One of the rarest games for the PC Engine, Darius Alpha was only offered to those who bought both the CD and HuCard versions of Darius Plus (Which doesn't make much sense, considering how similar the two versions are). People who just couldn't get enough of Darius could now play another variation on the same theme. Darius Alpha is built on the same codebase as Darius Plus, but has been remodeled into a so-called "boss-fight" game, e.g. a game where you only fight the bosses of a game or game series. You start out with an unequipped ship and must take down the boss of the first level, King Fossil. Upon defeating King Fossil, you are granted some slight upgrades and proceed directly to the boss of the next level. And so on.

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ダライアス・アルファ - Japanese spelling

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Executive Producer	Makoto Sakio
Producer	Toshio Tabeta
Director	Kouji Matsuda
Programmer	Masashi Shimizu Masatoshi Kanemitsu Hideki Mesuda (Hacker) Masashi Inde
Hi-speed Mathpack	Junichi Ten Takao
Graphic Composer	Toshio Tabeta (Hyper) Kouji Matsuda (Gu-gu-) Yasunori Takahara (Bear)
Music Driver	Shigeharu Isoda Kenichiro Isoda
Map Convert	Takashi Ozama Waruiko Ishibashi
Special Thanks to	Naoto Yamamoto Tsuyoshi Matsumoto Yutaka Kubouchi Shigenobu Nanbu Noriaki Ohtsuka Nobuhiro Takagaki (Meg) Noriyuki Watanabe Kaoru Murohoshi Fumiko Suzuki Kenichi Yamashita
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Game added by Игги Друге.

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Additional contributors: Kayburt.

Game added December 27, 2006. Last modified October 7, 2023.