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Instruction booklet · November 1991

Darius Twin

Shooter1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

Darius Twin is a shoot 'em up video game released for the Super NES in 1991. It was the first new installment in the Darius series to not be originally designed for the arcades, and also the first to have a normal 4:3 screen-ratio. Interestingly, while it's a unique game in the Darius series, it appears to reuse sprites and background designs from Darius and Darius II.

Specifications

Released
November 1991
Developer
Taito
Publisher
Taito
Players
1
Genre
Shooter
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Darius
Themes
Science fiction
View
Third person

What the magazines said

6
7
7
6
EGM · four reviewers
Players
60/100 (7 ratings)
Nintendo Power
3.3/5
GameRankings
58.60%
Computer and Video Games
88/100
Famitsu
27/40
GX
4/5
Super Play
7/10
Total!
62%
Control
54%
Game Boy
3/5, 4/5, 3/5, 2/5, 4/5
Game Zone
4/5
SNES Force
50%
Super Action
90%
The Super Famicom
85/100
Super Pro
68%
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Week of November 1, 1991
Nov. 1

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💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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