Arcade Archives Darius gameplay

Arcade Archives Darius joined the Switch eShop this week, and gameplay is now available. Footage was shown during Hamster’s latest live stream this week.

Here’s an overview of the title:

Darius is Taito’s side-scrolling shooting game that first appeared as an arcade game in 1986. The goal for the player is to ride in the Silver Hawk fighter and escape from the Darius planet which is facing destruction from the alien attack. This title has received multiple prizes with its overwhelming gaming features including music, high quality animations and great arcade machine features using 3 screens! Besides the original version, this title also includes the Extra Version with various feature adjustments.

The “Arcade Archives” series has faithfully reproduced many classic Arcade masterpieces. Players can change various game settings such as game difficulty, and also reproduce the atmosphere of arcade display settings at that time. Players can also compete against each other from all over the world with their high scores. Please enjoy the masterpiece that built a generation for video games.

Continue on below for the Arcade Archives Darius gameplay, starting at 2:36:06.

Hamster is now selling Arcade Archives Darius on the Switch eShop.