Darwin 4081

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Darwin 4081

Publisher: Sega (JP), Samsung (KR)

Developer: Sega

Developer(s) of original games: Data East

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-04-07	¥6,0006,000	G-4033
KR	1990		GM4029JG

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Super Real Darwin is a 1987 arcade shoot-'em-up by Data East. Sega ported it to the Sega Mega Drive and released it in 1990 exclusively in Japan and South Korea under the name Darwin 4081 (ダーウィン４０８１).

Gameplay

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.

Production credits

Game Plan: S-Furukawa
Game Arrange: M-Watanabe
Game Program: K-Sasamoto, Y-Sasaki, O-Nakayama
Game Sound: S-Hamada, H-Matumoto
Game Graphic: R-Maeda, O-Kuroda
Special Thanks H-Nakamoto, P-Nakamura
Game Produce: S-Hawai
Presented by: Sega

Magazine articles

Main article: Darwin 4081/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[6]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[7]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

74

^[3]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

79

^[8]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

74

^[9]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[10]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-J

64

^[11]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

64

^[12]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

74

^[4]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

74

^[13]

Power Play (DE)

58

^[14]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

75

^[15]

Sega Pro (UK)

91

^[5]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

83

^[16]

Sega Opisaniy i sekretov (RU)

58

^[17]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[18]

Tilt (FR)

20

^[19]

	67
Based on 17 reviews

Darwin 4081

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	7a33b0cb
MD5	70b6289a3857f411361ef8cfd4bba4bf
SHA-1	e9decc48451aba62d949a7710e466e1d041a2210

512kB

1989-01

Cartridge (JP/KR)

References

↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1990-05.pdf, page 108
↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:CGtC UK 04.pdf, page 29 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CGtC UK 04.pdf_p29" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 77 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p77" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf, page 35 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf_p35" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 85
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1990" (JP; 1990-04-07), page 108
↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume III" (UK; 1990-08-xx), page 37
↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 45
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-0x-xx), page 1
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "October 1990" (JP; 1990-09-08), page 79
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
↑ Power Play, "7/90" (DE; 1990-06-15), page 127
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 48
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tilt, "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 100

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-05.pdf_p108-1] File:BeepMD_JP_1990-05.pdf, page 108

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-2] File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p29-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:CGtC UK 04.pdf, page 29 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CGtC UK 04.pdf_p29" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p77-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 77 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p77" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:SegaPro_UK_02.pdf_p35-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf, page 35 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 02.pdf_p35" defined multiple times with different content

[6] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 85

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-05.pdf_p108-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1990" (JP; 1990-04-07), page 108

[:File:CGtC_UK_03.pdf_p37-8] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume III" (UK; 1990-08-xx), page 37

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p45-9] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 45

[10] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-0x-xx), page 1

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p91-11] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 91

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1990-10.pdf_p79-12] Mega Drive Fan, "October 1990" (JP; 1990-09-08), page 79

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p138-13] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1990-07.pdf_p127-14] Power Play, "7/90" (DE; 1990-06-15), page 127

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p53-15] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-16] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:14000_opisaniy_i_sekretov_SEGA.pdf_p48-17] Sega Opisaniy i sekretov, "14000 Opisaniy i sekretov" (RU; 2003-03-11), page 48

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-18] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:Tilt_FR_081.pdf_p100-19] Tilt, "Septembre 1990" (FR; 1990-0x-xx), page 100

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Darwin 4081

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Contents

Gameplay

Production credits

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References