Darius (series)

Darius
Genres	side scrolling shoot-em-up
Developers	Taito
Publishers	Taito
Platforms	Arcade, various
First release	Darius
Latest release	Dariusburst

Darius (ダライアス, Daraiasu^?) is the name of a series of shoot 'em up video games developed and published by Taito. The first game was released alongside similar works such as R-Type and Gradius; even then, the series' claims to fame included atypical background music, many different levels via branching paths, and unusual bosses (spaceships based on various fish or crustaceans).

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