G-Darius
Taito Horizontal Shooter 2 Players 1997 System: Taito F3 Technics/Graphical: 8 Sound: 3 Details: 7 Ideas: 6 Fun/Replayvalue: 6 Playability: 5 Overall Rating: 6 (of 10)

Imho one of the hardest shooters out there. The game features an Enemy-capture-element that lets u catch enemies so they fight alongside u till destoryed. This element is life-saving for the endbosses. If u have the right enemy fighting at ur side endbosses are no match, but god help u if u dont have the right one. Then ull fight endbosses for minutes....

Theres a 2nd ROM-set out there. And if u think Taito made the game any easier, guess again. Even more difficult as ROM-set 1. THe sound for both games is REALLY REALLY bad :( In addition to the difficulty level i have to drop the rating drastically. Subtract another point on Overall Rating for ROM-set 2.

A good feature is the energy beam. If u manage to load it, a silver beam will cut through about everything onscreen, but the endbosses also have such a beam. If both meet they will cancel each other out except u manage to hit ur fire button fast enough. In that case ur beam will succeed.