Darwin 4081
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| Darwin 4081 |
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive |
| Publisher: Sega |
| Developer: Sega (under license from Data East) |
| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up |
Darwin 4081 (ダーウィン４０８１) is a 1990 shoot-'em-up for the Sega Mega Drive released exclusively in Japan and Korea. It is a port of Data East's 1987 arcade game Super Real Darwin developed and published by Sega under license from Data East.
The game controls like a regular shoot-'em-up: 
and 
shoot bullets, 
drops bombs; there is rapidfire. However, unlike regular shoot-'em-ups where weapons are upgraded through powerups, your ship "evolves" to survive situations and get past obstacles. Evolution occurs with the Evol (small faces with an E on them) and B-Evol (darker Evols). Each pickup adds a new evolution state to the list. After a particular amount of time, one evolution wears off and the next evolution is chosen. The DNA powerup does provide a more permanent weapon upgrade, but will merely just make the existing weapons stronger. You can hold up to nine DNA powerups.