description Darius Plus Overview
Darius Plus is a side-scrolling shoot-’em-up developed from Taito’s Darius arcade series for the PC Engine. The player controls a spacecraft through horizontally scrolling stages, fights formations of enemies, and faces large mechanical bosses associated with the series. Released in 1990, the game is notable in the PC Engine library because it was one of the retail titles designed to support the SuperGrafx hardware.
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What platform was Darius Plus released on?
Darius Plus was released in 1990 for the Japanese PC Engine as a HuCard game. NEC Avenue published the PC Engine version, while Taito created the original Darius arcade series. [Source](https://darius.jp/cozmic/title.html)
How does Darius Plus play?
It is a horizontal shoot-em-up in which the player pilots a spacecraft through scrolling stages, collects power-ups, and fights huge mechanical bosses shaped like sea creatures. Routes branch after boss encounters, giving the game more than one path through the campaign. [Source](https://pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Darius_Plus.htm)
How many bosses does Darius Plus have?
The PC Engine HuCard version contains 16 bosses. That is fewer than the 26-boss roster in the CD-ROM2 game Super Darius, partly because of the HuCard's storage limits. [Source](https://darius.jp/cozmic/title.html)
How is Darius Plus different from Darius Alpha?
Darius Plus is the full stage-based game, while Darius Alpha is known primarily as a boss-rush version for the PC Engine. Darius Alpha is also much rarer than the regular Darius Plus HuCard. [Source](https://darius.jp/cozmic/title.html)
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