Super Nintendo Entertainment System · 1993
Darius Force
A single-player horizontal shoot 'em up from the Darius series, released in 1993 and known in North America as Super Nova.
- Publisher
- Publisher to verify
- Format
- Cartridge
- Genre
- shoot 'em up
- Released
- 1993
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Overview
Darius Force is a side-scrolling shooter set on a fictional planet, built around one player guiding a craft through waves of enemies and larger encounters. It appeared on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993, with its earliest listed release in September 1993. The game belongs to the Darius series and was also marketed as Super Nova in North America.
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Why it matters
It carries forward the Darius identity onto the SNES, where its horizontal scrolling action sits alongside the console's other shooters. The Super Nova naming also gives the title a clear point of reference for collectors tracking regional editions.
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The physical edition
A complete copy typically includes the cartridge, the original case, and any enclosed instruction material, with the exact contents varying by region and edition. Regional packaging can differ in title, artwork, and labeling, so the physical edition should be checked against what is actually included.
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Playing it today
It runs as a standard SNES cartridge on original hardware and supported emulators, where the single-player action plays the same as on the console. Since the game is single-player, no additional controllers are needed to try it.