Darwin 4081

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Darwin 4081

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega (JP), Samsung (KR)

Developer: Sega

Original system(s): Arcade boards

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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Darwin 4081 (ダーウィン４０８１) is a vertical shoot-'em-up for the Sega Mega Drive published by Sega in 1990 exclusively in Japan and South Korea. It's based on a 1987 arcade shoot-'em-up Super Real Darwin by Data East.

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.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-05: "May 1990" (1990-04-07)

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

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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

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[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

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References