G DARIUS - Hi-Score Thread

[mjmjr25]

This thread is for the TAITO shmup G DARIUS.



-Accepted formats: Arcade, PSX, PS2 (Taito Legends 2), PSN, MAME and PC.
-Default "ARCADE MODE" settings; 1 credit
-Enter scores as: 100,000 - brdsks - Stage - Tech Rank - PSX

1. 3,351,710 - scarper - Zone Delta - Silver Condor - PSN
2. 3,010,370 - hashiriya1 - Zone Beta - Gold Eagle - PSN
3. 2,907,100 - foxhound1022 - zone β - Gold Eagle - PS2
4. 2,433,350 - mjmjr25 - Stage 2 Boss - Golden Duck - PSX
5. 2,125,100 - beatnix - zone B - gold eagle - PSX
5.

[dunpeal2064]

Ha ha, nice example score.

I guess I'm in the mood for more fish.

[mjmjr25]

My impressions of this game a few years ago were that it was: complicated, hard, and not fun.

After 3 runs tonight, my impressions: complicated, hard, and very fun.

Tons to figure out - seems a bit daunting right now.

Definately some chaining, not intricate chaining, but more kill all 5 in this burst, get a bonus type of stuff.

Not positive what the colored balls are doing yet.

You can use your magnet shot to collect an enemy ship and use him as your own - i'm not sure what the advantage of getting rid of them is though? It seems like you can suicide them and they blow up - but they don't seem to blow up anything else around? Need more work at this.

First boss didn't seem to want to go down - but we hooked him. Onto boss 2...

[foxhound1022]

By “rank”, you mean the Gold Eagle thing they give you after a G.O.?

I know the colored balls upgrade attributes:

Green - Bomb
Red - Shot
Purple - Capture Stock
Blue - Shield

[mjmjr25]

Yeah, "Iron Lung" or "Golden Jockstrap", whichever you get...

[foxhound1022]

2,907,100 - foxhound1022 - zone β - Gold Eagle - PS2

[noiseredux]

G Darius is indeed hard. But strangely, I think it's my favorite Darius. I just think the 2.5 graphics look amazing in the Darius universe.

[mjmjr25]

Nice score fox. Glad I didn't lead out w/my 1.5 mil...

[foxhound1022]

Yeah, I'm not quite sure what blowing up your captured enemies does, either.
Also, if you shoot your Alpha Beam when a boss does, apparently you go into a beam battle, and have to mash the buttons to fight. If you win, the boss takes massive damage.

[mjmjr25]

For example, boss 1, when he releases that pink beam, I want to time it w/my blue beam?