Suddenly, a Darius cameo

[Ghegs]

Stumbled upon this while randomly playing a Famicom game:



The Silver Hawk as a boss in a shmup stage! It's pretty detailed too. Of course to compensate there's no background or anything, but hey.

The game is called Robocco Wars. Here's the scene in question. The game isn't very noteworthy otherwise.

[BulletMagnet]

Interesting find: according to GameFAQs Taito had nothing to do with the game, so I wonder how they managed to slip that in without making waves.

[EmperorIng]

I guess Mother Hawk had to pick up a lot of side jobs here and there after she finished her stint in Darius II. Poor gal; it's a tough world out there.

[sharc]

oh, weird. i was doing some digging on this one's history lately. there's taito stuff in it because it originally was a taito game, but for some reason late in development it was dropped and instead picked up by IGS who released it with a different title and main character.

later on there's a fishlike boss that really looks like something from a darius game, but it doesn't seem to be a direct cameo by any one of them in particular.

[Ed Oscuro]

oh, weird. i was doing some digging on this one's history lately. there's taito stuff in it because it originally was a taito game, but for some reason late in development it was dropped and instead picked up by IGS who released it with a different title and main character.

later on there's a fishlike boss that really looks like something from a darius game, but it doesn't seem to be a direct cameo by any one of them in particular.

I was sold on this until I saw the silly shark face. The Hamburger Helper hand and "BOSS" just add that much more class!

This might've been an OK idea if it was intended as just a boss rush game...but the lacking backgrounds during those stages really makes you wonder otherwise. Sad this one didn't get finished properly (at least it doesn't look like they implemented everything Taito would likely have; the actual stages look like a good start though).

Mother hawk boss is around 2:50 in that video. It also looks dumb with the big, cartoony and nonfunctional "eyes" painted on.

[Klatrymadon]

Excellent find, Ghegs! Love the slightly bored look in its new eye.

It even dies like an original Darius boss, crashing diagonally downward.

[Kollision]

That's awesome!


I have a pirate copy of Robocco Wars. Recently there was a complete cartridge for over 100 bucks on ebay, but I refused to cave in for such a high figure.....

[trap15]

originally was a taito game, but for some reason late in development it was dropped and instead picked up by IGS who released it with a different title and main character.

Just for what it's worth, this is not the same IGS that made the PGM. This is Information Global Service, a Japanese company.

[ProcoTaito]

Heh, that's pretty funny! Mother Hawk is like "Man....I really don't want to be here."
Funny find indeed.

[Despatche]

it does say "licensed by taito co" right on the title screen

[ChainsawGuitarSP]

That's really cute. If it hadn't been for all these cameos I would have never guessed how popular Darius really is.