The coverage of this game by western reviewers and press was totally minimal. It is an amazing achievement, not only is a great port of a legendary game, super close to the arcade but also it was one of those rare cases when a fan made project became an official one with 3 big names involved like Sega, M2 and Taito and also was developed with a homebrew development software; SGDK. Darius was the reason I got the Genesis Mini. It's a shame most YT channels talked barely about it, treating it just like "another space ship shooter"
@NintendoComplete
4 жыл бұрын
I know, I felt the same way. If you Google it there's virtually nothing out there about it. This was what made me excited for the Mini!
@NintendoComplete
4 жыл бұрын
After thirty years, the original Darius finally receives a port on the Sega Genesis, and wow. If you're a fan of the series, you really *must* try this one!
@Invidente7
4 жыл бұрын
And rerez said that games like these didn't need to be on the mini genesis, COME ON!
@ElAlternaMusico
4 жыл бұрын
It is interesting that this title is a fan project and was approved by Taito.
@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG
4 жыл бұрын
ALTMUS Like how Street Fighter x Megaman did.
@lunitaproductions8290
4 жыл бұрын
where I can get the ROM at?
@GardevoirBoy
4 жыл бұрын
This is more than just a homebrew game, it's an official licensed game.
@kiwibro6454
3 жыл бұрын
if this were to be released back then, this would probably be considered arcade perfect ( except for the panoramic view obviously), the music is spot on
@TheAxelay
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if this came out in 1989!? It would almost be a killer conversion, still pretty much is.
@Bloodreign1
2 жыл бұрын
@NALTO MUSIC Only thing limiting devs for both consoles back in those days was the lack of tools that modern programmers have access to.
@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG
4 жыл бұрын
The standard fact Gamexplain compared Megaman Wily Wars to unrelenting new Star Fox 2 Mini rather than a newer Darius port is very cringing though.
@danmakuman
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I mentioned that in the comments of that video
@null1023
4 жыл бұрын
This port looks fantastic. Admittedly, it being 4MB makes me realize why we never got such great looking ports back in the day, but it's still super impressive. The visuals are well detailed and fairly close to arcade (given the hardware -- having only one screen and less colors totally does lessen the impact of the visuals) and the audio is nearly spot on. It's a lot more faithful sounding than a lot of arcade ports on the machine.
@RetroPiero
4 жыл бұрын
What a great homemade port.
@lightxtremo7848
4 жыл бұрын
Perfect port for Sega Genesis.
@Bloodreign1
3 жыл бұрын
Outside of some scratchy sound effects, like when capturing the powerup orbs, it is a splendid port.
@doctorx0079
3 жыл бұрын
According to Sega this is not a fan port but is a new port by M2.
@Bloodreign1
3 жыл бұрын
No one will truly know, but Hidecade amazingly never posted another video after this thing was put on the Mini.
@darrenclements6028
4 жыл бұрын
Darius is legendary conversion of the arcade game classic from taito A brilliant and excellent mega drive version With ABSOLUTELY AWESOME graphics and STUNNING gameplay
@Bloodreign1
3 жыл бұрын
M2 had a hand in this games development, but it is unknown if they got or bought the rights to that Japanese programmers work or not. My guess is the fan's work impressed M2, and they went ahead and compensated him for his work, because he only made videos to showoff progress, he would never release a ROM for it at all (I followed development far as I could. Someone was working on a Mega Drive Gradius II arcade port as well, but have not heard anything about it in a long time.
@TheTrueBro
4 жыл бұрын
Even though i played the original only 4 times (the cabinet was very rare to see in my country but it was rather impressive), from what I can remember this port is very reminiscent of it. Even the color palette is almost identical. One of my favorites in the Sega Genesis Mini, though it's hard as heck.
@Kourumeme
Жыл бұрын
There was one where I lived before it got closed down due to covid
@LPetal86
4 жыл бұрын
All of the bosses have really interesting designs, but my top two favorites are the Drio Sawm and Red Crab. I also like Red Crab's unique tactic of attempting to drop down on you.
@DavideGendo
4 жыл бұрын
To be fair the port is advantaged by being into a 32mbit cart - the thought of how many better 16 bit ports we may have seen, were they cheaper in the earlier years - and by an intimate knowledge of the MD/Genesis hardware that's possible so many years after the system's shelf life. Doesn't detract from it being an exceptional work, and given the official support it has received, it's heartwarming to see there's people that cares within the publishers that are still there (not everyone is like Konami, luckily). And you are right about the lack of coverage - I didn't even know the MD Mini had it!
