Darius II (dual screen) (Japan, Rev 2) - Gioco MAME

Videogioco arcade pubblicato 35 anni fa:

Darius II © 1989 Taito.

The direct sequel to the 1987 original. The power-up system of Darius II was changed from that of its parent game, with players having to destroy complete waves of a particular enemy to earn a power-up. 2 new power-ups were also added; the 1st was a new weapon that gave the player green, vertical lasers, and the 2nd power-up was a rainbow-colored item that upgraded all of the players weapons.

Another new feature of Darius II is the appearance of mini-bosses - large enemies that appear at the mid point of a level, possessing similar strength and abilities to those of the game's normal bosses (such as extravagant weapons, or the inability to be damaged without first exposing a vulnerable area). The mini-bosses in Darius II are in fact smaller versions of the bosses from Darius.

The game is set in the inner regions of the Solar system, and has the same branching level structure as Darius, allowing players to select their own route through the game.

DATI TECNICI
Adesivi prom: C07

CPU principale: (2x) Motorola 68000
CPU sonora: Zilog Z80
Chip sonori: Yamaha YM2610, (4x) Volume

Giocatori: 2
Controllo: Joystick a 8 direzioni
Pulsanti: 3

CURIOSITÀ
Darius II è stato rilasciato in Giappone nel Settembre 1989.

Questo gioco è noto negli USA come "Sagaia" (licensed to Romstar for distribution).

Pony Canyon / Scitron hanno pubblicato un album della colonna sonora in edizione limitata di questo gioco il 21 Novembre 1989 (Darius II: G.S.M. Taito 4 - PCCB-00010-12).

Zuntata Records ha pubblicato un album della colonna sonora in edizione limitata di questo gioco il 1º Aprile 1999 (Zuntata History L'ab-normal 1st - ZTTL-0038).

SERIE

• Darius (1987, Arcade)
• Darius II (1989, Arcade)
• Darius Twin [Modello SHVC-DT] (1991, Super Famicom)
• Darius Force [Modello SHVC-DH] (1993, Super Famicom)
• Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk (1994, Arcade)
• G-Darius (1997, Arcade)
• G-Darius ver.2 (1997, Arcade)
• Darius Burst (2009, Sony PSP)
• Darius Burst - Another Chronicle (2010, Arcade)
• Darius Burst - Another Chronicle EX (2011, Arcade)

STAFF
Directed and produced by: Hidehiro Fujiwara
Game designed by: Hidehiro Fujiwara, Senba Takatsuna
Programmato da: Akira Ohtsuki, Tatsuo Nakamura, Masashi Tsuzura, Shinji Soyano
Art designed by: Masami Kikuchi, Senba Takatsuna, Hisakazu Kato
Cabinet designer: Yoshinori Aiura
Hardware designed by: Toshiyuki Sanada
All music composed and arranged by: Hisayoshi Ogura (Team Zuntata)
Sound editors: Yasuhisa Watanabe, Norihiro Furukawa
Sound software: Naoto Yagishita

CONVERSIONI

• CONSOLE:

[JP] Sega Mega Drive (20 dic. 1990) "Darius II [Modello T-11083]"
[JP] NEC PC-Engine CD (24 dic. 1993) "Super Darius II [Modello NAPR-1031]"
[JP] Sega Saturn (june.7, 1996) "Darius II [Modello T-1104G]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (25 gen. 2007) "Taito Memories II Joukan [Modello SLPM-66649]"

• PALMARI:

[AS] Nintendo Game Boy (1991) "Sagaia [Modello DMG-116 CHN]"
[JP] Nintendo Game Boy (13 dic. 1991) "Sagaia [Modello DMG-S8A]"

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