Darius Twin for SNES FAQ V1.0 6-30-2002 By DDCecil (James Tompkins) DDCecil@webspawner.com http://www.webspawner.com/users/DDCecil 1. Introduction/Updates 2. Controls 3. Areas/Power-ups 4. Bosses 5. Secrets 6. Credits 1. Introduction/Updates: ------------------------ Darius Twin, is a great Shooter for the SNES, and one of the only flying shoot 'em up games for the SNES that allows 2 player simultaenous play! Plus the music rules (especially Planets A, J, K, and L!) There isn't a FAQ, so I decided to write this... V1.0 - 6/30/02 - FAQ is finished... 2. Controls: ------------ Arrows - Move around the screen Y - Shoot, hold down for rapid fire B - Use missiles For best results, hold down Y+B the entire game (Unless you have rapid- fire turned off on the Options menu...) 3. Areas/Power-ups ------------------ G B E J A D H L C F K I A - Orga B - Dantu C - Koloba D - Lankus E - Padi F - Rear G - Narukini H - Sabia I - Kaudo J - Noemu K - Horolain L - Darius Order of Power-Ups found within each stage: R - Red - Weapon B - Blue - Shield G - Green - Missile O - Orange - 1UP RO - Red Octagon - Changes your weapon Y - Yellow - Destroys all enemies off the screen (M) - When the Mini-boss appears * - Means this appears at random... A: R-B-(M)-G-B-R-G-G B: R-G-(M)-*Y C: B-G-(M) D: G-B-RO-G-G-G-B-B E: B-O-B-G-(*M)-*Y-R-B-R-G-G-B-B F: R-(M)-*R-B-B-G-O-G-B G: R-(M)-G-B-B-B H: G-B-B-G-B-(M)-B-B-R-R I: B-B-Y-R-R-(M) J: *R-B-RO-O-B-Y-B K: RO-B-B-*Y-B-O-G L: None, just a multitude of Mini-Bosses! To get the best weapon, grab the first RO on Planet D, but skip the one on Planet J/K. This will make sure by the end of the game, you'll have the wave weapon, which cuts through enemies with ease! 4. Bosses --------- Boss of Planet A (Orga) - HH02 Killer Higia He'll come down form the top of the screen and 'aim in' on you. Stay near the middle/back of the screen and fire away, avoiding the projectiles. Boss of Planet B (Dantu) and C (Koloba) - EP30 Emperor Fossil & QU10 Queen Fossil Kill the Queen first! If you finish off the king first, the queen will continue to shoot hard-to-avoid projectiles. Boss of Planet D (Lankus) - BD4Z Demon Sword Taito snuck in a reference to one of their older games... Very cute. Anyways, stay near the back/middle of the screen and fire at its claws. Once they are blown off, continue to shoot at its body. Boss of Planet E (Padi) and F (Rear) - G0N1 Dual Shears SP (E is Red, F is Blue/Grey) Stay near the back/middle of the screen and shoot off it claws. Once they are gone, continue to shoot at it. Once it's back blows off, it'll die in a second. Boss of Planet G (Narukini) and I (Kaudo) - ZZ10 Dark Coronatus (G is Dark Grey, I is Dark Purple) The best place to go is behind him, and use your missile weapon to hit his weakspot, which is only vulnerable when he shakes his head and opens his stomache. Boss of Planet H (Sabia) - ASP7 Red Mist Boss of Planet J (Noemu) - MX04 Full Metalshell This boss isn't hard, but want a way top increase your score by a ton? See the small turtles he tosses at you? Each one is worht a whopping 30,000 points each, and he shoots 8 a time! Avoid the head of the turtle and fire away at the babies and watch your score go up and up! Boss of Planet K (Horolain) - GG0D Hyper Greatthing This boss has new music! He isn't anything special though, just go up and down avoiding everything he throws at you and keep firing away! Boss of Planet L (Darius) - LC40 Super Alloylantern Once you reach him, aim for the top of its head and destory it. Soon, the boss goes under you, and soon you'll be under him. The next target is the motor. Keep shooting at it until it stops. You'll then be in front of its face again. Just fire away at its face! Final Boss - FH10 Great Tusk This boss is incredibly easy! Just aim for the head, while shooting the 3 balls he shoots at you. Afterwards, you'll get an ending depending on what mode you are on (Easy or Hard). There is a 3rd ending though... Check below to see what it is... 5. Secrets ---------- (From Gamewinners and NP #33) (Ending #3 by me) *49 lives - On the Game Start/Option screen, hold L+R on Controller 2, Select on Controller 1, and then press start on Controller 1 while holding all the buttons down. *No enemies during demo mode - Enter ZTT as your high score initials. Too bad it only affects the demo, though... *No damage on Planet A - Place your ship above the last three digits of the score in the first level. No enemies will hit the ship until the Boss appears. *Ending #3 - Today, I beat normal mode, and got a new ending. It first showed a congratulations screen which fades out fast (so I couldn't read the whole thing), then it shows 2 darius ships circling a big cartoon blue star that has "Darius" in the middle and more cartoon stars are going upwards in the background. The credits will roll, too. I will figure exactly how to get this ending ASAP... 6. Credits ---------- This FAQ/Walkthrough was made entirely by me, DDCecil. Feel free to use it on your website, and make sure to give me credit. If you are caught selling this or changing it in any way, shape, form, yadda yadda... I'll sue you for everything you are worth (which isn't much if you decide to do that, of course!) Thanks to: CJayC - For Hosting this on GameFaqs.com. All other websites hosting my FAQs (and keeping them updated). You - For reading this. Me - For writing this.