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|windowed notes            = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]]. <ref>{{Refcheck|user=Enderhythm|date=2020-5-12}}</ref>
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|windowed notes            = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Enderhythm|date=2020-5-12}}</ref>
 
|borderless windowed        = hackable
 
|borderless windowed        = hackable
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|borderless windowed notes  = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]]. <ref>{{Refcheck|user=Enderhythm|date=2020-5-12}}</ref>
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|borderless windowed notes  = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]].<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Enderhythm|date=2020-5-12}}</ref>
 
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|anisotropic                = n/a
 
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|anisotropic notes          =  
 
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|antialiasing              = n/a
 
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|OSfamily = Windows
 
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|minCPU  = Pentium 133MHz
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|minRAM  = 16MB
 
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Latest revision as of 01:16, 5 February 2023

Darius Gaiden
Darius Gaiden cover
Developers
Taito
Windows Fukuoka Soken Inc.
Publishers
Japan CYBERFRONT Corporation
North America/Europe Acclaim Entertainment
North America Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
Windows November 1997
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade, Shooter
Vehicles Space flight
Art styles Pixel art
Themes Sci-fi
Series Darius
Darius Gaiden guide on StrategyWiki
Darius Gaiden on MobyGames
Darius Gaiden on Wikipedia
Icon overlay.png
Darius
Darius Gaiden 1997
G-Darius 2000
Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours‎ 2015
Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade‎ 2021
G-Darius HD 2022

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 Runs directly off of the disc.[1]
Windows
This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Play without the disc

At least copying the game files to a folder on your hard drive is the bare minimum requirement for more fixes, if needed.
Music will now loop correctly, and will play on cue 100% of time as side effects to this fix.
How to run the game completely off the hard drive[2]
  1. Copy all of the files from the disc into a folder of your choosing.
  2. Download the _inmm.dll installer and extract it, then run the installer.
  3. Open your game CD in any application that rips audio CDs, and rip the audio into an easy to find place, preferably into a folder in the game’s directory.
  4. Open _inmmcnf.exe, and on the "Method" tab, change the "default" option to DirectShow.
  5. Select the "_inmm.dll" tab, then click "add".
  6. Go to the folder you ripped the game's music into. Then select all of the "track" files.
  7. Select "Save", go to the folder you installed Darius Gaiden in, then save the ini file.
  8. Close _inmmcnf.exe, then drag darius.bin onto the _inmmcnf.exe file itself. This will pop up a message asking if you want to patch the executable. Select "Ok".
  9. Launch loader.exe whenever you want to play the game, or rename darius.bin to darius.exe, and launch the newly renamed file to skip the launcher.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
[3]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Only two resolutions to choose from: 640x480 and 320x240.[4]
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.[5]
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.[6]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 60fps.[7]
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Windowed

Force windowed mode
  1. Download and run DxWnd.
  2. Click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Set the name and executable path.
  4. Set the window position and size.
  5. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
  6. Click OK, then File and Save.

Input

Control settings.
Control settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Only for game settings window.[8]
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
[9]
Full controller support
Have to use mouse for game settings window.[10]
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
[11]
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
[12]
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
All dialogue is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
[13]
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio
[14]

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw
[16]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
[15]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133MHz
System memory (RAM) 16MB 32MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) More than 1MB
Video card (GPU) DirectDraw-supported GPU


References

  1. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-08-20
  2. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-08-20
  3. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-26
  4. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-26
  5. ↑ Verified by User:Enderhythm on 2020-5-12
  6. ↑ Verified by User:Enderhythm on 2020-5-12
  7. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-26
  8. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-26
  9. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-26
  10. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-26
  11. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-08-20
    Tested using an wired Xbox One controller.
  12. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-26
  13. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-26
  14. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-08-31
  15. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-26
  16. ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-11-26