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Instruction booklet · December 1993

Super Nova

Shooter1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

Darius Force, also known in North America as Super Nova, is a shoot 'em up game released for the Super Nintendo in 1993. One main difference between this game and the rest of the Darius games is that the player can choose one of three Silver Hawks to play. The green one is the Silver Hawk of Darius. The blue one is the Silver Hawk of Darius II.

Specifications

Released
December 1993
Developers
Taito, Act Japan
Publisher
Taito
Players
1
Genre
Shooter
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Darius
Themes
Action · Science fiction
View
Side view

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Nintendo Power
3/5
MG
58%
VGS
55%
BE KIND, REWINDDecember 1993
#1 songI'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)Meat Loaf#1 albumVs.Pearl JamAdmit one · #1 movieMrs. Doubtfire$14,735,459 weekend
Vol. 3 · No. 120Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢
The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of December 3, 1993
Dec. 7

Colin Ferguson opens fire with his Ruger 9 mm pistol on a Long Island Rail Road train, killing six and injuring 29.

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

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