G-Darius Ver.2 (Ver 2.03J)

Arcade Video game published 27 years ago:

G-Darius ver.2 (c) 1997 Taito.

This version contains 3 buttons instead of 2 because one was entered for rapid fire, and the selection menu is added for difficulty once a coin is inserted.

- TECHNICAL -

Taito FX-1B hardware
Prom Stickers : E39

Main CPU : SPU (@ 16.9344 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SPU (@ 16.9344 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 6

- TRIVIA -

Released in September 1997.

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'AAA'.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Zone Select :
1. Hold Service Switch button during boot count.
2. Wait until machine displays 'Service Switch Error' on screen.
3. Push buttons in the following sequence 'Start(x3), Service Switch, Start'.
4. Insert credit then go to Zone select screen.

- SERIES -

1. Darius (1987, Arcade)
2. Darius II (1989, Arcade)
3. Darius Twin [Model SHVC-DT] (1991, Super Famicom)
4. Darius Force [Model SHVC-DH] (1993, Super Famicom)
5. Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk (1994, Arcade)
6. G-Darius (1997, Arcade)
7. G-Darius ver.2 (1997, Arcade)
8. Darius Burst (2009, Sony PSP)
9. Darius Burst - Another Chronicle (2010, Arcade)
10. Darius Burst - Another Chronicle EX (2011, Arcade)

- STAFF -

Producer : Naomitsu Abe
Director : Naomitsu Abe, Makoto Ohsaka, Akira Ohtsuki, Makoto Fujita
Character graphics : Makoto Fujita, Tohru Kawaishi, Kenichi Morita, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Toshihiro Fukui, Ryosuke Hayase, Atsushi Horimizu, Yatta Ushiroda, Baw Baw
Program : Akira Ohtsuki, Nobuyuki Hayashi, Katsuyuki Fujita, Takafumi Fujimoto, Hirohisa Matsumura, Hiroyuki Maruyama, Hikaru Taniguchi, Yasutaka Hayashi, Shunsuke Ono, Masakazu Takeda, Harumi.K, Hirotaka Fukakawa, Koji Kato, Hitoshi Kozuka
Music : Hisayoshi Ogura (Zuntata)
Sound effects : Yukiharu Urita (Zuntata)
Hardware : Katsumi Kaneoka
Design works : Naoto Hashizume