Lost In Translation/Super Real Darwin

About The Game
Super Real Darwin is a vertically scrolling arcade video game shoot-em-up.

Additional Technical Information
Players : 1

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

=> [A] Shot, [B] Bomb

Trivia
Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Data East Game Music - 28XA-205) on 10/05/1988.

Power-up Items

 * Evol : evolution item. Power-up your ship.
 * BEvol : black evolution item, released by the big ships. Also powers-up your ship. It can be changed to an Evol item by shooting at it.
 * Ar : armour item. It is released by some enemies. Unlike the evolution items, it moves upwards.
 * Sp : speedup item. It is released by some enemies. Unlike the evolution items, it moves upwards.
 * DNA : it is released by the ground lizards.
 * Egg : available after destroying each stage boss. It adds a second ship that shoots sideways and can also be upgraded by collecting evolution items. Its evolution level is at most equal to the main ship level.

General Sequence

 * 1) When you are not invincible -> (get hit by a bullet) -> PISTER
 * 2) All states -> (fixed time without collecting power-up) -> degenerate
 * 3) PISTER -> (get hit by a bullet) -> die
 * 4) All states -> (get hit by an enemy) -> die

Evolution Sequence
When you collect an evolution item:

PISTER -> HODOYODO (your stating level) -> ZWIPIP -> DARIER -> SYULBA -> QUILL -> LBOCK -> SWEEP -> DLIME -> ARTDEAME -> SLUGBU -> GYASYALBA

(if you collect BEVol while you are DARIER, ZWIPIP or ARTDEAME then the evolution sequence is different, see below)

Degeneration Sequence
At fixed time without collecting an evolution item:
 * 1) GYASYALBA -> SLUGBU -> ARTDEAME -> DLIME -> SWEEP -> LBOCK -> QUILL -> SYULBA -> DARIER -> ZWIPIP -> HODOYODO
 * 2) FC FDIVI -> FOUR DIVI -> TC TDIVI -> TWO DIVI -> ARTDEAME -> DLIME -> SWEEP -> LBOCK -> QUILL -> SYULBA -> DARIER -> ZWIPIP -> HODOYODO
 * 3) DARIER-4S -> DARIER-4 -> DARIER-3 -> DARIER-2 -> DARIER -> ZWIPIP -> HODOYODO
 * 4) PISPIDER -> PISTER
 * 5) GOAT DEAM -> PISTER
 * 6) PISNAKE -> PISTER

Mutation Sequence

 * 1) All levels -> (hit the orange explosions released by the ground bugs) -> PISPIDER (bullet invincible)
 * 2) ARTDEAME -> (collect BEvol) -> TWO DIVI -> TC TDIVI -> FOUR DIVI -> FC FDIVI

Opposite Evolution

 * 1) SLUGBU -> (degenerate) -> GYASYALBA (but shooting like ARTDEAME) -> (get hit by a bullet) -> GOAT DEAM (bullet invincible)
 * 2) All levels, except PISTER and the invincible levels -> (destroy some water snakes) -> (get hit by a bullet) -> PISNAKE (bullet invincible)

Bomb Upgrade

 * 1) DARIER -> (collect BEvol) -> DARIER-2 -> DARIER-3 -> DARIER-4 -> DARIER-4S (bomb upgrade)
 * 2) ZWIPIP -> (collect BEvol) -> ZWIPIP-2 -> DARIER-4 -> DARIER-4S (bomb upgrade)

Series

 * 1) Darwin 4078 (1986)
 * 2) SRD - Super Real Darwin (1987)

Staff

 * Music By:
 * Yoshida Hiroaki

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Sega Megadrive (1990, Darwin 4081)