Darwin 4081

Sega console exclusive

SRD: Super Real Darwin is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Data East. It is the sequel to Data East's 1986 arcade game, Darwin 4078. The player takes control of a small fighter ship capable of mutating into different shapes. The ship's appearance will change with upgraded weapons as the player obtain more power-ups.

Released: 7 April 1990
Platforms: Arcade Sega Genesis
Genres: Shoot 'em up Shooter
Developers: Data East
Publishers: Data East
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: Japan

About

SRD: Super Real Darwin is a 1987 vertical scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Data East for arcades. It is the sequel to Data East's 1986 arcade game Darwin 4078.

›Story

The story starts on the planet Lakya where the technologically advanced inhabitants of the planet unwittingly unleash the planet's life force known as Evol. As the released Evol drifts from planet Lakya, it is received by the inhabitants of the nearby planet Cokyo; the people of Cokyo initiate the Shlohe project, a plan to use their captured Evol to develop advanced biologic ships and weapons to invade planet Lakya. The inhabitants of Lakya retaliate the Cokyo invasion by using their own evolving fighter ships.

Keywords

shoot 'em up
shmup

Media

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Gameplay

The player takes control of a small fighter ship capable of mutating into different shapes. The ship's appearance will change with upgraded weapons as the player obtains more power-ups.

Story

The story starts on the planet Lakya where the technologically advanced inhabitants unwittingly unleash the planet's life force known as Evol. As the released Evol drifts from planet Lakya, it is received by the inhabitants of the nearby planet Cokyo; the people of Cokyo initiate the Shlohe project, a plan to use their captured Evol to develop advanced biologic ships and weapons to invade planet Lakya. The inhabitants of Lakya retaliate against the Cokyo invasion by using their own evolving fighter ships.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Super Real Darwin on their December 1, 1987 issue as being the third most-successful table arcade unit of the year.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Arcade	31 December 1987	Japan
Sega Genesis	7 April 1990	Japan

Editions and related releases

Included in: Data East Arcade Pack #1Data East Arcade Collection #1Data East Arcade ClassicsLegends Core PlusData East Arcade 2
Ported as: Johnny Turbo's Arcade: Super Real Darwin