G-Darius - Revision history

Malkraz: Added link to video index, formatting

2026-01-12T16:00:05Z

Added link to video index, formatting

Gojiguy at 11:47, 23 September 2025

2025-09-23T11:47:00Z

Gojiguy: /* Ver. 2 */ a correction. All captains do not use the same attack.

2025-09-23T11:44:30Z

Ver. 2: a correction. All captains do not use the same attack.

Frostyryker at 16:57, 20 May 2024

2024-05-20T16:57:26Z

NullNotBub at 00:52, 22 October 2023

2023-10-22T00:52:26Z

Frostyryker at 17:34, 23 July 2023

2023-07-23T17:34:58Z

TrafficLight7773: Added previous and next games

2023-06-29T06:51:55Z

Added previous and next games

TrafficLight7773: Added list of stages and their respective zones, with some information about each zone

2023-06-07T22:35:51Z

Added list of stages and their respective zones, with some information about each zone

TrafficLight7773: Changed the Endings list to bullet points

2023-06-07T05:31:41Z

Changed the Endings list to bullet points

TrafficLight7773: Added Story section and list of endings

2023-06-06T02:29:47Z

Added Story section and list of endings

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 '''G-Darius''' is a 2-player horizontal-scrolling shoot-em-up developed and released by Taito in 1997 for the Taito FX-1B hardware. Similar to it's predecessor, the game uses a single-screen display. Zuntata would also return to compose the music for G-Darius.
 As typical for the Darius series, G-Darius features Fish-based enemies and bosses, branching pathways - with 15 stages -  and multiple endings.
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 Chronologically, the game takes place before the first Darius game, and is the first game in the timeline.
 G-Darius would eventually be followed up by the Dariusburst series of games on PSP and Arcades.
 ==Gameplay Overview==

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 ==G-Darius==
-'''G-Darius''' is a 2-player horizontal-scrolling shoot-em-up developed and released by Taito in 1997. Similar to it's predecessor, the game uses a single-screen display. Zuntata would also return to compose the music for G-Darius.
+'''G-Darius''' is a 2-player horizontal-scrolling shoot-em-up developed and released by Taito in 1997 for the Taito FX-1B hardware. Similar to it's predecessor, the game uses a single-screen display. Zuntata would also return to compose the music for G-Darius.
 As typical for the Darius series, G-Darius features Fish-based enemies and bosses, branching pathways - with 15 stages -  and multiple endings.
 G-Darius has been ported to Playstation and later to modern consoles as G-Darius HD, featuring a higher resolution and a higher-poly Silver Hawk model during game-play.

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 *Tweaked Arm system. Armor no longer protects the Silver Hawk from an enemy collision unless they have upgraded Armor.
 *Added a beginner mode similar to that of [[Gradius III]]. Lasts up to 3 Zones and death reduces all power-ups by 1 unit instead of being reset to base power.
-*Increased amount of Captains per Zone. All Captains fire the spiraling laser attack from First Captain. Captured Captains have significantly less health.
+*There is now a Captain for every route in the game, whereas previously only certain zones had captains. Captured Captains have significantly less health.
-*The player is no longer invulnerable when using a Capture Ball's bomb.
+*The player is no longer invulnerable when using a Capture Ball's bomb, nor when using the capture ball to capture an enemy.
 *Boss battles now have a timer, which lasts 3 minutes normally and 7 minutes for final bosses. Defeating the boss will award 10,000 points per second remaining.
 *There are high score tables for every Zone.

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 |design =
 |releasedate = '''Arcade''' <br> '''JP''': June 1997 <br> '''NA''': 1997
-|previousgame = [[Darius Gaiden]] (Release)
+|previousgame = [[RayStorm]] (Developer) <br> [[Darius Gaiden]] (Release)
-|nextgame = [[Dariusburst]] (Release) <br> [[Darius]] (Chronology)
+|nextgame = [[RayCrisis]] (Developer) <br> [[Dariusburst]] (Release) <br> [[Darius]] (Chronology)
 }}

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 ===Technical Rank===
 Technical Rank is a grading given to the player at the end of the game, ranging from 0-105. Technical Rank is determined by the following:
-*'''Enemies Shot Down''': Total enemies shot down, either singular or in groups.
+*'''Enemies Shot Down''': Total enemies shot down, separated by single or groups, up to 20 points each. ''Simply shoot down every enemy you see. The more the better. 90% or more enemies destroyed grants 20 points.''
-*'''VS Boss Shot Hit''': How many shots hit during a Boss fight.
+*'''VS Boss Shot Hit''': How many shots hit during a Boss fight, 1 point per 10% ''Avoid shooting when the boss cannot be hit to keep the points up.''
-*'''Cap. Survive''': The number of captured enemies that were used as Bombs or Alpha Beams.
+*'''Cap. Survive''': The number of captured enemies that were used as Bombs or Alpha Beams compared to the total amount of enemies captured, up the 10 points. ''Don't let the enemy you're capturing get destroyed.''
-*'''Pow-Up Got''': How many power-ups were picked up.
+*'''Pow-Up Got''': How many power-ups were picked up. It's unknown how the points are calculated for this category.
-*'''Reached''': How far the player got in the game. Adds 3 points per Zone cleared.
+*'''Reached''': How far the player got in the game. Adds 3 points per Zone cleared. 15 points max by clearing the game.
-*'''VS Boss Final Blow''': The best final blow inflicted to a boss. Letting a boss self-destruct is worth the least at 2 while a Fourfold Counter is worth the most at 10.
+*'''VS Boss Final Blow''': The best final blow inflicted to a boss throughout the playthrough. Letting a boss self-destruct is worth the least while a Fourfold Counter is worth the most up to 10 points max. ''Defeating Queen Fossil or Fire Fossil with a Fourfold Counter is enough to net the highest possible points.''
-*'''Miss''': Losing lives negatively affects Technical Rank.
+*'''Miss''': Starts off at 10 points, but is reduced by 1 per life lost. ''Don't die.''
-*'''Continue''': 1 point is lost per continue used.
+*'''Continue''': 1 point is lost per continue used. ''Also don't die.''
 ==Scoring==

