact the 2-Way Missiles, which fires both upward and downward the Tail Gun, which will fire shots in front of and behind the Vic Viper and the Ripple Laser, which is less powerful than the standard laser but much wider. When you start the game or when you continue, you can choose your weapon array, which consists of four different arsenal variations. This ends with a battle against a gigantic mechanical spider, the Shadow Dancer, which is also completely invincible, and the only way to beat it is by dodging beneath its legs to find a safe spot until it leaves the screen.

Later, the walls begin to shift and threaten to crush the ship if you’re not careful. The final stage is another base, which begins when the walls tear themselves apart and launch towards the Vic Viper.

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