(PS1) G Darius

Horizontal shoot’em up made by Taito, the 4th entries in the series, and released on Playstation in 1998.
While the core gameplay is not changed, the player goes through different zones and when the end is reached the boss battle starts, defeating the boss will open a path of two different selectable zones and in total 5 zones must be completed to reach one of the 5 alternative endings.
The new features were the “Capture Ball” which can capture enemies that will follow the player and the “Beam Duel” : the player can absord captured enemies to fire a powerful laser beam for a short period of time, very helpful during boss battles.