Darius Twin

• Title — Darius Twin • Developer — Taito • Publisher — Taito • Director — Kouji Yamazaki • Producer — Takao Ueno • Programmer — Junichiro Noguchi Mituo Ogura Yasutaka Minami • Artist — Keisuke Miyanaga Shin Saitō Tōru Kawaishi • Composer — Kazuyuki Ōnui Norihiro Furukawa • Series — Darius • Platforms — Super Nintendo Entertainment System • Genre — Scrolling shooter • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer

• Illustration — Gameplay screenshot Though similar to the arcade Darius entries, Darius Twin has slightly different gameplay features, most notably in the player's power-ups. Players collect weapon and shield power-ups from square shaped enemies that approach from the front and behind, but once players die after collecting a certain number of power-ups, the power-ups collected stayed with the ship post-destruction. Players 1 and 2 are allowed their own separate number of lives. There are no continues. The game contains five color-coded classes of power-up. The pink item powers up the main weapon, green powers up the side weapons, blue regenerates and/or improves the force shield, orange gives one extra Silver Hawk, and yellow destroys all enemies on-screen. At two points in the game, the player can find a red power-up with a special purpose. It switches the main weapon shot style between that seen in Darius and Darius II.