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''G-Darius'' (Gダライアス) is a horizontally-scrolling Shoot 'em Up Arcade Game , released by Taito in 1997. It is part of the ''Darius'' Series . The G stands for both Gigantic and Genesis (it is a prequel to the other Darius games). STORY G-Darius revolves around a conflict between the humanoids of Amnelia and Cyborg / Chimera biovessels known as the "Thiima" (meant to mean simply "bringers of death"). The Thiima had been aroused by the Amnelian army's use of the weapon A.N. (All-Nothing) to annihilate the world Blazar, whom Amnelia had been at war with over jurisdiction over the moon Mahsah. Determined to protect their existence, and long ago programmed to protect the universe from just such threats as A.N., the Thiima swarmed on Amnelia. Although the armed forces were badly ravaged, Amnelian scientists and engineers were able to make use of both A.N. and reverse engineered Thiiman technology/life systems to create the Silver Hawk fighters. Ultimately, two pilots--Sameluck Raida and Lutia Feen--are chosen to perform a decisive attack on the main Thiima base...Kazumn, a satellite of the planet Darius. DESCRIPTION ''G-Darius'' is the only game in the series to use real polygonal 3D graphics, and the last 'new' game of the series. The gameplay is similar to that of its predecessors, with one main new feature. The Silver Hawk is equipped with Capture balls, which, when launched at an enemy, can capture it and allow the player to control it. Different enemies have different movements and firing patterns when captured. Gold enemies, having this color because of Solidnite shielding, cannot be captured. Captains (i.e. mid-boss vessels) are also armored with Solidnite, but lose this armor after sustaining a certain amount of damage, at which point they can be captured. The player can detonate a captured enemy to create a powerful explosion that destroys both enemies and bullets, or can absorb it and generate a destructive beam called the Alpha Beam. During boss encounters, the boss can generate a Beta Beam, which can be counterattacked with the player's Alpha Beam. If both beams collide, the player must press a button repeatedly to push back and dispel the Beta Beam and hit the boss, or the Beta Beam will dispel the Alpha Beam and hit the player's ship. If the player successfully overtakes the Beta Beam, his Alpha Beam will double in size. Depending on how many Beta Beams the boss is using at a time or successively, this can be repeated until it covers the entire height of the screen. While the levels are arranged in the same branching structure as every other ''Darius'' game, ''G-Darius'' also has branching points within the levels themselves. In exchange, the stage tree only reaches five steps, as opposed to seven. The five steps of the journey are Amnelia, Mahsah, Milky Way Corridor, Mabaher, and the Darius system (Lambda and Omicron on Darius, Mu and Xi on Kazumn, Nu in Genesis Space). PORTS ''G-Darius'' was ported to the PlayStation , and is included in the compilations ''Taito Memories Gekan'' and '' Taito Legends 2 '', both for the PlayStation 2 . TRIVIA
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