Arcade Archives: Darwin 4078 (2021)

Developer

Data East

Publisher

HAMSTER

Platforms

PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch

Genres

Shooter, Arcade

Where to get it

Nintendo eShop

How it feels

A frantic arcade shooter where your ship constantly transforms as you absorb enemies, keeping you on edge with unpredictable new forms and attacks.

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About

Darwin 4078 is a shooting game released by Data East in 1986. Your ship evolves by absorbing life forms that it converts into energy, and changes shape as well as evolving new attacks and characteristics. There are also mutations that do not follow the evolutionary path, and you can end up with unique ships you never would have imagined!

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