@NintendoComplete
4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, totally. Hindsight and modern tools can do some amazing things that would've been completely impractical back then. Imagine the pain of having to burn a ROM through a super-slow serial connector to test every single tweak made to a game's code? Ack. I just cringe at the thought of what this would have cost if it was released this way in 1990. 32mb would've put it in Neo Geo cart size territory. I wonder how many people would've been willing to pay $150 for a Genesis cart back then when most people balked already at RPGs that were $70 or $80 :D
@DavideGendo
4 жыл бұрын
It's one of the reasons I love the homebrew scene and coders who still work on the old hardwares, squeeze the most out of them, or find ways to go beyond some of their limits. I think of the MSU-1 (which I came to know thanks to one of your videos), or of how only a few years ago someone found a definitive solution for the ZX Spectrum's "Color Clash" (better late than never). Not to speak of programming exercises like Titan's Overdrive 2 demo for the Genesis.
@ericanulph1980
4 жыл бұрын
Of all shooting games, Darius is still my favorite of all time. I have it on my Mame emulator and on one of those arcade boards you buy where you can have Games built into it with joysticks and buttons. The only problem on the joystick module, it's compressed like this is it doesn't have the long screen like the arcade did. But on my Mame emulator, it does have long screen
@JonesDylan874
Жыл бұрын
HELL OF A CONVERSION THIS IS! As close to the arcade as you're gonna get.
@lunitaproductions8290
4 жыл бұрын
I just downloaded it on a Reddit post and It plays well on original hardware
@mortenera4423
2 жыл бұрын
I never thought I'd say it, but...this port is arcade perfect! It gets everything spot-on (Yeah, it doesn't use three screens. So what? It's not like the Mega Drive was made with that in mind). The music is so accurate, I can't tell any differences between the two versions
@Bloodreign1
2 жыл бұрын
Not quite, but pretty damned close, music is ever so slightly off for some songs, while others are spot on.
@ashkirby8896
3 жыл бұрын
Cool, so the Sega Genesis Mini came with a new official port of Darius, and it sounds and looks super close , faithful and very extremely near identical to the original game(minus the large widescreen)!😄🤩😎👌 This kinds of reminds me of when when the release of the SNES Classic Edition introduced the official release of Star Fox 2!😏
@mattcrowell5875
3 жыл бұрын
Your description says “Sega’s 2019 shoot em up” lol
@Ranney165
4 жыл бұрын
The only knock is that the orchestra hit samples are improperly tuned, so they sound a full note higher than they should. That’s enough to ruin Chaos for me, personally.
@StaticTV80
4 жыл бұрын
ahh shut up fool
@solarflare9078
4 жыл бұрын
It doesn't sound like that normally. There's an upload of the Mega Drive version of that soundtrack where they sounded identical to the arcade game.
@DucNguyen0131
Жыл бұрын
Great! But this is one of the newest Genesis games ever released since a port of "Frogger" came out in 1998.
@Suedeash
3 жыл бұрын
Oh man, now I need a Mega Drive Mini. I read about this port in Retro Gamer magazine and it looked really impressive, I have no idea how I passed up on buying this thing especially since the legends at M2 worked on it too
@RWL2012
3 жыл бұрын
the ROM was extracted from the Mini and it works fine on a real Mega Drive via an Everdrive :)
@Bloodreign1
2 жыл бұрын
@@RWL2012 Or one could've pre-ordered a real cart, some folks are finally receiving the game they purchased, in regular and special editions.
@GamayObera
4 жыл бұрын
I see you used Genesis Plus GX to do the gameplay, the samples used on musics are high-pitched compared to Kega Fusion, PicoDrive, MAME and even the MD Mini itself. It was the same results when I was into the hidden Sound Test using the GenPlus GX.
@williamwilliam9993
3 жыл бұрын
It is included on genesis mini/mega drive mini because it is a homebrew ports this is also applied to pacman vs (NES) on namco museum archive and gaplus/galaga 3 also on namco museum archive
@Bloodreign1
2 жыл бұрын
Gaplus is actually a cancelled game for the NES that finally saw it's release recently.
@Sexymame
4 жыл бұрын
This is a Pc ENgine port to Sega Genesis???? PC Engine have darius too, is very familiar to this.
@NintendoComplete
4 жыл бұрын
They are both based on the arcade game, but afaik beyond that the PC Engine version isn't at all related to this one.
@ezequielgomez7083
Жыл бұрын
That is a Phototype of Genesis Verison of Darius is included on Genesis Mini
@imaxjunior6531
Жыл бұрын
They must have used the original code, this is the only conversion that has the exact shield mechanics, even the 'bounce' off terrain with hyper shield is there. Everything appears and moves just as in the arcade version. A+ on this one.
@shemarlosscott4103
4 жыл бұрын
Cool game
@lira4219m
4 жыл бұрын
Nick-09/11/2019.-pm.17;04.-you´re are geenius!!
@raiverns9620
4 жыл бұрын
somehow this one looks less crusty and baked than its arcade counterpart and that is AMAZING for a genesis port from arcades.
@Dfroggy20
4 жыл бұрын
Did my name come from this Darius game?
@fahriakalin5936
4 жыл бұрын
of course it did. was there ever any doubt?
@NintendoComplete
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure that a KZitem comment section would be a particularly reliable source of information there.
