Following the addition of some classic Taito shoot-em-ups ships to Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours, we now have some Sega related ones to play around with as well.

The three Sega games featured in this DLC pack are Space Harrier, Fantasy Zone and Galaxy Force II.

Each of these games receives a themed setup featuring the ship from the original game and a modified stage, along with the classic music and sound effects.

As the system in Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours is quite a complex one, each of these games has its functionality appropriated into that but with their own twist.

In terms of the games themselves, Space Harrier was a definitive third-person rail shooter from 1985 designed by Yu Suzuki. The game was and still is a groundbreaking shooter and had wonderfully memorable music to boot. It was also set within a realm called the Fantasy Zone, which somewhat ties into the next game in this pack.

Fantasy Zone was a side-scrolling shooter from 1986 and went down a similar route to Konami’s equally cute TwinBee. The main character of the game was Opa-Opa and was able to have its weapons upgraded along the way. Opa-Opa was also one of Sega’s earliest mascots before Sonic came along.

The last game included in this pack is Galaxy Force II (shown above) from 1988. Much like Space Harrier and After Burner it followed on down the route of those shooters but it was one of the most advanced games of its time. Famously, Michael Jackson owned one of the preposterously rare Super Deluxe arcade cabinets of the game. Up until recently, there wasn’t a proper port available of the game until M2 stepped in for the PS2 and 3DS versions, both of which come thoroughly recommended. It’s also one of my all-time favorite on rail shooters and to see it included in Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours is just great really.

If you haven’t already purchased Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours then you are really missing out. It’s easily one of the best shoot-em-ups of the last decade and with all this additional DLC, it’s ticking even more of the right boxes for me.

You can currently buy each of these Sega related packs for $4.99 or pay $11.99 for the whole set.

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