Lost In Translation/Darius

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Darius
Manufacturer	Taito Corporation Japan
Released	1986
Control Method	8-way Joystick 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	(3x) 68000 (@ 8.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 4.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo (2x) YM2203 (@ 4.000 MHz) MSM5205 (@ 384.000 kHz) (18x) Volume Filter
Video Details	Raster (Horizontal) 288 x 224 pixels 60.00 Hz 8,192 Palette colours
Screens	3
ROM Info	35 ROMs 2,001,920 bytes (1.91 MiB)
MAME ID	darius · dariuse · dariusj · dariuso

Contents 1 About The Game 2 Ports 3 Sound Comparison 4 External Links

About The Game

This arcade game was one of the first to use a 3-screen display. The actual resolution of the game is 3x(288x224) or 864x224 giving a very long horizontal display, hence some of the conversions opting to display the game in the widescreen format.

Ports

Consoles 

NEC PC-Engine ("Darius Alpha")

NEC PC-Engine CD ("Super Darius")

Sega Master System

Sega Mega Drive ("Sagaia")

Nintendo Game Boy Advance ("Darius R")

Computers 

Atari ST (1989)

Commodore Amiga ("Darius+", 1989, The Edge)

Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1990, "Darius+")

Sharp X68000

Sound Comparison

Platform	Song Titles								Sound Source
Arcade	"Captain Neo (Space Cave)" (ftp)	"Boss 1" (ftp)	"Round Clear" (ftp)	"Inorganic Beat (City)" (ftp)	"Boss 2" (ftp)	"Cosmic Air Way (Mountain Region)" (ftp)	"Boss 3" (ftp)	"Choas -Main Theme- (Van Allen Belt)" (ftp)	M1 v0.7.8a6

Platform	Song Titles (Continued...)								Sound Source
Arcade	"Boss 4" (ftp)	"The Sea (Undersea Base)" (ftp)	"Boss 5" (ftp)	"Boss 6" (ftp)	"Boss 7" (ftp)	"Ending" (ftp)	"Name" (ftp)	"Over" (ftp)	M1 v0.7.8a6

External Links

• Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of Darius+ at the World of Spectrum