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The ''Darius'' series has had many incarnations, including:
* '''Darius''' (Arcade, 1986) <br />Perhaps best well-known for its unique setup consisting of three screens lined up horizontally. Got multiple ports on the <s>[[No Export for You|TurboGrafx-CD]]</s> PC Engine CD:
** ''Darius Plus''
** ''Darius Alpha'' - A [[Boss Rush]] version of the game.
** ''Super Darius'' - An [[Updated Rerelease]] with new bosses.
* '''Darius II''' (Arcade 1988) <br />Second and last game to use the original's 3-screen setup, but also came in a two-screen variant. Got ported to the Genesis/MegaDrive under the title ''Sagaia'' and an [[Updated Rerelease]] on the PC-Engine CD called ''Super Darius II''.
* '''Syvalion''' (Arcade/Sharp X68000/SNES, 1988) <br />A spin-off game but still part of the series. Was re-released in 2006 as a part of ''Taito Legends 2''
* [[Canon Discontinuity|Darius+]] (Amiga, Atari SI, ZX Spectrum) <br />A version released for home computers, but more closely resembled R-Type. It only featured five bosses from the Darius series, one of which is a scaled down version of another one.
* '''Darius Twin''' (SNES/SFC, 1991) <br />The first of two console-exclusive original ''Darius'' games. Less punishing than other titles (that is, [[Difficulty Spike|until the last stage]]), but fewer branching paths.
* '''Darius Force''' / '''Super Nova''' (SNES/SFC, 1993) <br />The second of two console-exclusive original ''Darius'' games. Slower-paced than other titles in the series, has [[Darker and Edgier|a dark and moody tone in comparison]], and utilizes ''[[R-Type]]''-style checkpoints that you respawn at when you die.
* '''Darius Gaiden''' (Arcade, 1994) <br />Regarded by many fans as the best title in the series. Contains pretty boss explosions and very weird music. Ported to the Saturn, PS1, and PC, then to PS2, Xbox and PC (again) via the compilation disc ''Taito Legends 2''. Unfortunately for some players, the ''Taito Legends 2'' port prevents you from achieving extremely fast autofire via [[Button Mashing]].
** ''Darius Gaiden Extra'' (Arcade) <br />An apparently official [[ROM Hack]] with rearranged stages, much faster autofire, and if you start a game on the player 2 side, you will do a 28-stage mode in which you do all of the stages, instead of just 7 of them.
* '''G-Darius''' (Arcade, 1997) <br />The first game in the series with fully 3D graphics (before ''Darius Burst'' 12 years later), which allows for some freakishly huge bosses, leading to many [[Battleship Raid|Battleship Raids]]. One of its most distinguishing featues is the "Alpha Beam" system, which if fired at a boss can result in a [[Beam-O-War]] that grows bigger until it covers the entire screen. Also ported to Saturn, PS1, PC, and PS2.
* '''Darius R''' (Game Boy Advance, 2001) <br />A shorter, single-screen remix of the original with music and enemies from various games in the series.
* '''Darius Burst''' (PlayStation Portable, 2009); ported to [[IOS]] in 2012
** '''Darius Burst: Another Chronicle''' (an enhanced arcade port of the PSP game, 2010)
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