Lost In Translation/Darius II

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Darius II
Manufacturer	Taito Corporation
Released	1989
Control Method	8-way Joystick 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	(2x) 68000 (@ 8.000 MHz) 68000 (@ 8.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo YM2610 (@ 8.000 MHz) (4x) Volume Filter
Video Details	Raster (Horizontal) 288 x 224 pixels 60.00 Hz 12,288 Palette colours
Screens	3
ROM Info	22 ROMs 4,980,736 bytes (4.75 MiB)
MAME ID	darius2 · darius2d · drius2do

About The Game

Darius II is a horizontally scrolling shoot-em-up and, like it's predecessor, also used 3 screens.

The power-up system of Darius II was changed from that of its parent game, with players having to destroy complete waves of a particular enemy to earn a power-up. 2 new power-ups were also added; the 1st was a new weapon power-up that gave the player green, vertical lasers, the 2nd power-up was a rainbow-colored item that powered up all of the players weapons.

Another new feature of Darius II is the appearance of mini-bosses - large enemies that appear at the mid point of a level, possessing similar strength and abilities to those of the game's normal bosses (such as extravagant weapons, or the inability to be damaged without first exposing a vulnerable area). The mini-bosses in Darius II are in fact smaller versions of the bosses from Darius.

The game is set in the inner regions of the Solar system, and has the same branching level structure as Darius, allowing players to select their own route through the game.

Trivia

Released in September 1989.

This game is known in US as "Sagaia" (licensed to Romstar for distribution).

2 versions of this game were made : The more common 3-screen version (like the original "Darius"), and a harder to find 2-screen version (aspect ratio : 8/3)

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Darius II : G.S.M. Taito 4 - PCCB-00010-12) on 21/11/1989.

Zuntata Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Zuntata History L'ab-normal 1st - ZTTL-0038) on 01/04/1999.

Series

1. Darius (1986)
2. Darius II (1989)
3. Darius Twin (1991, Nintendo Super Famicom)
4. Darius Force (1993, Nintendo Super Famicom)
5. Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk (1994)
6. G-Darius (1997)
7. G-Darius ver.2 (1997)

Staff

Directed And Produced By

Hidehiro Fujiwara

Game Designed By

Hidehiro Fujiwara

Senba Takatsuna

Programmed By

Akira Ohtsuki

Tatsuo Nakamura

Masashi Tsuzura

Shinji Soyano

Art Designed By

Masami Kikuchi

Senba Takatsuna

Hisakazu Kato

Cabinet Designer

Yoshinori Aiura

Hardware Designed By

Toshiyuki Sanada

All Music Composed And Arranged By

Hisayoshi Ogura (Team Zuntata)

Sound Editors

Yasuhisa Watanabe

Norihiro Furukawa

Sound Software

Naoto Yagishita

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Darius II arcade cabinet.

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  Darius II flyer.

Ports

Consoles

NEC PC-Engine CD ("Super Darius II")

Sega Mega Drive (1990)

Sega Master System (1992 "Sagaia")

Sega Saturn (1996)

Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, "Taito Memories II Vol. 1") (Japan only)

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Game Music Festival ~Super Live '92~	PCCB-00099	1992-10-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	CD version.
Darius II -G.S.M. TAITO 4-	PCCB-00010	1989-11-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	2 CD version.
Scitron Video Game Music Best of the Year 1989	PCCB-00022	1990-03-21	Pony Canyon Inc.	CD version.
Zuntata Live '90 -G.S.M. Taito-	PCCB-00045	1990-10-21	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.
Shindaichi -G.S.M. Taito 6-	PCCB-00064	1991-06-21	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.
Darius the Omnibus -Generation-	ZTTL-0008	1997-03-28	Zuntata Records	CD version.
ZUNTATA HISTORY L'ab-normal 1st	ZTTL-0038	1999-04-01	Zuntata Records	CD version.
THE VERY BEST OF OGR GALLERy ~Concepts~	ZTTL-0049	1999-12-18	Zuntata Records	2 CD version.
Darius Premium Box -Rebirth-	ZTMD-0001~5	2005-05-25	Zuntata Records	5 CD version.
Game Sound Legend Arrange Series - Speed & Wind	SCDC-00375	2004-11-17	Scitron Digital Content	CD version.
Darius Remix	SRIN-1037	2007-12-29	Sweep Records	CD version.
Gaesen Oh - Scitron Game Music Mega Mix Vol.1	KGCD-0001	1994-01-01	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.