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 *Finishing off a Boss with a Triple Counter Alpha Beam: '''800,000'''
 *Finishing off a Boss with a Fourfold Counter Alpha Beam: '''1,000,000'''
 ==Story==
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 years later, war has broken out between Amnelia and Blazar over occupation of Martha, another one of the planet's satellites. Amnelian scientists invented a weapon known as "All Nothing" or A.N., which seemed to harness "the power of the Devil". The weapon was used on the planet Blazar, resulting in the total destruction of Blazar, and the awakening of the Thiima. Three years after the destruction of Blazar, the mysterious alien race only known as the Thiima would attack Amnelia, sensing it as a threat not only to them but to all life in the galaxy. Early on, the Amnelians created the first model of the legendary Silver Hawk fighter, combining A.N. power with Amnelian and Thiiman technology to create an all-around deadly force. Pilots Sameluck Raida and Lutia Feen were selected to pilot the Silver Hawks and fight the Thiiman invaders.
+In G-Darius, there are 5 different final zones, each with their own final boss and ending.
 *Ending 1 (Zone Lambda): Lightning Coronatus is destroyed and unleashes a massive explosion. Sameluck is able to escape, but Lutia's ship is badly damaged, forcing her to bail out and abandon her craft. Sameluck then abandons his ship to be with her, and their stories end as Sameluck's lone Silver Hawk floats around in the void of space.

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 As usual, G-Darius allows for players to select the zones they want to fight through, although it is scaled down to 15 zones rather than 26, and the zones are now denoted with letters of the Greek alphabet.
-- Ending 1 (Zone Lambda): Lightning Coronatus is destroyed and unleashes a massive explosion. Sameluck is able to escape, but Lutia's ship is badly damaged, forcing her to bail out and abandon her craft. Sameluck then abandons his ship to be with her, and their stories end as Sameluck's lone Silver Hawk floats around in the void of space.
+*Ending 1 (Zone Lambda): Lightning Coronatus is destroyed and unleashes a massive explosion. Sameluck is able to escape, but Lutia's ship is badly damaged, forcing her to bail out and abandon her craft. Sameluck then abandons his ship to be with her, and their stories end as Sameluck's lone Silver Hawk floats around in the void of space.
+*Ending 2 (Zone Mu): Heavy Arms Shell is destroyed and unleashes a massive explosion. Both narrowly escape, but Sameluck pushes Lutia away to ensure her escape, killing Sameluck in the process. Lutia eventually crashes on the surface of Darius, where a strange man comes to her and offers her his hand. She accepts, and the credits roll.
-- Ending 2 (Zone Mu): Heavy Arms Shell is destroyed and unleashes a massive explosion. Both narrowly escape, but Sameluck pushes Lutia away to ensure her escape, killing Sameluck in the process. Lutia eventually crashes on the surface of Darius, where a strange man comes to her and offers her his hand. She accepts, and the credits roll.
+*Ending 3 (Zone Nu): Sameluck and Lutia reach the Thiiman homeworld and break in, only to discover it is an entirely different universe to their own. At the heart of the mysterious world, they find the Embryon, a unit presumably used purely as a commander for the Thiima and a way for them to produce more and more combat units. Sameluck and Lutia defeat the Embryon in battle, causing him to explode like a battleship would - however, the Embryon's destruction results in the collapse of the foreign world, and the two pilots share one last kiss as they fade into nonexistence.
+*Ending 4 (Zone Xi): Accordion Hazard is destroyed and unleashes a massive explosion. It almost results in the death of Sameluck and Lutia, but instead they are absorbed by a strange light that causes them to merge and become a literal silver hawk. The two escape unharmed.
-- Ending 3 (Zone Nu): Sameluck and Lutia reach the Thiiman homeworld and break in, only to discover it is an entirely different universe to their own. At the heart of the mysterious world, they find the Embryon, a unit presumably used purely as a commander for the Thiima and a way for them to produce more and more combat units. Sameluck and Lutia defeat the Embryon in battle, causing him to explode like a battleship would - however, the Embryon's destruction results in the collapse of the foreign world, and the two pilots share one last kiss as they fade into nonexistence.
+*Ending 5 (Zone Omicron): G.T is defeated, but not completely destroyed. Sameluck and Lutia have won the battle, but are unable to return to Amnelia (likely due to a lack of fuel), so they instead land on the nearby planet of Darius. Meanwhile, a large craft belonging to the Belsar finds and salvages the remains of G.T, possibly leading to the creation of Great Thing and the rest of the Belsar army later down the line.
 ==Ver. 2==