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title Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk (Ver 2.5A 1994/09/19)
set name dariusgu
manufacturer Taito America Corporation
year 1994
genre Shooter (hof)
category Shooter / Flying Horizontal (hof)
driver status good
driver source taito_f3.c
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71.9% after 44 votes
 
parent Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk (Ver 2.5O 1994/09/19)
other clones Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk (Ver 2.5J 1994/09/19)
Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk Extra Version (Ver 2.7J 1995/03/06) (Official Hack)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 8192
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 320x232
frequency 58.970000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels stereo
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controls
players 4
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 4
coin slots 4
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hardware
cpu 68EC020 @ 16MHz
cpu 68000 @ 16MHz
audio ES5505 @ 15.23805MHz
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data
version added .061
last change(s) .085u3
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
d87-12.bin  524288  de78f328  dariusg    126464a826685f5bfab6cc099448ce4df207a407 
d87-11.bin  524288  f7bed18e  dariusg    db7d92680f9f406a5295ee85ce110c1a56ed386f 
d87-10.bin  524288  4149f66f  dariusg    57d36a62d490d9e53b6b80a92ea0e8c41d61799f 
d87-15.bin  524288  f8796997  dariusgu    fa286561bac9894cb260944ffa14d0059b882ab9 
d87-03.bin  2097152  4be1666e  dariusg    35ba7bcf29ec7a8f8b6944ee3544693d4df1bfc2 
d87-04.bin  2097152  2616002c  dariusg    003f98b740a697274385b8da03c78f3c6f7b5e89 
d87-05.bin  2097152  4e5891a9  dariusg    fd08d848079841c9237fa359a850980fd00114d8 
d87-06.bin  2097152  3b97a07c  dariusg    72cdeffedeab0c1bd0e47f03172085390a2be393 
d87-17.bin  2097152  e601d63e  dariusg    256a6aeb5633fe1db407fad567169a9d0c911219 
d87-08.bin  2097152  76d23602  dariusg    ca53ea6641182c44a4038bbeaa5effb1687f1980 
d87-13.bin  262144  15b1fff4  dariusg    28692b731ae98a47c2c5e11a8a71b61a813d9a64 
d87-14.bin  262144  eecda29a  dariusg    6eb238e47bc7bf635ffbdbb25fb06a37db980ef8 
d87-01.bin  2097152  3848a110  dariusg    802e91695a526f665c7fd261f0a7639a0b883c9e 
d87-02.bin  2097152  9250abae  dariusg    07cae8edbc3cca0a95022d9b40a5c18a55350b67 
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cabinet art
flyer dariusg.png
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additional information
info 0.61 [?]

0.37b15 [Bryan McPhail]

0.37b11 [Bryan McPhail]

Bugs:
  • dariusg and clones: The shadow of the boss hehind the cloud can not be seen in zone V'. ptolemy (ID 01924)
  • dariusg and clones: The oval pond(?) has no transparency and the background has no gradient shadow in the boss scene of zone H and J. ptolemy (ID 01923)
  • dariusg and clones: The traces of objects (sprites) are not displayed during the scene changes in zone G, H, I, and J. ptolemy (ID 1922)
  • dariusg and clones: The surface of the space colony in zone E does not have a gradient shadow. ptolemy (ID 1921)
WIP:
  • 0.82u3: Curt Coder fixed Darius Gaiden, broken by 68008 changes.
  • 0.61: Added 'Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk (World)' and clone (US). Renamed (dariusg) to (dariusgj).
  • 0.37b15: Bryan McPhail added 'Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk' (Taito 1994) and clone (Extra Version).
  • 0.37b11: Bryan McPhail added Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk (Testdriver) and clone (Extra Version).
STORY:
  • Proco and Tiat started on a journey for new world, about that time, there were emigration ships starting from the death star 'Darius', and they arrived at a small planet 'Vadis'. The years went by, and people were about return to their native place 'Darius' star. Someone destroyed the strongpoint of the migration on 'Darius'. Also, the transport ships being to go home... The demon's hand reaches 'Vadis' too. A company of Silver-Hawks were almost all annihilated. Having high hopes, 'Silver-Hawk' sallied.
LEVELS: 7

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Romset: 18944 kb / 14 files / 7.58 zip
history Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk (c) 1994 Taito.


