Ludography
Darius Force cover

1993 · Taito · Shoot 'em up · Shooter

Darius Force

Nintendo exclusive

Darius Force, also known in North America as Super Nova, is a shoot 'em up game released for the Super Nintendo in 1993.

Released
24 September 1993
Platforms
SNESSatellaview
Genres
Shoot 'em upShooter
Developers
Taito
Publishers
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Series
Darius
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Country
Japan

About

Darius Force, known as Super Nova in North America, is a horizontal scrolling shooter for the Super Famicom/SNES, released in 1993 and is part of the Darius series.

›Story

The history of human fighting has continued since human ancestors grabbed the bones of beasts.

"Solar Defense War"

A long, long time has passed since the last battle with the enemy "Belsar", and the descendants of the planet Darius continued to thrive in permanent peace. They pioneered and established hundreds of planet states, established the Galactic Federation centered on the planet Olga, and were committed to mutual security cooperation and non-aggression between states. Even after thousands of years, the power that never fades, the growing machine “Silver Hawk”, a formal fighter of the Galactic Commonwealth Army, was deployed as a standard fighter in all federal member states and was in charge of security.

The wise men of the past had ordered numerous enhancements, improvements and mass production, in preparation for the imminent return of the invaders. Everyone has long since received the legendary names of two former heroes, Proco and Tiat, as legends. Young generations who wish to fight in such an era are considered foolish.

However, the history repeats itself. Now again, new war fronts are about to be opened in the corners of the galaxy. The huge and unknown enemy is different from the former “Belsar”. No, the former "Belsar" was only a small part of a larger army!

Keywords

  • aliens
  • shoot 'em up
  • robots
  • shmup
  • space
  • digital distribution
  • broadcast

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

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. The red one is a new prototype of Silver Hawk that exists only in this game.

There are three power-ups in this game, which can be obtained in three ways:

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
SNES24 September 1993Japan · North America 1 December 1993
SatellaviewUnreleased

Editions and related releases

Included in
Darius Cozmic Collection: Special EditionDarius Cozmic Collection: Console Edition

In the same series

Games like this

Collections1 collection

Platform libraries

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