Darius Plus
NOTE: "Darius Plus" is the TurboGrafx-16 PC-Engine port of the original Darius produced by Bits Laboratory and NEC Avenue. This is a different port than the title "Darius+", which was published by The Edge and…
Darius Plus is an arcade developed by Bits Laboratory, released 16 April 1990 on Wii, PC Engine SuperGrafx, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Turbografx-16/PC Engine CD.
What Darius Plus is
Darius Plus is an arcade game developed by Bits Laboratory and released in 1990. It was published by NEC Avenue. It is available on Wii, 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 Plus launched on 16 April 1990, within three weeks of Smash T.V., Gargoyle's Quest and Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi.
Released around the same time: Smash T.V., Gargoyle's Quest, Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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