My Darius Collection
Posted on May 12th, 2008 by JMT.
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I thought I’d post my Darius collection. For one, I think it’s kind of cool. And I just got the Taito Legends which has Darius Gaiden and G Darius on it, so I’ll probably end up selling my existing copies, so I wanted to snap this picture while I still could.
There’s just something cool about Darius. It’s not that great of a shooter. I didn’t even have Sagaia on my list, but couldn’t resist picking up a complete in box copy at Halfprice for 5$. There’s just something cool about the giant mechanized fish theme. I like collecting themes. Like all the Sonics, and all the Marios, and all the Cottons, and all the Thunderforces, etc. And Darius is a nice collection.
Well, Darius is a good shooter. The weapons are cool, and the shield is cool. As long as you get the shield and a couple upgrades, it’s pretty fun and intense. The problem is if you don’t have the shield and/or only have basic fire, you tend to be screwed, even on the first level.
If you’re wonder why the Gaiking VHS is in there, I made a post about that a year or so ago. Basically, it’s a Japanese animation that pre-dates the first Darius arcade game, but the enemy is named “Davius” (could be mis-translation), and the enemy has a battlefleet of giant mechanized fish-shaped craft. It’s just too much to be a coincidence in my book.
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