Darius Alpha
Darius Alpha is a promotional version of Darius Plus released in 1990 for the PC Engine. It was a mail-order exclusive, obtainable by sending in a pair of coupons found in the manuals of Super Darius and…
Darius Alpha is an arcade developed by Taito, released 31 December 1990 on PC Engine SuperGrafx, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.
What Darius Alpha is
Darius Alpha is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1990. It was published by NEC Avenue, Ltd.. It is available on PC Engine SuperGrafx, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Darius, Year 201. Invasion! The vicious Belsar have attacked the peaceful Darius system, which now faces absolute devastation at their abominable hands! Darius' defense fighters proved no match for the overwhelming firepower of the alien forces, which wiped out their entire fleet in one fell swoop! With nothing left to protect them, the people could only sit and wait for the icy embrace of death as the satellite bombardments continued unopposed. The scent of despair hung thickly in the air, all hope of survival having been quashed. But then, from out of the darkness of the mourning clouds came a single bright light in the sky. "Silverhawk........." Like a phoenix brought forth from the…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Darius Alpha launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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