![]() When starting this game you are instantly shown lots of parallax scrolling and background scaling. The game is not great, so it's surprising that the series continued. The other notable feature of the game is the emphasis on aquatic enemies, which would persist indefinitely. The stage selection option in between stages was novel at the time, and has become a trademark for the series. You can power up your shot eventually, but if you die you will restart woefully underpowered for the stage that you're in. Even the usual popcorn enemies aren't really popcorn enemies if each one takes 3-4 shots. The enemies are really fast, and take too many hits before they go down. This game is hard, and it's not for the right reasons. The original arcade game was three screens wide, so any home conversion is going to be adjusted to work on consumer televisions. Darius Plus was compatible with both the PC Engine and il-fated Super Grafx. There are actually three variations of the first Darius game for the PC Engine: Super Darius, Darius Plus, and super rare Darius Alpha. Japan did not shy away from rereleasing the same game with minor improvements. Regardless, it's a nice game for beginners to ease into. This was a CD release, but besides the recorded audio, there's nothing on this game that couldn't have been put on a Hucard. I find the backgrounds oddly plain, like basic cityscapes, where as the characters are all cartoonish and cute, it's almost if two different people made these graphics, and did not have a shared understanding of what the game was about. You character is not animated at all, save for the jet flame behind you, however the boss battles are entertaining, and humorously animated. I don't think the I button does anything, so it's got some simple gameplay. Grabbing anything will help, but each time it's a guessing game. Power ups can be had, but they appear in Japanese text, and you just don't know what is what. Despite the slow speed, the game isn't too hard. Immediately you notice that your speed is very slow, and your enemies are much faster. In this cute 'em up you are a character not unlike Konami's TwinBee.
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