@Dfroggy20
4 жыл бұрын
@@NintendoComplete I apologize.
@mrcoar
2 жыл бұрын
Apparently this port is based directly in the Darius' port for NEC-PC Engine CD, "Super Darius" (1990), as it contain all 26 bosses created originally for Darius (13 appeared by the first time in "Darius", 5 in "Darius II" and the rest in "Super Darius") Also, both ports adapted the same sound effects and background music (The Genesis version needs some little improvements. Just listen to the stage F song before the boss battle and you'll see what I mean) Also, both ports have one boss rush (in the case of "Super Darius", you need to input a secret key with the 2P controller to access it)
@makarsk
3 жыл бұрын
Do you just keep pressing two buttons all the time?
@jabetitbasen
4 жыл бұрын
Too difficult to be enjoyable. Especially while playing with Proco. Therefore don't have any credits to continue. Too bad...
@LittleBigKid707b
4 жыл бұрын
I thought the same as you, but then realized I can use save states. Practice right where you left off. Then when you're ready and good enough, go for a 1cc run. This game is impressive. Don't sleep on it
@Bloodreign1
3 жыл бұрын
The original arcade game also had no continues, so it is accurate in that aspect.
@andrewcastillo3093
4 жыл бұрын
NICE GAMEPLAY....JUAT GOTTA SAVE IT AND CONTINOU AND THEN KEEP ON.
@sparkly9294
4 жыл бұрын
I swear I remember Darius Twin getting a Genesis port back in the 90s. Maybe it was only on the SNES, I dunno.
@NintendoComplete
4 жыл бұрын
Twin was a SNES exclusive. Are you thinking of Sagaia?
@sparkly9294
4 жыл бұрын
@@NintendoComplete That's probably the one.
@Isoquant
2 жыл бұрын
Does this version not include the full arcade ending sequence? Actually, I'm probably just thinking of Darius II.
@johncargnin1275
4 жыл бұрын
Incrível
@LittleBigKid707b
4 жыл бұрын
Man , I cant believe this is running off the Genesis Mini!! So does that mean this could've technically been released on the Genesis back in the day? Or did they use "tricks' to get it to work only on Genesis Mini? And to think I too overlooked this when I bought the Mini...Man, I gotta play this..
@NintendoComplete
4 жыл бұрын
This would've totally been possible back in the day. I think it's all to do with the cost of producing the carts. This is 32megabit cart, which would've been pricey, even in the mid 90s. Sagaia could've been done just as well, but it used an 8megabit cart and it was still a $60 game when it came out. If you've seen Sagaia, you can see what a difference the extra memory can do for these games. But yeah, I agree with you. This is awesome. I would've happily shelled out for this cart if they'd made it way back.
@japanis1382
4 жыл бұрын
my friend made me a repro and works on my original genesis and mega sg no problem.
@AdrianoSnake
Жыл бұрын
I have both Mega Drive from 88 and mini but obviously i prefer to play it on real hardware. Better sound and pixel perfect on crt
@sneaselsaturday
4 жыл бұрын
What’s the difference between Proco and Tiat?
@MVC2fan1
4 жыл бұрын
Difficulty
@Nbjk01
3 жыл бұрын
king fosile got demoted from an emperor to a king and from a second stage boss to a first stage.... no respect for the king lol
@mrcoar
2 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there xD
@mamertospower4898
3 жыл бұрын
Too dificult from the begining, 3 lives only... and no continues?? C'mon!
@joeyjo-joshabadu9636
2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, the last boss is a freaking sperm whale!
@kotsr5801
2 жыл бұрын
Привет из Украины! Отличный порт с хорошей графикой и динамичным геймплеем. Однако, обидно что данная игра идет не на всех системах корректно. А именно проблема со звуком. Такие же проблемы я наблюдал еще примерно в 5ти новодельных играх для Sega mega drive. Здесь много крутых и знающих геймеров - подскажите и посоветуйте где можно скачать дамп Darius Extra Version? Буду очень признателен всем кто даст какую либо информацию. В свою очередь поделюсь своими редкими дампами.
@marcosmelo9844
2 жыл бұрын
Lindo
@predaking2wings
4 жыл бұрын
Sagaia the original for the genesis is much better than this port.
@NotaPizzaGRL
3 жыл бұрын
Darius ii is a better game but this port is really impressive considering it was done by one guy as a fan project. Come to think of it this port is more accurate to the arcade than Darius ii on Genesis was years ago.
@Bloodreign1
2 жыл бұрын
This is the prequel to Darius II/Sagaia, of course D2 would have improvements over this game, that's usually how sequels work.
@vintagebluenote8564
9 ай бұрын
The back is terrible! There is nothing!
@stevengreenstock6095
2 жыл бұрын
Played this on the mini mega drive, never a fan of shooters, couldn't get past the first level, off it went and it will remain so....never understood the appeal, music was catchy, but no fun as a game, sorry
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