Which Version to buy? | Darius Cozmic Collection Arcade VS Console

There's a lot of differences between the two versions of the Cozmic collection, including the price. Which one is the better deal though???
EDIT: IT'S MADE ITS WESTERN DEBUT!!!!

[doctorx]

If you play Darius on a 40-inch flat panel TV, it's the same size as the arcade original. The original arcade machine used three 13-inch CRT's connected together. If you do the math that's about the same as you get with a 40-inch HDTV.

[archienyaa]

I love how you called the Master System Darius II cute cuz it legit looks adorable to me too.

[FieraDevilWings]

Now that the digital release is out for Darius Cozmic Collection and that Taito has announced Darius Cozmic Revelation, I searched up to see if anyone was covering the news of this game on YouTube in English. Nobody's done it yet, but in the process, I found this channel! Seeming as you have done a bunch of videos on the collection, I figure you're quite the Darius fan, and I'm always up for more SHMUP/STG content in general. I want to pitch in my thoughts for this video, too, since it's more relevant now that the west is no longer limited to the SLG release.

I feel like both versions have their merits, at least to a fan of the Darius franchise - AC holds the titles we all know and enjoy, with Gaiden in particular being a big selling point. Meanwhile, even though the CS side probably won't quite have the same polish for several of its games, I feel like it will absolutely appeal more towards those interested in game preservation, the oddities, and especially rarities - Darius Alpha is one of the rarest HuCards for the PC Engine, after all!

[ThatGamingGuyfromthes]

Gaiden is superb, worth the price on its own. Darius I&II play really well on a decent size TV. If its too hard put it in training mode, easy and set power ups to max, a great chilled way to blast through and really enjoyable for a casual playthrough. Don't forget you can always use the quick save to get back into the game, these options for me make the arcade package far superior to the console pack.

[PandaMoniumReviews]

Super happy to see a Darius YouTuber emerge. Loving your content. Keep the giant mechanical space fish vids flowing my dude. :)

[testvideohell]

2:33 if u look carefully u can see the lifeless corpse of bofner's most recent victim.
Cool easter egg!

[NotEnoughSound]

Darius II had a 3 screen cabinet too. odd that they didn't include that since they have the original Darius running with the same setup in the collection.
I love the Darius series and specifically got a Samsung CHG90 just to play Darius 1-2 Ninja Warriors and Darius Burst in their full glory

[manuel]

These collections aren’t about how many unique games are in each. They are about celebrating the series. That’s also why they can make them so expensive.

[paxhumana]

I remember playing Darius Gaiden and G Darius on the Taito Legends 2 video game for the PS2...good times.

[kenshirootomo]

I play Darius games on a proyector at 125 inch.. So there´s no problem.. I already have the PS4 DARIUS BURST and looks extra, extra wide..

[helios_]

I might get both the Arcade Collection and G-Darius HD download. I already have Chronicle Saviours on Steam and Gaiden is something I’d really like to play. Plus, the different versions of II and the original Darius and its different versions are cool too.

[manuel]

Super Darius is on the TG16 mini. Hope they release a Saturn mini with Darius Gaiden, possible considering they made a Darius port for Mega Drive mini 😍

[MrMartellSincere]

I'm getting this game on sale for $20 digitally. I got the Darius arcade version and probably get the Darius console collection another time. Great review!

[maklo]

G Darius the best game from the entire saga! Good review.
Thanks

[epicon]

I just bought the Cozmic Collection Arcade. I have to wait for triple screen play till my brother has time for it but dual screen play is already really amazing.

You are really under estimating the value of the collections having so many versions of many of fhe games.

Also it's easy for you to yawn when talking about the original Darius, that it doesn't have as cool of bosses as the second one, but remember it's from 1986. That's only 6 years from Space Invaders and 4-5 years from Galaga. The OG darius is still a very playable and enjoyable game and was revolutionary with it's triple screen setup in 1986 because it still rare in 2021.

High quality arcade releases on consoles and PC are so rare. And these collections cover a lot of console and arcade history. Yeah there are a ton of arcade games released everywhere but almost all of them suffer from much lower sound quality compared to even emulation on Mame, not to even mention compared to original hardware.

I do agree that Darius is too wide to play properly without a two or three displays. Luckily the Steam version can do that now.

[emperorIng]

I'm lucky enough to have the Japanese special edition which has both versions on one cartridge - very convenient and the best of both worlds! I agree that I think I like the console versions of Darius 1/2 more than the arcade in some respects. The MD port of Darius 2 is really fun. I wish they would have included the PC Engine CD version of Darius Plus (Super Darius) which had new bosses for -every- stage. I guess they wanted to 'save' that for the PC Engine Mini which just came out.

They announced a Cozmic Collection 2, so if you and I are lucky it will have G-Darius, which often competes with Darius Gaiden as "the best Darius game in the series."

[Misanola]

So helpful. Thank you for this! Awesome content, btw.

[StonebeakProductions]

Amazing! I feel like I’ve been waiting for these physicals for so long now but I think they’re getting closer to shipping! Great vid yet again man!

[fdevlin]

Recently picked this up and this video is a big help, thank you

[aaronlaluzerne]

So will you be reviewing the G-Darius collection that's suppose to be coming out in February?