Darwin 4081
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega (Japan), Samsung (South Korea) | |||||||||||||||
| Developer: Sega | |||||||||||||||
| Licensor: Data East | |||||||||||||||
| Original system(s): Arcade boards | |||||||||||||||
| Developer(s) of original games: Data East | |||||||||||||||
| Genre: Shooting[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||
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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.
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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
Magazine articles
- Main article: Darwin 4081/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Darwin 4081/Technical information.
References
- ↑ File:Darwin4081 MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
- ↑ File:Darwin 4081 MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 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 IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 29
- ↑ 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
- ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 77
- ↑ 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, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 35
- ↑ 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
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