Darius

Time to beat

Main story

44.5 h8 reports

Main + extras

61.5 h5 reports

Completionist

102 h3 reports

Median of the hours reported by players who completed the game.

Synopsis

Darius is a 1987 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. Players control a starship named the Silver Hawk in its mission to destroy the Belser empire before they wipe out the planet Darius. Its gameplay involves traversing through a series of scrolling levels while destroying enemies and collecting power-up icons. It is notable for its unique three-screen panoramic display. The game was designed by a small team of others led by Junji Yarita. In contrast to other similar games, which feature mechanical or insect-like enemies, Darius uses aquatic creatures like fish and crabs for its enemies and screen-filling bosses. Its large arcade cabinet, based on Taito's earlier panoramic display game Laser Grand Prix (1983), was designed to provide a cinematic atmosphere and stand out from other games at the time. The soundtrack was created by Taito's "house band" Zuntata, the majority being composed through a combination of FM synthesis and sampling.

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Details

Type

Game

Release date

January 1, 1987

Genres

shoot 'em up

Platforms

ZX Spectrum, TurboGrafx-16, Commodore Amiga, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Atari ST, iOS

Created by

Taito

Countries

Japan

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