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Darius II

Darius II is a 1989 arcade video game developed by Taito. It is the direct sequel to the 1987 Darius. It was later released as Sagaia in Japan in 1991 for the Game Boy as well as non-Japanese ports. A remake…

1 September 1989

Darius II is an arcade developed by Taito, released 1 September 1989 on Wii, Sega Saturn, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Sega Master System/Mark III.

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What Darius II is

Darius II is an arcade game developed by Taito and released in 1989. It was published by Sega. It is available on Wii, Sega Saturn, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Master System/Mark III and Arcade.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The planet Darius, which formerly boasted a very advanced civilization, has been destroyed. Proco and Tiat escaped from Darius in search of a new world. They started a new civilization on the planet Olga. The descendants of Proco and Tiat happened to pick strange radio waves being emitted from the Milky way galaxy. The strange radio waves were an SOS from the planet Darius where their ancestors used to live. Having discovered the source of the strange radio waves, the immediately boarded the Silver Hawk, whose power had been greatly increased, and took off for the Milky Way. A fierce battle ensued on the planets of the Milky Way and in outer space in order to save the inhabitants of Darius…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Darius II come out?
Darius II was released on 1 September 1989 for Wii, Sega Saturn, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Master System/Mark III and Arcade.

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