In the game, the third in the "Darius" series; the player flies an ornate fighter craft called a Silver Hawk. The craft is equipped with two attack weapons : Missile (forward-firing standard gun) and Bomb (drops from the bottom of the ship). The Silver Hawk is also equipped with the 'Arm' (armor); a green energy shield that can absorb enemy attacks without harm to the ship. Some enemies leave panels behind that can be collected to power-up your shots, missiles or shield.


The graphics and sound are superior to those of the previous Darius games, and the game employs a lot of impressive visual effects; for example, the Silver Hawk warps into a stage dramatically in the fourth-tier stages, and begins to burn on re-entry at the start of the sixth-tier stages.


The bosses are huge and far more complex than those of the previous games, each employing several attack patterns and explode with powerful warping and twisting effects upon their defeat.


- TECHNICAL -


Taito F3 System hardware

Prom Stickers : D87


Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)

Sound Chips : ES5505 (@ 15.23805 Mhz)


Screen orientation : Horizontal

Video resolution : 320 x 232 pixels

Screen refresh : 58.97 Hz

Palette colors : 8192


Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2


- TRIVIA -


Released in September 1994.


The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Darius Side Story'.


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


Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Darius Gaiden - PCCB-00166) on 18/11/1994.


- UPDATES -


The US version is slightly different, it has the "Recycle It, Don't Trash It!" screen.


There was an EXTRA version in this game and it was their official hack with increased rapid fire, and swapped bosses.


- SERIES -
  1. Darius (1986)
  2. Darius II (1989)
  3. Darius Twin (1991, Nintendo Super Famicom)
  4. Darius Force (1993, Nintendo Super Famicom)
  5. Darius Gaiden - Silver Hawk (1994)
  6. G-Darius (1997)
  7. G-Darius ver.2 (1997)
    8. - STAFF -
    • Producer : Hidehiro Fujihara
    • Game designers : Hisakazu Kato, Akira Kurabayashi, Masami Kikuchi, Yutaka Nagayama, Naoto Omura, Hidetaka Harada, Rintaro Doi, Katsumi Kaneoka, Hisayoshi Ogura, Katsuhisa Ishikawa, Thanks : Kentaro Matsumura
    • Art directors : Kat, Masami Kikuchi, Baw-Baw
    • Programmers : Kurabar, Yutaka Nagayama, Naoto Dmura, Hidetaka Harada
    • Hardware engineer : Katsumi Kaneoka
    • Decorator : Rintard Doi
    • Sound (Zuntata) : Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR.), Katsuhisa Ishikawa
    • Bit pattern : Makoto Fujita, Ucky Maeda, Tohru Kawaishi, Yuko Kajihara, Miwa Kamiya, Vap, A-Wave
    • - PORTS -
    • * Consoles :
    • Sega Saturn (1995)
    • Sony PlayStation (1996)
    • Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Memories Vol. 1")
    • Microsoft XBOX (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
    • Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
    • * Computers :
    • PC [CD-ROM] (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
    • - SOURCES -
    • Game's rom.
    • Edit this entry at Arcade-History.com: http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=darius-gaiden-silver-hawk&page=detail&id=586&o=2
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cheats
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00000000:400091:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Credits
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:41B1DD:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:41B1F1:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL1
00000000:41B1E1:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:41B267:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:41B27B:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Bombs PL2
00000000:41B26B:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
62000000:000000:00000000:00000000  Select Region:After you enable this cheat to see any effect you will have to reset the game (F3). Then you may have to turn the Test Mode ON (F2), wait for Test Mode to appear and reset again(F3).
20810000:1FFFFF:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Japan
20810000:1FFFFF:00000002:FFFFFFFF  US
20810000:1FFFFF:00000003:FFFFFFFF  World
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