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Darius
| Title | Darius |
|---|---|
| First release | 1987 |
| Developer | Taito |
| Publisher | Taito |
| Platforms | Amiga, Atari ST, Game Boy, PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, ZX Spectrum, ArcadeADB |
| Genre | shoot 'em up |
| Also known as | Darius Alpha · ダライアスα |
| Players | 1 player |
| Co-op | No |
| ESRB rating | E Everyone |
| Releases | Amiga: 1989-01-01 PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16: 1990-03-16 |
| Wikidata ID | Q374820 |
Published by The Edge, this arcade-style shooter tasks the player with piloting defense fighters to repel the Belsar invasion. Navigating a side-view playfield, you must engage in intense combat against alien forces to prevent the devastation of the Darius system through single-player action.
Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.Sources
Arcade Database ADB
| MAME romset | darius |
|---|---|
| Title at ADB | Darius (World, rev 2) |
| Manufacturer | Taito |
| Year | 1986 |
| Genre | Shooter / Flying Horizontal |
| Players | 2 |
| MAME driver status | GOOD |
Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Taito); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).
Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo ·
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 ·
romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) ·
fetched 2026-10-02 16:14 UTC · filled here: platform
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Box art
Box art (front) 1
Box art 4
Screenshots 13
Logos 4
Artwork 1
Commons 1
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork
(14): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Taito · internal use only.
REG-Vault page
Box art
(1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Taito · internal use only.
TheGamesDB page
Screenshots, Logos
(7): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Taito · internal use only.
Image: 空練,
CC BY-SA 3.0,
via Wikimedia Commons (“DARIUS.jpg”)
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Videos
PC Engine Longplay [113] Darius Alpha
