Darius Alpha

TurboGrafx CD · 1990

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About this game

Darius Alpha is a promotional version of Darius Plus released in 1990 for the PC Engine.

It was a mail-order exclusive, obtainable by sending in a pair of coupons found in the manuals of Super Darius and Darius Plus.

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There were only 800 copies of the card produced, making it one of the rarest, and the absolute most expensive, PC Engine HuCard ever made.

This version is only a Boss Rush, where the player faces against all Plus bosses one after another.

Like Plus, Alpha features SuperGrafx support, which greatly reduces sprite flickering.

Pressing Select on the title screen starts the game with a 4-minute time limit.

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About TurboGrafx CD

The TurboGrafx-CD (1989) was one of the earliest CD-ROM add-ons for a home console, expanding the TurboGrafx-16's library with games too large for cartridges. Its already-niche parent platform combined with the added cost of the CD add-on kept the North American audience small, making complete TurboGrafx-CD sets a genuinely rare find for collectors today.

Gamevaro tracks Darius Alpha for TurboGrafx CD with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.